Senior Operations Manager (Beaty Biodiversity Museum)

TL;DR

Senior Operations Manager (Beaty Biodiversity Museum): Provide day-to-day and strategic operational leadership for a major natural history museum housing 2.1 million specimens with an accent on administrative oversight of collections, exhibits, visitor services, and public outreach. Focus on financial management, HR leadership for 46 staff, grant development, revenue strategies, and alignment of operations with institutional goals.

Location: Onsite at hirify.global Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Vancouver, Canada

Salary: $7,622.83 - $11,886.67 CAD Monthly

Company

hirify.global's Beaty Biodiversity Museum is a public outreach center in the Faculty of Science, attracting over 50,000 visitors annually with major collections in entomology, tetrapods, fossils, fish, invertebrates, and herbarium.

What you will do

• Chair strategic planning committee and lead annual operational planning to develop institutional priorities and policies.
• Oversee administration of museum functions including collections care, exhibitions, visitor services, marketing, events, and supervise ~15 staff.
• Manage $2.5M budget, endowments, grants, revenues from store/admissions/memberships, and ensure financial compliance.
• Lead HR for 46 staff/students/volunteers: recruitment, training, performance reviews, conflict resolution, and compensation.
• Develop and submit grants, steward donors, set revenue targets, and liaise with funding agencies and university departments.
• Handle facilities, safety/security, special projects, and represent museum on committees.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in relevant discipline; graduate degree in Business Administration or Cultural Management preferred.
• Minimum 5 years relevant administrative experience including supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of university policies, accounting principles, HR/labour relations, marketing, and business practices.
• Strong financial management skills for complex budgets and grant writing.
• Excellent communication, diplomacy, independent decision-making, and ability to manage multiple projects under pressure.
• Ability to build relationships with diverse internal/external stakeholders and motivate teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with museum operations or cultural institutions.
• Knowledge of safety/security in public facilities and collections repositories.

Culture & Benefits

• Commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and respecting diverse perspectives.
• Part of hirify.global's Faculty of Science with access to academic and research resources.
• Ongoing position with standard hirify.global staff benefits.
• Opportunity to contribute to public outreach and education in biodiversity.