Bilingual Educator

Basic Qualifications * BA or higher in anthropology, education, or other social science or humanities field * Minimum 2 years' experience working with K-12 school or family audiences * Ability to read, write and speak Spanish Additional Information The Harvard Museums of Science and Culture (HMSC) is a consortium of public museums in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences that includes the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. All formal written offers will be made by FAS Human Resources. Job Summary The Harvard Museums of Science & Culture are dedicated to building a diverse community of individuals who are committed to contributing to an inclusive environment - including fostering respect for all, serving the greater good, and welcoming individuals from a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. To learn more about HMSC's mission, objectives, and core values, please visit our website https://hmsc.harvard.edu/ Position Summary Reporting to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology's Director of Education, this bilingual educator works to ensure that HMSC builds robust partnerships with Latinx and other diverse communities to increase attendance to, participation with and learning via the resources of HMSC museums. The educator will develop, implement, and evaluate a full range of social science educational experiences for school children (K-12), professional educators, and family audiences both on and off-site. This position works closely with curators and other museum personnel, in addition to collaborating with school educators (teachers and administrators), other cultural organizations, and independent consultants or community advisors (where applicable) to implement, evaluate or support community, school and teacher programs. Fifty percent of this role's effort is coordinating the second year of the Hear Me Out/Escuchame program for Latinx teens from Chelsea and Somerville. The educator will design and co-facilitate online and/or face-to-face workshops in English and Spanish, soliciting teen thoughts and feelings on contemporary issues related to the exhibits in our cultural and natural history museums. They will use technologies (i.e., videoconferencing, photography, podcast software) to broaden access to museum resources for a non-college audience. They will be the primary contact with 24 teens and coordinate production and installation of youth projects with HMSC Exhibits staff. The educator will perform other duties as needed.

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