Project Specialist

Project Specialist

Job Family Scientific and Conservation

TypeLT Full-Time

Position Status Getty Center

Workplace Type Hybrid/Partially Remote

Salaried/Hourly Salaried

Hiring Pay Scale $98,820 - $133,380 Annually

Salary Commensurate with experience and internal equity

Program/Department Conservation Institute - 0609-GCI Building and Sites

Requisition Number

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We are seeking an experienced professional with expertise in the conservation and management of the built and urban heritage, including heritage of marginalized/underrepresented communities, to fill a four-year, limited-term position of Project Specialist in the Getty Conservation Institute's Buildings and Sites Department. As Project Specialist, you will plan and carry out conservation projects-from designing and preparing to implementing and monitoring project components-aimed at addressing current conservation challenges of local, regional, and international relevance.

The position will be based in our offices at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. Initially in person full-time, the opportunity to telework may be available after an initial period of training and orientation will be discussed and approved by your supervisor. Typically, staff with approved telework schedules at the Getty Conservation Institute are in the office more than half of the time.

Mission

The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) works internationally to advance conservation practice in the visual arts-objects, collections, architecture, and sites. The Institute serves the conservation community through scientific research, education and training, field projects, and disseminating information. In all our endeavors, we create and deliver knowledge that contributes to the conservation of the world's cultural heritage.

As Project Specialist, you will manage and monitor operations and resources for the African American Historic Places, Los Angeles Project (AAHPLA), which is a collaboration between Getty and the Los Angeles City Planning, Office of Historic Resources to advance the understanding, identification, protection, conservation, and celebration of the city's Black heritage. This includes:

Managing Getty's AAHPLA team, staffing, and budgets, as well as partner and consultant agreements, and collaborating on development of project plans.

• Contributing to the completion of AAHPLA cultural heritage preservation strategies for three historically African American neighborhoods in Los Angeles, which will be under development by a project consultant in 2025 and 2026.
• Identifying mechanisms, potential partners and resources for the implementation of the AAHPLA neighborhood cultural preservation strategies.
• Developing strong relationships with Los Angeles City Planning, Office of Historic Resources and other project partners and working collaboratively to build local expertise, through seminars, symposia, and workshops, to ensure the long-term sustainability of project outcomes.
• Undertaking research, drawing on international and national efforts, to identify strategies for historic preservation policies and processes that better support social justice and equity goals (may result in publications, tools, guidelines and training).
• Developing a dissemination plan and writing/co-writing conference papers and project publications to share the results of the work.
• Work with colleagues to further advance community empowered processes and practices for our work including building process and systems, upskilling staff and integration of processes across projects.
• Disseminate and make accessible Getty resources and training materials related to urban heritage, including materials from past training programs.
• Advance economic research needs that demonstrate the benefits of conservation across a range of projects areas including AAHPLA.
• Manage and provide direction to multi-disciplinary project teams, which include staff, interns, consultants, and project partners; supervise and mentor direct report(s).
• Provide advice and work collaboratively to resolve technical or operational project issues.
• Cultivate relationships with a large professional network within the conservation/urban planning community.
• Develop resource plans and manage project budgets.
• Undertake research, write, publish, and present at professional venues in order to broadly disseminate results.
• Professional development is…