Registrar

Registrar at Cleveland Museum of Natural History

The Registrar will lead risk management efforts, ensure compliance with all legal, ethical, and professional standards, and supervise a team of collections assistants. They will also oversee maintenance of the collections management system (EMu), collections records, and loans.

They will collaborate with our collections management team to oversee the long-term care and stewardship of the permanent collection of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, ensuring collections access while upholding the highest standards of collections care.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in history, art history, museum studies or related field preferred, but not necessary, with demonstrable experience working in collections and/or preventive conservation
• 3 - 5 years of collections management experience required
• 3 - 5 years of relational database experience required
• 2+ years of supervisory experience required

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate in the stewardship of all the Museum's permanent collections objects
• Ensure compliance with all legal, ethical, and professional standards, including accreditation requirements, provenance research, and repatriation regulations
• Lead risk management efforts including environmental monitoring, security, disaster preparedness and response planning
• Oversee maintenance of all collections records, digital and physical
• Manage acquisition process for relevant collections and prepare collections objects for entry into permanent collection
• Provides leadership, mentorship, and professional development for collections assistants, work study students, interns and volunteers
• Performs all duties according to established museum collections, operating, safety, and environmental policies
• Contribute to creation and maintenance of the fiscal year operations budget for the collection department
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Curator of Collections and Lifelong Learning or senior management, as required

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Comprehensive and current knowledge of standards and best practices for museum collections management care
• Experience working across collection types, with a pragmatic approach to problem solving
• Experience supervising, leading, and motivating a team of full-time staff, volunteers, interns, and/or work study students
• Excellent organizational and project management skills with a high degree of attention to detail; an ability to undertake complex and methodical projects to a high level of accuracy
• Excellent IT skills including the ability to check and verify data in documents, spreadsheets, databases, scientific literature, or other sources
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and interpersonal skills; ability to deal effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, maintaining positive working relationships
• Self-motivated with a demonstrated ability to work independently, as well as successfully in a team, towards deadline driven projects

Equipment:

• Working knowledge of collections equipment and supplies for preventive conservation

Physical Working Conditions:

• Indoor/Outdoor, all weather conditions
• Position requires sitting, walking, standing, reaching including stooping, kneeling, and crouching.

Physical Effort Required:

• Some physical effort may occasionally be required.
• Must be able to stand or walk for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to climb up and down ladders.
• Must be able to lift 30 lbs.
• Must be able to run or respond to emergency situations.

Salary/Exempt position