Community Engagement Manager

Description:

The Museum is located in Bend, Oregon, a fast-growing, charismatic city nestled against the Cascade Range at the edge of the High Desert. We strive to be inclusive, culturally humble, relevant, curious, and mindful. As a team, we work together to wildly excite and responsibly teach, creating connection to and dialogue about the High Desert.

About this job and what you’ll do

The Community Engagement Manager is responsible for expanding and enriching relationships between the Museum and community organizations and institutions within Central Oregon and across the region, co-creating and co-implementing new models of participation and programming to extend the Museum’s reach and deepen our impact. These programs will highlight the contributions, perspectives, stories and voices of diverse people throughout the High Desert with particular emphasis on centering the history and lived experiences of People of Color and other marginalized groups in the region.

Approximately the first year of this position will focus exclusively on implementing programming for the Museum’s Institute of Museum and Library Services CARES project called Reimagining Connections. The High Desert Museum has launched this project to create meaningful access to museum and library resources for families most impacted by COVID-19 in the community. Through an extensive partnership network of museums, libraries, and community organizations across Central Oregon, the project enables the museum to provide over 800 programs to approximately 2,000 families. The project team will design the family-centered programs to promote community healing and connection; advance STEM, literacy, and social-emotional skills necessary for academic and career success among pre-K-12 students; and continue the relevance of museums and libraries as community anchors by adapting programming and resources to the changing community context.