Associate Educator, Access Programs and Initiatives

The Museum of Modern Art•New York, NY

About The Position

The Department of Learning and Engagement (L&E) at The Museum of Modern Art supports the Museum’s founding educational mission to ensure that people of all ages and abilities “enjoy, understand and use” the art of our time in ways that add value to their lives. The department collaborates across the organization to empower a diverse public to form their own interpretations and connections to art by telling stories, asking questions, actively making and participating in the artistic process, and offering and listening to multiple perspectives. Programs offered by the department range from artist-driven activations to classes, online courses, studio programs, facilitated gallery explorations, workshops, publications, and more. The Access Programs and Initiatives team develops creative and learning experiences for individuals with disabilities and also facilitates non-clinical community activities to improve mental and physical health, addressing loneliness and social determinants of health. The team also supports the quality and enjoyment of independent visitors by actively working across the institution to remove physical, attitudinal, and informational barriers, ensuring that all visitors can participate in the institution’s programs and services. Reporting to the Director of Access Programs and Initiatives, the Associate Educator develops a wide array of programs and builds relationships with service organizations, artists, disability advocates, schools, non-profits, and government entities. The Associate Educator works collaboratively to improve the accessibility and welcome of the museum to all and conceives and co-conceives, manages, and facilitates meaningful disability-led programs that provide impactful experiences, attract new audiences, and engender critical conversations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in art history, museum studies, museum education, or related field, master’s preferred, and five or more years of progressively responsible relevant experience working in museums or the cultural sector, or equivalent.
Experience in community capacity building and civic engagement, specifically within the disability and aging sectors; proven ability to co-create programming alongside disability-led organizations and advocacy groups.
Expertise in coordinating accessible events and programming for older adults, with an ability to translate participant feedback and accessibility audits into iterative program design.
Strong working knowledge of disability equity frameworks, including the Social Model of Disability, Universal Design principles, and familiarity with ADA/Section 508 as it relates to cultural institutions.
Experience evaluating programs for impact using inclusive research methodologies.
Facility with public presentation and convening diverse public groups.
Strong cultural competencies and consciousness of cultural identities and differences.
Experience managing project and program budgets.
Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, negotiation, and team-building skills to establish and maintain good working relationships with a wide variety of individuals and groups, with an emphasis on tact, diplomacy, flexibility, and professionalism.
Exceptional time-management and personal organization skills.
Proactive communicator with excellent written and verbal communication.
Ability to demonstrate flexibility in a fast-paced, changing environment.

Responsibilities

Coordinate all aspects of program planning and delivery from the management of contact lists and relationships, to timely planning communications, creating operational memos, scheduling teaching artists and support staff, coordinating vendor payments, managing RSVP lists, attendance trackers, and other administrative planning documents.
Identifies relationship-building opportunities and partnerships with the disability and older adult communities in New York and beyond to maximize engagement locally, regionally, and internationally.
Infuses the goals, perspectives, and interests of the disability community (and other target communities) into planning conversations, decision-making, and institutional vision-setting.
Works with colleagues to effectively manage partnerships, memberships, passes, and reciprocal arrangements. Works with colleagues in L&E and curatorial departments to initiate, coordinate logistics for, and produce programs. Manages related budgets and expenses.
Guides program development and manages projects and efforts to ensure the integration of museum and community voices and efficient collaborative work practices.
In partnership with other arts, cultural, educational, non-profit, governmental, and civic organizations at the Museum or off-site, builds innovative solutions especially for diverse audiences in places such as libraries; hospitals and medical training facilities, health care and wellness centers, and mental health support organizations; judicial and other law agencies; military and veterans support organizations; and civic and governmental agencies connected to housing, parks, and recreation, and community gardens.
Along with other team members, manages public programs for individuals with disabilities and older adults.
Advances production for recurrent and one-off public programs, including research, production schedules, marketing and audience outreach, and contracts.
Assists with the documentation, evaluation, and assessment of Access and Prime Time Programs.
Along with other team members, manages the work of contractual teaching artists to deliver programs for various audiences with disabilities.
Organizes exhibitions of work by program participants, as well as affiliated programs and events.
Works with colleagues from Curatorial, Exhibition Design and Production, and Graphic Design to ensure exhibition accessibility.
Serves as an adviser for the MoMA Accessibility Task Force.
Coordinates marketing efforts and writes and edits promotional content.
Performs any other duties reasonably related to the functions described above.