Manager of Access and Wellbeing Programs

Part-Time 28 Hours per Week:

Position Overview:

For nearly fifty years the Museum of Fine Arts Boston has prioritized accessibility engaging audiences with disabilities through dedicated access and wellbeing programs and providing the accommodations needed for a welcoming and comfortable museum experience for all visitors. Reporting to the Assistant Director of Accessibility the Manager of Access and Wellbeing Programs is responsible for developing implementing and improving MFA programs for visitors with disabilities of all ages and services for audiences experiencing barriers of entry into the Museum. Programs include on-site off-site and virtual tours artmaking and wellness activations.

With the Assistant Director the role serves as the primary supervisor for the dedicated cohort of volunteer access guides. The Manager of Access and Wellbeing manages and ensures programs are welcoming compliant and deeply engaging for visitors with diverse physical sensory and cognitive disabilities. A key component of this role is recruiting training and scheduling volunteer access guides to assist in delivering inclusive offerings.

Essential Functions:

Develop and manage access tours wellbeing engagement and specialized programs for people with disabilities including but not limited to access days sensory days and activations for Disability Pride Month.

Work collaboratively across-departments with communication planning implementation and evaluation of programs.

Supervise day to day needs of access volunteers and educators including routinely updating training resources and drafting a bi-monthly newsletter to access volunteers.

Collaborate with Volunteer Programs and Training to provide an effective and diverse recruitment process for Access Volunteers.

Design and deliver a comprehensive schedule of ongoing evaluation enrichment and training for access guides in collaboration with the Assistant Director of Accessibility and the Volunteer Programs department.

Lead wellbeing programs and tours for visitors with disabilities as needed.

Maintain sustainable partnerships with local care facilities schools community organizations and disability advocacy groups.

Develop and manage museum access tools such as sensory kits large print binders and the access features of the museum mobile app.

Manage the acquisition and development of the tactile collection and integrate the collection when developing multi-sensory experiences.

Support the Assistant Director of Accessibility to review institutional access needs such as exhibition design and digital accessibility as needed.

Support the Assistant Director of Accessibility and conduct staff training on access related topics such as universal design.

Support internal museum departments in responding to access inquiries.

Provide support for Community Engagement programs and events such as Community Celebrations and Open House days as needed.

Other tasks and duties as assigned.

Requirements and Characteristics:

Bachelors degree in human services museum education special education art education or related field; advanced degree preferred.

Three to five years of experience in museum education community-based arts programming special education or disability advocacy.

An understanding of pedagogical approaches regarding curriculum design for people with disabilities inquiry-based learning and object-based learning

Engaging presentation skills with an ability to train and mentor guides on a variety of topics such as gallery tour facilitation and disability justice.

Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the ADA as well as familiarity with Universal Design Principles and adaptive learning strategies. Experience with audio description adaptive technologies or American Sign Language a plus.

Excellent computer and organizational skills; comfort with technology.

Ability to communicate clearly to a diverse range of individuals.

Demonstrated problem solving and critical thinking skills.

Ability to work some nights weekends and holidays as needed.

Ability to handle sensitive information with tact confidentiality and discretion.

Strong attention to detail with excellent follow-through skills.

Demonstrated flexibility patience and self-motivation.

Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Knowledge of or willingness to learn about art history and practice.

Commitment to inclusion diversity equity and access.

The Museum reserves the right to change job descriptions. While this job description is intended to include essential duties it is conceivable that job duties may change before the job description is officially revised.

This position is affiliated with the United Auto Workers Union

The MFA is an equal opportunity employer. The community and audience we serve is diverse and we wish to foster that diversity in our workplace. Toward that end the MFA does not discriminate against individuals in hiring employment or promotion on the basis of race religion color sex/gender gender identity and gender expression age marital status national origin sexual orientation citizenship handicap or disability veteran or military status political belief pregnancy genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.