Education & Interpretive Specialist, NC African American Heritage Commission, Raleigh, NC

  • 19 Dec 2023 12:04 PM
    Message # 13292652

    Recruitment Range: $44,588-$52,468

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    The Education and Interpretation Specialist develops educational resources and initiatives for stakeholders of the NCAAHC. This position also works with curriculum, toolkits, educator trainings, and educator workshops. These resources must meet the needs of a diversity of stakeholders—from families and students to public school educators and museum educators. The education and interpretation specialist cultivates relationships with internal and external education partners to conceptualize and implement initiatives and resource development opportunities that meet the needs of some of the division’s core stakeholder groups: public schools, colleges and universities, and cultural institutions. This position will also offer guidance in best practices for interpreting African American history, arts, and culture spaces across North Carolina.


    This position is deemed eligible for hybrid telework under DNCRs Telework Policy. 

    Key Responsibilities:
    • Cultivates relationships with external partners and stakeholders (including colleges and universities, statewide public-school systems, the Department of Public Instruction, libraries, and cultural institutions); connect division resources to, and implement relevant initiatives with, these partners.  
    • Develops curriculum to meet the needs of diverse stakeholders, including families, educators, and museum educators.
    • Conceptualizes, plans, and implements educator trainings and workshops centered on North Carolina African American history, art, and culture. 
    • Creates family and youth programs for diverse statewide audiences centered on North Carolina African American history, art, and culture. 
    • Creates newsletters, toolkits, blogs, and other informational resources for families, youth, and educators. 
    • Crafts and implements a Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Outreach Plan to grow connections with faculty and students focusing on African American history, art, heritage, and culture.
    • Shares interpretive resources and execute interpretation trainings across DNCR divisions and among external stakeholders, providing colleagues with best practices for developing materials, resources, and programs centered on North Carolina African American history, art, and culture. 
    • Creates and maintains interpretive guides, plans, and other resources centered on best practices for interpreting and sharing North Carolina African American history, art, and culture in statewide cultural institutions.  


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    Last modified: 19 Dec 2023 12:04 PM | Adrienne Nirde