Museum Educator

Date: 11/20/2025

Job Title: Museum Educator

Division / Department: Education

FLSA: Exempt

Location: Washington, DC

Schedule: Will include evenings and weekends as required by the Education Department.

Reporting Manager: Director of Education

Direct Reports: Interns, Part Time Museum Educator

Salary: $54,590

Position Summary

• The Museum Educator will engage guests with the Bible through efficiently preparing and facilitating educational programs based on historical events of importance to the Bible for guests, including families, school groups (teachers, principals, parents and students), and other stakeholders involved in partner institutions of MOTB.
• This position will develop and facilitate education programs from concept through review to implementation.
• This position reports directly to the Director of Education to coordinate and facilitate programs in collaboration with internal museum teams and external partners.
  
  
  

Duties & Responsibilities

• This position will personally learn every K-12 program offered by the Education Department and prepare to deliver these programs to students with a diverse range of ages and learning levels. This position will develop new K-12 and family programs and assist with updating current programming as needed.
• This position is expected to attend Curatorial, All Staff and Education Department meetings and trainings.
• This position will assist with any educational program operations by ensuring that materials for teaching and facilitating the programs are prepared and that education spaces are maintained through orderly setup and cleanup.
• This position will strategically implement feedback from guests and museum teams to continuously improve program offerings.
• This position will teach and facilitate K-12 programs in accordance with the program schedule and provide support to the other areas of the Education Department.
• This position will work with the Scribe to develop and conduct programs ensuring that every component of program delivery is executed at high standards.
• This position will develop learning outcomes and evaluation metrics for each program offered by the museum and ensure that these outcomes are met through ongoing assessment, and provide ongoing feedback to the Education Department leadership regarding program evaluation by updating the Department goal spreadsheet.
• This position will assist with seasonal and recurring educational programs, including but not limited to: the Education Carts, Family Fun Days, Homeschool Days, sleepover programs, summer camp programs, workshops, seminars, professional development programs, education station, archaeology station and/or any other educational program in the department.
• This position will build and host a network of relationships that can contribute to and participate in School and Family programs, maintaining positive working relationships with internal offices/staff members, local public schools, private schools, the homeschool community, and other sectors of the community at large to invite them to continually engage with the Bible through programming at the museum.
• This position may travel to engage in outreach opportunities in schools or other community organizations or for conferences.
• This position will help coordinate travel and logistics for outreach conferences and Dig Deep booth activities and events, including assembling the exhibition booth at school and/or conferences.
• This position orders materials and facilitates Education Department workshops, including Dig Deep, Tablet to Tablet, Nativity, and others that may be developed over time.
• This position helps create curriculum and oversee its completion with the Creative Team and/or Marketing.
• This position designs and compiles reports about the Education Department’s School and Family division.
• This position assists the Director of Education with administrative tasks that pertain to the School and Family division.
• This position may be videoed or photographed during the performance of these duties.
• This position includes working some weekends and evenings as needed.
• Other duties as assigned
  
  
  

Qualifications & Requirements

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in History, Religious or Biblical Studies, Archaeology, Museum Education, Pedagogy, Museum Studies, or Theatrical or Performing Arts, or commensurate experience approved by the Director of Education. Masters Degree preferred.

Qualifications:

The individual who fills this role must have at least four (4) years of experience teaching programs in an educational institution. This position must also have at least two (2) years of experience within a relational and professional office setting. This position should have experience communicating complex and nuanced ideas with a diverse group of individuals and have a background, or be interested, in Biblical studies.

Skills:

• The individual who fills this role must have exceptional written and verbal communication skills and:
• Be knowledgeable about curriculum design.
• Be proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Be able to learn additional software packages essential for museum operations (Wrike, Tessitura, etc.).
• Be knowledgeable about the use of different online tools for virtual education: Zoom, Teams, Kahoot, and other online games and software.
• Demonstrate personal responsibility and be a self-initiator who can begin projects and see them through without having to be asked.
• Be a team player who enjoys improving organization and communication.
• Be excited to assist with problem-solving.
• Have an exceptional attention to detail and be able to work in a high-stress environment with constantly shifting priorities.
• Value interactive education, relate well with others, and cooperate with a wide variety of people with different backgrounds.
• Enjoy leading people and be diligent in creating opportunities for the growth of the team.
• Be passionate about the Bible and willing to champion the museum’s mission to invite all people to engage with the transformative power of the Bible.
• As needed, inclusion in official or incidental photographs and videos for MOTB and/or guests
• Stand for extended periods of time
• Be able to lift 30 lbs.