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JOB POSTING: SAA Education Director



EDUCATION DIRECTOR

Title: Education Director
Appointed by: Executive Director
Reports to: Executive Director
Salary Range: $40-50K

The Society of American Archivists, North America's oldest and largest
national archival professional association, seeks a continuing education
expert to serve as SAA's Education Director.  Headquartered in downtown
Chicago with a full-time staff of eight, SAA serves over 3,400 individual
and institutional members and provides leadership to ensure the
identification, preservation and use of records of historic value.

This position offers the opportunity to engage in cutting edge continuing
education programming, to establish national leadership in the field of
archival education, and to grow a program with unlimited potential.
Essential responsibilities are:

- Leadership.  Guide the education program to meet critical and challenging
continuing education issues.  Requires an individual who can learn about the
nature of these issues and develop venues for meeting such needs.  Develop
and coordinate offerings, evaluate new intensive online courses.  Leadership
role in securing development funds.

- Advocacy.  Assume leadership role in coordinating continuing education
(CE) offerings offered by SAA and other education providers (regional
associations, colleges, universities).  Will need to be both a liaison to
other education providers as well as a resource for SAA members and others
interested in archival training.  Work closely with leaders from the
National Forum on Archival Continuing Education (NFACE), the Council of
State Historical Records Coordinators (COSHRC), and the American Association
for State and Local History (AASLH), among others.  Market CE offerings to
nontraditional audiences.

- Publishing.  Develop and maintain course materials in a wide range of
formats from online to CD-ROM to traditional manuals and other publications.
Works closely with Director of Publications to expand and market SAA's
publications catalog.

- Teaching.  Develop and teach workshops enabling archival experts to
prepare traditional subject areas for new media presentation.  Support the
work of other education providers, especially regional associations, with
emphasis on workshop design, evaluation, and other issues appropriate to the
expertise of  an educational specialist.

Qualifications:

Minimum of Bachelor's degree in adult learning with five years related
experience in education, training, instructional design, educational product
development, or closely related field.  Excellent oral and written
presentation skills.  Experience with budget development, implementation,
and project management.  Ability to work as a team with coworkers on all
levels, with strong consensus building skills.  Willingness to travel and
work occasional nights and weekends.

Preferred:  Association management experience with high tolerance for
ambiguity, technical expertise in computer-based and online-based education
training, development and marketing skills

SAA offers health, dental, long term disability, life insurance,  retirement
contributions, liberal vacation and holidays.  No phone calls please.

Susan E. Fox, CAE
Executive Director
Society of American Archivists
527 South Wells St., 5th Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
Fax: 312-347-1452
sfox@archivists.org
http://www.archivists.org

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