Executive Director

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

SCHC inspires community memory and tells the story of Saratoga County. SCHC is vital to the growth of our community because it unifies and strengthens communal bonds, fosters exploration and discovery about shared heritage, exercises imaginations, and provides inspiration for societal growth. SCHC promotes a deeper understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of Saratoga County’s past for an audience of diverse backgrounds and levels of interest through interactive education programs, innovative exhibits, ambitious web programming, personal experiences, and enduring relationships.

The Saratoga County History Center is seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Executive Director. The Executive Director shall serve at the pleasure of the board.

Duties and Responsibilities:              

The Executive Director shall be responsible for carrying out the policies of the Board of Trustee and the efficient and effect operation of the Center and its museum, and as follows:

1. Hiring, guiding, supervising, and dismissal (in consultation with the board, except in egregious cases) of all staff.
2. Reporting monthly to and consulting with the Board of Directors
3. Maintaining a master file of all policies and job descriptions promulgated by the Board of Trustees
4. Ultimate supervision of volunteers, including trustees when acting as volunteers and not as members of the board. Identifying volunteers as potential board members for the Nominating Committee.
5. Being the public face of the Center and its museum.
6. Preparing an Annual Report to the membership by March 31 of the following year to be posted on-line.
7. Determining, with advice from the Board of Trustees, the priorities of other functions, given availability of funds and staff, including, but not limited to:

1. Education
2. Curatorial
3. Marketing the Center and Museum as a county-wide institution.
4. Exhibits and programs
5. Maintaining data bases of membership
6. Grant Writing
7. Human Resource Management
8. Facilities Maintenance
9. Reception Services
10. Bookkeeping, and maintaining financials in conjunction with the Treasurer
11. Preparation of policy statement drafts for board review.
12. Oversee execution of the board’s development plans, including management of fund-raising efforts.