Job Title: Archive Director
Reports directly to: Executive Director
Job Overview: The Archive Director is responsible for the direction and coordination of the full Archives team, this includes the Digital Collections Manager, Digital Developer + Technology Manager, Archives Assistants and the Web/Digital team. They oversee archive staff, lead program production, and budget tracking and reporting [to ED + F&OMD]. They coordinate team meetings, trainings, create and innovate organizational systems and workflows, coordinate with Executive Director and Finance + Operations Managing Director, and communicate with all staff within the Archive/Digital team. They work with the Executive Director on setting strategic goals for archives and programs development .
Development + External affairs
Administration Supervision and Leadership
Informs project vision + innovation + strategies
Archive Production Organization + Execution
Preferred Qualifications:
experience in compliance with same
Black Lunch Table is seeking an Archive Director to join the leadership team and implement the strategic vision for the digital archive. The ideal candidate is excited to lead teams and engage communities in socially engaged art discussion and current issues. We are looking for someone versatile, tenacious, and a lifelong learner. Apply now if you are the right person to build a digital archive and lead a dynamic team in library technologies and concepts.
This position is remote and full-time. Pay starts at $70,000 for full-time (our full time is 30 hrs/wk), plus benefits package, professional development; position is open until filled.
Email jobs@blacklunchtable.com with resume and cover letter to apply.
Black Lunch Table is searching for a Development Assistant to support the strategic vision of our digital archive and social justice mission documenting Black artists around the world. This key position reports directly to the Executive Director and works closely with all program directors, managers, and staff to assist BLT in creating and implementing strategies that ensure sustainability and organizational growth. Duties for the Development Assistant will include preparing progress reports, drafting grant proposals, engaging with potential donors, tracking contributions, preparing and managing mailing lists, assisting with event planning, liaising with consultants, and assistance with virtual and in person programs supporting key relationship building goals. The Development Assistant will ensure timely acknowledgment of contributions, coordinating workshops, tracking revenue and expenditure, drafting outreach strategies, assisting with social media activities and updates, and assembling media kits.
The Development Assistant will assist our organization in improving business opportunities, strengthening relationships with clients and donors, streamlining development processes, encouraging organizational growth, researching and identifying funding opportunities, and promoting the organization’s mission and values to external stakeholders. The ideal candidate for this role possesses excellent networking abilities, good people skills, exceptional communication skills, and time management skills. The noteworthy Development Assistant should enhance the efficiency of administrative functions, cultivate organizational growth, influence secure funding strategies, maintain positive relations with donors, and ensure the integrity of the development processes.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Ideal Skills and Requirements:
This position is part-time not to exceed 15 hours per week, and is fully remote with occasional travel for events, retreats, and workshops. Pay is commensurate to experience; this position will remain open until filled. Email jobs@blacklunchtable.com with resume and cover letter to apply.
Black Lunch Table’s (BLT) primary aim is the production of discursive sites, wherein artists and local community members engage in dialogue on a variety of critical issues. BLT mobilizes a democratic rewriting of contemporary cultural history by animating discourse around and among the people living it. First staged in 2005 at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture artist residency, the project has grown by way of contributions from and collaborations with artists, digital humanities researchers, and Wikipedians. BLT currently includes two roundtable series’, an online oral history archive, and a Wikipedia initiative. Much like its creation of physical spaces that foster community and generate critical dialogue, BLT creates a digital space for art, Black studies and social justice issues. BLT became a 501c3 in 2019.
Black Lunch Table is searching for a Communications Specialist. This position reports directly to the Executive Director and works closely with all program directors, managers, and staff to assist us in communicating the mission of BLT; as well as establishing and maintaining a recognizable visual identity. The Communications Specialist works in collaboration with the leadership team and BLT programs; the Communications Specialist will prepare visual and informational assets in support of the organization and programs. Primary functions of this position include coordination with internal and external partners ensuring consistency of the BLT visual identity and style guides. The Communications Specialist clarifies the BLT voice on each platform, and promotes key messages set by the leadership team.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Ideal Skills and Requirements:
This position is part-time, not to exceed 15 hours per week, and is fully remote with occasional travel for events, retreats, and workshops. Compensation is commensurate to experience; this position will remain open until filled. Email jobs@blacklunchtable.com with resume and cover letter to apply.
Black Lunch Table’s (BLT) primary aim is the production of discursive sites, wherein artists and local community members engage in dialogue on a variety of critical issues. BLT mobilizes a democratic rewriting of contemporary cultural history by animating discourse around and among the people living it. First staged in 2005 at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture artist residency, the project has grown by way of contributions from and collaborations with artists, digital humanities researchers, and Wikipedians. BLT currently includes two roundtable series’, an online oral history archive, and a Wikipedia initiative. Much like its creation of physical spaces that foster community and generate critical dialogue, BLT creates a digital space for art, Black studies and social justice issues. BLT became a 501c3 in 2019.
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