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The HistoryMakers, the
nation’s largest African American video oral history archive, is seeking
a Project Director for a NSF-funded project. The project director must
be able to operate in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, hold a
degree in STEM, and have prior experience with effective outreach and
developing collaborative relationships with other groups and
organizations. Brief description of project: ScienceMakers will collect the oral history interviews of 180 major African American scientists in the STEM professions. The content of the interviews will be used to increase awareness and knowledge of STEM professions and African American contributions to science while also encouraging youth to pursue science-related careers. This will be done by using the archive of interviews and working with ten major science center partners to build an educational website, create science and science career-related curricula, and produce public programming events at the science centers. The Project Director will manage the execution of the project plans, ensure appropriate communication to team and management concerning all aspects of project, serve as primary coordinator for all project components, providing daily administrative management with the assistance of an administrative assistant. He/she will be responsible for working directly with the Advisory board (which consists of twenty-six individuals from across the country). He/she will also be responsible for managing the evaluation subcontract and will provide project tracking, planning and oversight activities for the duration of the project. This is a salaried position. The Project Director will be expected to research for and write grants from NSF and other federal funding agencies to continue the work begun by ScienceMakers. Required: Must currently live in Chicago; A degree in a STEM field; Experience directing and administering a grant-funded project; Experience coordinating public programs for youth and/or adults; Grant writing for federal agencies; Excellent written and oral communications skills; Excellent organizational skills; Ability to travel 3-4 times per year; and Expertise in Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Preferred: M.S. degree Experience obtaining Institutional Review Board approvals or exemptions; Experience managing complex project budgets; Knowledge of new technologies and integration of social networks into multimedia projects; and Technical skills such as website design and maintenance The HistoryMakers is a growing and dynamic 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating an unprecedented national video oral history archival institution recording the stories of both well known and unsung African American HistoryMakers. The goal is to record at least 5,000 oral history interviews and to expose this material to the public through strategic media, technology, academic and community partnerships. For a look at our current projects visit www.thehistorymakers.com. Our Digital Archive with 310 interviews is housed at http://www.idvl.org/thehistorymakers. |
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Please send resumes to: The HistoryMakers c/o Julieanna Richardson 1900 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60616 abr@thehistorymakers.com | |||||||||||||||