About Us: The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry is the largest and most interactive science museum in the Western Hemisphere. Griffin MSI exposes guests of all ages to awe-inspiring exhibitions that spark curiosity and bring science to life. Griffin MSI's mission – to inspire the inventive genius in everyone – is realized through its world-class exhibits and engaging guest experiences. The Museum provides programs and experiences that deepen the engagement of students and teachers in science and science-related disciplines, with a vision to inspire and motivate our children to achieve their full potential in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math.

We offer a creative, collaborative, and innovative environment for our employees. Our employees get great perks such as: benefits starting on day one of employment, a progressive employee wellness program, hybrid work modality for eligible positions, free parking in Griffin MSI's garage, free admission to Griffin MSI for family and friends, free admission to other museums, and more! If you are equally passionate about our vision and want to be surrounded by a team of dynamic, smart and innovative people, the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry is the right place for you!

• Builds, maintains, manages, and implements community engagement priorities, goals, and objectives to execute strategic initiatives.
• Maintains relationships with community stakeholders in division initiatives such as SPARK neighborhoods to steward and explore partnership opportunities.
• Supports the Chief Learning Officer (CLO) in partnership communication and relationship tracking through data management.
• Represents the Museum at community meetings and with other stakeholders.
• Keeps abreast of current and pending community issues.
• Manage a large stakeholder community to schedule advocacy engagement opportunities and track engagements in pursuit of the Museum's mission.
• Prepares the CEO and CLO for advocacy engagement and tracking engagement outcomes.
• Manage and update all advocacy talking points, documents, and presentations.
• Attends and participates in learning and community events (tabling, CAC events, parades, etc.) to provide information and resources about the Museum and its initiatives and to support the team and strategy.
• Collaborates with others in the division to prevent redundancies in communication, efforts, or resource allocation.
• Uses tools broadly used by the division to project manage and track touchpoints such as Asana, Airtable, and SharePoint.
• Identifies opportunities for advancement using data and new trends in the Chicago region. 
• Works with internal stakeholders on messaging and community events.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in community engagement strategy and implementation.
• Bachelor's degree a plus.
• Experience using data management software such as Salesforce and creating dashboards to present data insights.
• Ability to think strategically while operating tactically to improve processes.
• Capable of managing a large stakeholder community to schedule advocacy engagement opportunities and track engagements in pursuit of the Museum's mission.
• Exceptional relationship-building and collaboration skills.
• Well-established voice in strategic partnerships and community.
• Must demonstrate the ability to be proactive, accomplish results, work independently and as a contributing team member.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, organization and interpersonal skills; strong customer services is required.
• Must be able to work evenings and weekends as needed.
• Language:
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as procedure documents, etc.
  • Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
  • Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees of the organization.
• Mathematical:
  • Ability to calculate basic math figures and amounts.
  • Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

• Reasoning:
  • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
  • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or schedule form.
• Physical:
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.
  • The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
  • The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.
  • The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Work Environment:
  • The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions, extreme cold; extreme heat; and vibration.
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Our Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusivity Mission

The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry is committed to advancing diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion across our workforce, experiences, and day-to-day operations. As Griffin MSI employees, we are each responsible for making the Museum a welcoming place externally for guests and internally for our colleagues within the scope of our roles.

Griffin MSI is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, which includes providing equal opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.