Senior Director of Historic Preservation and Collections

9 hours ago


Washington, Washington, D.C., United States Daughters of the American Revolution Full time
Job Title: Senior Director, Historic Preservation and Collections

Join the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) as we seek an experienced professional to serve as our Senior Director for Historic Preservation and Collections. This newly created role has overall strategic and operational responsibility for the stewardship of DAR's historic collections and archives, as well as other critical operations.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate with staff to improve the visibility of our Museum, Library, and Archive programs and make our spaces welcoming and accessible to a diverse audience.
  • Ensure the preservation of the DAR historic building through restoration, renovation, rehabilitation, and adaptive reuse.
  • Work with team members to ensure collection management standards are met and plan for new acquisitions.
  • Plan, monitor, and analyze key metrics for day-to-day operations.
  • Communicate effectively with partner institutions, vendors, volunteers, scholars, lenders, and other collaborators.
  • Oversee the planning, development, implementation, and management of approved budgets, resources, and programs.
  • Guide a diverse range of professionals to encourage professional development in their chosen professions.
Requirements:
  • Master's degree in American history, public history, American studies, museum science, library science, or a related discipline.
  • 7-10 or more years of experience, including 5 years of management experience in diverse leadership roles.
  • Senior-level management experience in a dynamic setting, coupled with experience helping/supporting executive leadership to create a vision and strategies and then executing approved strategies.
  • Previous employment may include serving at other historical societies, libraries, museums, and collections in the areas of curator, conservation, education, historic site professional, research, or project leadership.
  • Creative and visionary mindset with the ability to bring new ideas to the table.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well with all levels of seniority and personality type.
  • Excellent organizational, interpersonal, written, and verbal skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively manage short and long-term projects with multiple deadlines.
  • Strong knowledge of industry to include work principles and guidelines.
  • Proven ability to plan and manage operational processes for maximum efficiency and productivity.
What We Offer:
  • Hiring annual salary range will be between $110,000 and $140,000, with the final determination based upon the candidate's overall experience.
  • This position can be considered for hybrid remote work after onboarding.
  • We offer both annual and sick leave, up to 12 days of each, for your first year of employment. Annual leave will increase on specific employment milestones.
  • We observe 12 federal holidays plus two floating holidays.
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
  • Employer-paid life insurance/AD&D and Long-term disability insurance.
  • Flexible spending accounts (health and dependent care).
  • HSA with employer contribution if enrolled in the HDHP option.
  • 403(b) retirement plan with a full-vested employer match after meeting eligibility requirements.
  • Free tickets to Constitution Hall events.

The DAR is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building and retaining a team that represents a variety of skills, experiences, and perspectives. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, performance, and qualifications without regard to race, religion or belief, national or ethnic origin, gender/sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, veteran and military status, family or parental status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. The DAR will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.


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