Overview:    

The Board of Trustees of the Westchester Children’s Museum is seeking an Executive Director to provide leadership in advancing the Museum’s mission and goals across its exhibitions, programs, and outreach. The ideal candidate is a visionary leader, a strategic and proven fundraiser, and a community ambassador. The new Executive Director will have the exciting and unique opportunity to bring their own vision to the momentum driving the Museum towards its full potential as the hub for interactive playful learning for children with their parents, caregivers, and schools. This role provides an opportunity to lead the Museum in a period of growth through thoughtful fundraising, staff recruitment and development, and strategic exhibit and programmatic expansion.

As a collaborative leader, the Executive Director will report to the Board of Trustees and will work closely with the board members, the staff, and community stakeholders to create, develop, and enhance the Museum’s exhibitions and educational programming from early childhood through upper elementary. The new Executive Director will have both financial acumen and an entrepreneurial spirit. The Director will be an enthusiastic and effective public face of the Museum, engaging with both Rye and Westchester County officials, the management team of Playland Amusement Park, prospective and existing donors, and the broadest range of cultural, educational, nonprofit, business, and corporate community in Westchester.

Qualifications:    

The Executive Director’s duties and responsibilities will include overall responsibility for the management, supervision, operation, administration, enhancement, and development of WCM. The new Executive Director is an energetic leader with a proven track record of participating in a major fundraising campaign and can lead and execute a strategic planning process. In order for the Museum to achieve its strategic goals, the candidate must be able to work closely with the Board of Trustees, external partners to find funding for future programs and exhibits through both the cultivation of potential new donors and seeking various grants. The organization’s leader will manage a new capital campaign, memberships, and annual giving. The Executive Director should possess the political savvy and the ability to balance relationships with public sector officials serving Rye and Westchester County, while building new relationships and partnerships in the community.