Community Engagement Coordinator at The Getty
Job Title: Community Engagement Coordinator
Job Status: Full-time
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Salary: $29.83 – $46.23
Our Mission
The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks to inspire curiosity about, and enjoyment and understanding of, the visual arts by collecting, conserving, exhibiting, and interpreting works of art of outstanding quality and historical importance and is one of four programs of the J. Paul Getty Trust. The Museum operates two facilities, the Getty Villa in Malibu, which exhibits its collection of Greek and Roman antiquities, and the Getty Center in Brentwood, which displays its collections of European art: Medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts, paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, drawings to 1900, and photography to the present day (including non-European works). The Museum mounts approximately 25 temporary exhibitions a year across its two sites; maintains an annual permanent gallery improvement program and offers wide-ranging and ambitious programming for its visitors.
The Opportunity
The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks a Community Engagement Coordinator to join the Museum’s Public Affairs department. Reporting to the Assistant Director for Public Affairs, the successful candidate will undertake outreach efforts to build meaningful connections between the Museum and various community organizations throughout the Los Angeles area on behalf of Getty exhibitions and public programs. They will manage the Public Affairs department’s community database ensuring contacts are current, as well as conducting outreach to build and maintain relationships with current and new organizations to help diversify Museum attendance and participation in public programs. The Community Engagement Coordinator will also coordinate the creation of special projects aimed at bringing the Getty into the greater L.A. community.
In addition to managing the Museum’s community database, the person in this position will also manage the invitation process for exhibition openings. This includes pulling invitees from the database and working with various Museum and Trust departments to develop invite lists for exhibition openings, including culling invitees from various community-based organizations to expand outreach efforts.
Internally, the Community Engagement Specialist will work across the Museum to understand how other departments are engaging with various community organizations and develop reports documenting the community outreach efforts undertaken by the Museum as a whole and to help manage any duplication of efforts.
The ideal candidate should have a thorough knowledge of community organizations across Los Angeles and experience building relationships with a variety of individuals and organizations. They should be able to think creatively about potential partnerships that benefit both the organization and the Getty and have familiarity with the Museum’s programs and exhibitions. Additionally, they should be familiar with various database management platforms, most notably Raiser’s Edge. Finally, the chosen candidate will work with the Assistant Director to help develop and implement strategies to engage with various communities on behalf of the Museum’s exhibitions and public programs.
Responsibilities
- Manages the Museum’s community database, making updates as needed and conducting outreach to develop relationships with individuals on that list
- Manages invite process for exhibition openings which includes working with various Museum/Trust departments and with relevant community-based organizations to develop a diverse invite list
- Undertakes outreach to individuals and organizations within the community to heighten awareness of the Museum’s exhibitions and programs and to develop collaborative outreach efforts to help diversify visitorship to the Museum and attendance at programs
- Interacts with various departments across the Museum and the Trust in an effort to align the Getty’s community engagement efforts
- Develops/maintains records/reports of various outreach efforts undertaken by the department, as well as other departments within the Museum
- Manages offsite projects that involve bringing the Getty into the community, generally working with an outside consultant for added support
- Monitors the Los Angeles landscape to have a heightened awareness of various community organizations that might be relevant to the mission of the Getty and could be potential partners; works to establish relationships with such organizations
- Develops regular outreach to the Museum’s database to keep them informed of upcoming programs and exhibitions
- May have a modest level of supervisory responsibility with the department’s graduate or undergraduate interns or volunteers
- Assists in administration of contracts to include drafting agreements with partners, vendors and outside institutions including letters of agreement, contracts, and letters of invitation
- Prepares project budgets and includes monitoring and reconciling expenditures to budget, as well as preparing and submitting reports to Museum Finance
Requirements
Qualifications
- High school diploma/GED; Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum 4-6 years related experience