Museum Educator at Zeitz Museum Of Contemporary Art Africa

Key Responsibilities:

Educational Programming  Coordination and Teaching

• Coordinates education programs, including workshops, tours, and gallery activities.
• Manages scheduling of tours and workshops on the digital calendar.
• Plans and develops educational tours for various age groups.
• Leads guided educational tours in the museum.
• Creates teaching and learning materials based on exhibitions.
• Implements workshops, tours, dialogues, and interactive activities.
• Designs and teaches practical and theoretical workshops for all audiences.

Administration

• Records education visitor numbers for institutional programs.
• Compiles art material lists for workshops.
• Coordinates transport bookings with the Education Administrator.
• Prepares reports for the annual review.
• Maintains digital archives of education resources and lesson plans.
• Manages catering for institutional programs.
• Assists in monitoring and restocking CFAE supplies.
• Submits weekly payment schedules to the Education Administrator & Manager.
• Documents programs and archives photos on SharePoint.

Partnerships and Relationship Building

• Manages correspondence with schools, institutions, and organizations for tour and program planning.
• Assists in developing and implementing curriculum resources linking exhibitions to classroom content.
• Liaises with education departments, schools, and institutions.
• Distributes holiday and museum program information to the CFAE network.

Planning, meetings, exhibitions

• Attends weekly CFAE and curatorial meetings.
• Assists in planning holiday programs.
• Displays artwork in CFAE classrooms.
• Supports exhibitions related to education programs and collaborations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in art history, museum studies, education, or a related field
• Minimum of 3 years of art/design teaching experience in formal or informal arts education sector.
• Experience in museum education is a strong recommendation.
• Teaching experience across a range of age groups at primary and high school level is a strong  recommendation.

Requirements

• Passion for art education and learning.
• Interest in contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora.
• Strong English fluency and writing skills.
• isiXhosa and Afrikaans proficiency recommended.
• Availability for occasional weekend and after-hours work
• Strong communication and knowledge-sharing skills.
• Confident in engaging diverse groups in educational settings.
• Practical and theoretical art teaching expertise.
• Skilled in writing and designing educational resources.
• Strong administration, coordination, and research abilities.
• Independent, deadline-driven, and solution-oriented.
• Effective classroom management and public engagement.
• Dynamic, energetic, and collaborative team player.
• Comfortable facilitating discussions and interactive learning.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office with a willingness to learn new tools