Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site seeks to fill a full-time position: Assistant Program Director for Education. Responsibilities will include developing educational programming for primary and secondary school class trips, developing programming for families visiting the site with children, training tour staff to work with children, and coordinating outreach to school groups. The Assistant Program Director for Education will also assist in the ongoing hiring, training and supervising of tour staff.

As the sole museum educator within this small but growing organization, the Assistant Program Director for Education will need to be organized, independent, focused and flexible. The Assistant Program Director for Education will need to be able to balance long-term planning and development of new programming with the cycle of more routine work that will be necessary to keep the program running.

Eastern State Penitentiary is a stabilized ruin, creating unique challenges for designing programming. Children under the age of seven cannot be allowed onto the property. Find more information about Eastern State Penitentiary at www.easternstate.org.

The position has competitive salary and benefits. Applicants must have at least three years of professional experience in museum education. Masters Degree in history, museum education or related field preferred. Deadline for application is January 19, 2008.

To Apply:    
Email resume, professional references, and cover letter to Program Director Sean Kelley: sk@easternstate.org.