The Executive Director (ED) will play a central role in the ongoing re-imagination of this historic site as a shared use property. To that end, the ED will focus on the following key objectives:

Management

• Lead a strategic vision for the site as a shared use property as outlined in the Cooper-Molera Shared Use Agreement to create a distinctive and welcoming destination where both for-profit and non-profit uses thrive and support each other.
• Lead the site to integrate Justice, Equity, Diversity, Access, Inclusion (JEDAI) measures site-wide and ensure metrics are tracked, targets are reached, and ensure timely maturation of the site in JEDAI practices.
• Collaborate with National Trust colleagues in a variety of areas including preservation, interpretation and education, budget management, collections management, development of marketing and membership initiatives, and fundraising and earned revenue efforts.
• Provide excellent staff and volunteer management, offering timely and consistent guidance and performance feedback, encouraging professional development, and fostering a team-based approach to all operations.
• Develop a site advisory council to represent the diversity of the site’s community and support fundraising and programming goals, and ensuring their experiences and insights are factored into the overall life of the site.
• Serve as the site’s principal staff liaison and represent the site and the National Trust at professional meetings and public forums, and within the community.

Fundraising and Marketing

• Raise funds from individual, foundation, and government entities to support interpretive programming throughout the site and ongoing preservation of the Cooper Adobe, Diaz Adobe, Red House, and the gardens.
• Develop and implement a plan to promote site programming at the local, national, and international levels through social media, group tour outreach, tourism bureaus, and new partnerships.
• Work with headquarters’ Development staff on major initiatives to ensure development efforts are aligned, while cultivating and stewarding donor relationships at various levels of giving.
• Maintain and expand the digital presence of Cooper Molera Adobe through the use of social media and manage an engaging website presence for the site and the larger National Trust.

Entrepreneurial/Shared-Use Model

• Develop and maintain a site-wide, virtual calendar of events for the entire site.
• Organize and convene regular weekly meetings of all shared use partners at the site.
• Work with commercial partners and National Trust management to refine property management plan.
• Collaborate with Alta Bakery to develop and install creative changing exhibitions for the Diaz Adobe that are engaging to the bakery customers using this space, highlight the rich history of the site, and expand partnership with other entities.

Outreach and Community Engagement

• Make connections with communities of color and other historically marginalized communities.
• Collaborate with the Historic Garden League and the garden design and maintenance partners on plant sales, workshops, and other programs.
• Participate in community events such as the weekly Alvarado Street Farmers Market, Christmas in the Adobes, July 4^th Living History with collaborative and engaging programs at the site.

Interpretation/Education/Visitor Experience

• Develop and implement interpretive planning and programming that utilizes the buildings and landscape to engage the public with the diverse history of the site in interesting and experiential ways, including hands-on K-12 programs, guided and self-guided tours, digital tools, music and other performing arts, exhibitions, and other events and initiatives.
• Develop and implement innovative, collaborative programming with shared use commercial partners that creates a distinctive destination at Cooper-Molera Adobe and expand the interpretation of the site’s diverse history, including stories of Indigenous, Latinx, and women’s history.
• Facilitate and sustain a variety of creative and successful partnerships to support interpretive activities at the site and promote its general operations and role in the community.
• Continue to refine the site-wide visitor experience to create a welcoming and inclusive resource for the local community and tourists alike.

Preservation

• Serve as the primary National Trust representative on-site during upcoming exterior restoration of the Cooper and Diaz Adobes that is support by a Save America’s Treasures grant.
• Support active and appropriate maintenance and conservation of the site's buildings and grounds in coordination and collaboration with National Trust Historic Sites staff.

Collections

• Work collaboratively with California State Parks (CSP) and National Trust Historic Sites staff on management, exhibition, and digital access to the object collections on loan from CSP.
• Work collaboratively with diverse cultural groups to utilize different research methodologies including oral histories and cultural practices to engage a diverse public to utilize archival and permanent collection.
• Steward and interpret the site’s extensive archival collection, which has just been digitized with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, as well as the architectural elements and utilize these resources to engage the public with the site’s history.
• Manage online exhibitions and create innovative ways to make collections accessible.??

QUALIFICATIONS

Entrepreneurial spirit and experience engaging with commercial partners or activities in creative ways.

• At least 8 years of professional level experience, including experience with budgeting, staffing, supervising professionals and leading teams to generate high quality results, with at least 5 years of demonstrated success in business development and/or historic site management, or a related field.
• Demonstrated success in development and implementation of innovative exhibitions and/or interpretive and experiential programming, public outreach, and/or special events.
• Demonstrated success in developing digital resources, social media engagement, creative marketing and/or non-profit fundraising.
• Demonstrated success in budget and project schedule development and management.
• Demonstrated collaborative spirit evidenced by comfort with a fluid, dynamic workplace with a high degree of interaction with the public.
• Demonstrated success in building relationships with boards/councils, customers, diverse stakeholders, for-profit and nonprofit partners, and/or potential donors and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrated understanding and commitment to the values and mission of the National Trust and the organization’s vision for its historic sites.
• Effective and inspiring team leadership skills, with a commitment to diversity, demonstrated by success in managing a varied staff with wide-ranging skill sets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including strong public speaking skills.
• Experience in programmatically engaging culturally diverse audiences, constituents and partners.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, including issue identification and prioritization.
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task efficiently and respond to a high volume of ongoing requests in a timely fashion.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and skill set essential.
• Proven ability to adapt and be flexible in a dynamic work environment and collaborate with commercial and other non-traditional partners.
• Proven ability to continually develop skills related to use of rapidly changing technology and communications best practices.
• Bilingual proficiency in Spanish a plus.

Hiring Range: $140,000 - 160,000 per year