Gri Chief Curator - Los Angeles, United States - J. Paul Getty Trust, The

J. Paul Getty Trust, The

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Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion at Getty: Getty believes diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion are essential to our excellence and to the execution of our mission.

The Getty community values differences in the pursuit of inquiry and knowledge, mutual understanding, respect, trust, transparency, and cooperation.

We are committed to creating a diverse and welcoming workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve and includes individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Individuals of color, women, LGBTQIA+, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Job Summary:

With up to 20 staff members and a robust acquisitions budget, the Getty Research Institute's (GRI) Chief Curator will have the opportunity to create world-class collections to advance research at the Getty and around the globe.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Collections & Discovery and working in close partnership with other members of the GRI management team, the GRI Chief Curator will develop and implement the GRI's strategic priorities for Special Collections in an academically stimulating environment.

To accomplish this ongoing effort, the GRI Chief Curator will oversee a team of 11 Curators who collectively manage roughly 72,000 rare books, 27,000 single prints and drawings, 800 collections of rare photographs, and over 120,000 linear feet of manuscripts and archives, along with optical devices, architectural models, audiovisual recordings, and digital-born materials.

The focus of the GRI Chief Curator will be to oversee the acquisition and collection process from a wide variety of perspectives reflecting a collection mission and strategy that focuses on shifts in scholarship, engaging new audiences, and creating access and amplifying the acquired and newly-acquired content with the curators and institutional partners while emphasizing a current initiative to promote cataloging of large collections alongside reducing the number of incoming acquisitions.

The efforts of the GRI Chief Curator and curators will be anchored in a strong interest to bring existing departments and work processes into alignment and center the work along the core set of values: Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion, as well as Sustainability and Education so that the GRI can more effectively advance the local, transnational, and global discovery of research materials essential to the study of art history, visual culture, and the built environment.

The GRI Chief Curator works closely with other institutions within Getty, including the Museum, Conservation Institute, Foundation, Getty Digital, Development, Communication, and the Trust, to encourage further discourse and partnership (acquisitions, exhibitions, and programming) and strengthen this department's work in furthering Getty's mission.

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Major Job Responsibilities:

Strategic Goals:

Establish a collection acquisition framework, strategy, and process that shapes the planning and execution of all department efforts, with a current emphasis on strategically managing the number of large collections requiring intense cataloging.
Develop mutually beneficial working relationships with institutional partners, including the Museum, Conservation Institute, Foundation, Getty Digital, Development, Communication, and the Trust.
Engage with external partners to enhance acquisitions, exhibitions, and publications of existing collections and encourage reimagining existing collections from different perspectives that engage new audiences.
Manage and provide a model for the curatorial team, the Chief Curator will assist each curator in promoting Special Collections holdings through research, tours, lectures, exhibitions, and publications inside and outside the Getty

The following responsibilities represent the encompassing portfolio of the GRI Chief Curator:
Management

Oversee and manage the curatorial division in research on acquisitions and donations of rare materials in various media and formats that build on the strengths of the GRI's Special Collections and help it expand into new areas.
Provide a broad, innovative, and creative curatorial vision, direct the department budget, and regularly supervise and meet with the curatorial staff, administrative assistants, and department coordinators.
Oversee Collection Development Council meetings and Curatorial department meetings.
Meet regularly with the GRI Council members regarding the GRI collections.
Represent the GRI at local, national, and international level meetings and conferences.
Oversee initiatives and strategies for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

Acquisitions