Museum Technology Project Specialist

Job Title: Museum Technology Project Specialist

Location: Ottawa, Ontario (Hybrid required 1 day on-site per month)

Duration: Long Term Contract

Job Type: Part-Time (10-30 hours per week)

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

· Provide project support for the Museum Content Management System (CMS) project – a project to identify/develop a new exhibition digital content management system (CMS), technology to drive the way Museum visitors engage with the Museum's content, such as collection data, educational information, audio [1] visual assets, etc.

· Support and maintain the project plan and schedule in consultation with the project team and stakeholders (using a project planning tool like MS Project, Teamwork, Smartsheet, etc.) to ensure schedules, milestones and deliverables are met.

· Contribute and assist with the development of project's scope of work.

· Assist with the development of progress reports and other project documentation.

· Assist with the development of consolidating comments and feedback from various stakeholders.

· Maintain the project's Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RACI chart)

· Identify, plan, and ensure the sound management of technology integration requirements are met (i.e., with Museum's Collections database, Museum's website, etc.)

· Define project risks, issues, and interdependencies while delivering the scope and work plans within quality parameters and timeframes.

· Collaborate with project contributors and stakeholders on all project activities.

· Other activities and deliverables, as require.

Skills & Qualification:

• Demonstrated experience with museum exhibit installation.

• Demonstrated experience executing Museum Technology Projects, (i.e., exhibition or enterprise content management systems for museums)

• Demonstrated experience supporting multiple initiatives.

• Demonstrated knowledge of museum collections management, interactive media design, visitor evaluation, museum exhibition design, etc.

• Demonstrated knowledge of digital work, such as technology documentation, digital asset management, computer networking, cyber risk management, etc

Experience:

• A minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated experience in museums or on a museum project.

Education:

• University degree or college diploma in museum studies, interactive media design, or a related field

Additional Qualifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

• Digital strategy architecture training/certification (i.e., MIT Professional Certificate in Digital Transformation,

• Columbia Business School Certificate in Digital Strategies for Business Transformation, University of Toronto

• Certificate in Digital Strategy and Communications Managements, etc.)

• Facilitation training/certification (i.e., International Association of Facilitators Certified Professional Facilitator,

• Royal Roads University Professional Certificate in Advanced Facilitation Practices, etc.)

About US Tech Solutions:

US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com.

Job Type: Part-time

Salary: $50.00 per hour

Expected hours: 10 – 30 per week

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to Relocate:

• Ottawa, ON: Relocate before starting work (required)