Curator of Education and Visitor Experience (Historical Archival Cultural Officer 3)

Competition # : 50123

Department: Communities, Culture, Tourism & Heritage

Location: HALIFAX

Type of Employment: Permanent

Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG

Closing Date: 21-Oct-26 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

About Us

The Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage supports communities across the province to be welcoming, inclusive and accessible, providing a outstanding quality of life for Nova Scotians and a memorable experience for visitors. We value the collective diversity of our heritage and our people and believe in the transformative nature of culture to help create healthy, active, growing communities.

The Nova Scotia Museum (NSM) is responsible for the provincial collection of over one million artifacts and specimens housed at museum sites and storage facilities across the province. The NSM values equity, diversity, and inclusion and considers these drivers for necessary institutional change. The museum acknowledges that history’s exclusionary practices must be addressed, that we are part of a shared heritage, and we will continue to work with community partners to work for change to interpret a more inclusive history.

The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a Nova Scotia Museum site and engages the region’s maritime experience in all its breadth and diversity, including our enduring and complex relationships with water and the sea.

About Our Opportunity

The Curator of Education is a senior position responsible for providing strategic direction, vision, and management of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic’s educational and experiential learning.



The Curator provides leadership to the Visitor Experience Team and supports the achievement and evaluation of Boat School’s educational goals. Additionally, the role leads the development, growth, and long-term sustainability of an inclusive volunteer program.

Working collaboratively with colleagues of the Nova Scotia Museum and with community partners, the Curator of Education ensures that the museum’s learning opportunities are engaging, inclusive, and responsive to evolving educational practices, organizational commitments, and visitor needs. The position provides supervision and support to staff and volunteers.

Primary Accountabilities

The core accountabilities include education and interpretative programming development; leadership of an inclusive volunteer program; Visitor Experience Team supervision.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead the planning, delivery, and evaluation of educational programs, public engagement initiatives, outreach activities, and digital learning experiences.
- Develop educational resources and interpretive content that make maritime history accessible and engaging for diverse audiences.
- Advance the museum’s education strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and Boat School objectives and KPIs.
- Build and maintain partnerships with educational institutions,



community organizations, and cultural groups to expand program reach and impact.
- Serve as the museum’s lead for volunteer engagement, including recruitment, training, and recognition.
- Supervise Visitor Experience staff, interns, and educators, fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and professional team culture.
- Collaborate with curatorial and exhibition teams to integrate educational objectives into exhibits, programs, and visitor experiences.
- Manage education budgets, monitor expenditures, pursue funding opportunities, and support reporting requirements.
- Maintain program records, evaluate outcomes, and prepare reports, presentations, and annual KPI updates.
- Represent the museum within the community and professional networks, and contribute to museum-wide initiatives, events, social media, communications, and public activities.

Qualifications and Experience

Undergraduate degree plus minimum 5 years professional experience, or a Master’s degree in related field plus 3 years professional experience, such as museum interpretation, education development and teaching, public programming. Preference given to candidates with a minimum 3 years’ museum interpretation, education and/or curriculum development experience.

The Curator should have knowledge/experience:

- Advancing principles of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility
- Historical research and project writing andEducational interpretive programming techniques
- Practical knowledge of the maritime and marine sectors
- Theories and practices of teachingincluding Artifact handling and conservation awareness <

📌 Curator of Education and Visitor Experience (Halifax Regional Municipality)
🏢 Nova Scotia
📍 Halifax Regional Municipality