Executive Director position open at American Jazz Museum – Kansas City, MO
Job: Executive Director
Job Title | Executive Director |
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Location | American Jazz Museum – Kansas City, MO |
Job Information | The Opportunity Opening in 1997 as the anchor to Kansas City’s 18th & Vine District Redevelopment, the future is bright as American Jazz Museum prepares to celebrate 20 years as the only cultural institution in the world focused solely on the preservation, exhibition and advancement of jazz. Our mission: To celebrate and exhibit the experience of jazz as an original American art form through performance, exhibition, education, and research at one of the country’s jazz crossroads – 18th & Vine. AJM seeks an energetic, visionary and collaborative leader to serve as Executive Director. Celebrating jazz legends like Charlie “Yardbird” Parker, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Jay MacShann, to living greats like the Marsalis family, Chuck Mangione and Pat Metheny, AJM is more than a single-site visitor destination. AJM is a multi-faceted organization that allows children and adults, alike, to learn and experience jazz and American jazz heritage through the Museum’s Blue Room, Swing Shop, Changing Gallery and the historic Gem Theater. These features generate earned income beyond the museum’s membership, sponsorship and donor programs. Operating with a budget of approximately $2 million, a staff of 25 full- and part-time associates and a large corps of volunteers, AJM partners with more than 150 organizations to carry out our mission and programs. AJM has been a Smithsonian affiliate since 2000. It’s neighbor, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is an independent 501 ( c )( 3 ) housed in the AJM complex. Our new executive director will inherit an organization on solid financial footing, with annual visitorship of around 40,000 and a full calendar of exhibits, performances and special events. AJM relies on a mix of earned income, subsidies from the City of Kansas City, and private fundraising to supplement membership support. Our new leader will capitalize on synergies created around a resurgence of interest and economic development in Kansas City’s Power & Light and Crossroads neighborhoods. These include plans for creating a downtown campus for the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Conservatory of Music, a connector line to 18th & Vine once the city’s new street cars are running in 2016, and an initiative by U.S. Congressman Emanuel Cleaver to transfer back to the city some of the properties in the District to serve as a foundation for a new master plan. In all, city leaders estimate a $140 million investment in 18th & Vine and the surrounding neighborhoods.
Accountabilities: Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director will have chief responsibility for all aspects of AJM operations, program, financial performance, fund development, and the customer experience. More specifically, the Executive Director will be accountable for:
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Application procedures and deadlines: Open until filled; however, applications received prior to October 1 will receive priority consideration. Complete applications will be acknowledged by return e-mail within one week of submission. Apply via email to: AJMExecutiveDirector@hcapsearch.com . Include in Word and PDF format:
Questions may be directed to: Laura McCray, Vice President/Search Consultant 913-558-1713
The American Jazz Museum is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
ABOUT THE AMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM Opening in 1997 as the anchor to Kansas City’s 18th & Vine District Redevelopment, the mission of the American Jazz Museum is to celebrate and exhibit the experience of jazz as an original American art form through performance, exhibition, education, and research at one of the country’s jazz crossroads – 18th & Vine. Operating with a budget of approximately $2 million, a staff of 25 full- and part-time associates and a large corps of volunteers, AJM is the only museum in the world solely focused on the preservation, exhibition and advancement of jazz music. More than a single-site visitor destination, AJM is a multi-faceted organization that allows children and adults, alike, to learn and experience jazz and American jazz heritage through the Museum’s Blue Room, Swing Shop, Changing Gallery and the historic Gem Theater. AJM has garnered numerous awards and recognition, including repeated recognition by Downbeat Magazine and the Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association, for Top 100 Jazz Clubs in the World, Best Jazz Club, and Best Jazz Festival. |