The Western Museum of Mining & Industry is currently seeking an experienced leader to serve as the next Executive Director. This position requires a strong understanding of museum operations in accordance with the highest professional, educational and ethical standards.

Knowledge and Skills Required:

• The next Director will be a creative leader with high integrity and outstanding strategic and communication skills. S/he should have intellectual curiosity and breadth of knowledge, political savvy, and an enterprising, entrepreneurial spirit.

• The Director must have proven budgeting, fund-raising, managerial, financial and administrative abilities, and be a mentoring and motivating leader of staff. S/he should have hands-on management and team building skills, including the ability to maintain and inspire a strong staff, set clear priorities and delegate effectively. The Director should be a builder and enhancer rather than a maintainer.

• Strong presentation and communication skills are essential. The successful candidate must have a desire and ability to promote the values and purposes of the Museums to a wide range of audiences

• Candidates should have proven business acumen including discipline and focus in setting realistic priorities, meeting or exceeding goals, and running a fiscally sound operation.

• Candidates should have an outgoing and optimistic personality. Imagination, gracious self-confidence, good humor and a high level of energy will be valued. Above all, the successful candidate must have a passion for and be a persuasive advocate of the Western Museum of Mining & Industry

• Ability to work well with others and maintain professional manner using tact, initiative, good judgment and confidentiality

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Museum Studies, History or similar Field
• 5-7 years prior experience in museum Administration
• 5 years prior experience working to engage staff and volunteers
• Proven ability to develop and manage board, staff, and volunteers as a team.
• Proven ability to build relationships with constituencies including donors, business and civic leaders, foundations and governmental institutions.

Submit resume to:

Executive Search Committee

Western Museum of Mining & Industry

225 North Gate Blvd

Colorado Springs, CO 80921

OR: ExecDirSearch@wmmi.org

David Carroll

Executive Director

Western Museum of Mining & Industry

225 North Gate Blvd

Colorado Springs, CO 80921

phone (719) 487-3283

fax (719) 314-0348