About this Position

The Montana Heritage Commission preserves and manages historic resources in Virginia City, Nevada City and Reeder’s Alley and promotes the appreciation of history through quality visitor experiences.

The Executive Director for the Montana Heritage Commission (MHC) is responsible for budgeting, administering grants, ensuring program effectiveness, managing historical properties and leases including managing necessary maintenance on properties and overseeing MHC marketing and promotion. The position is responsible for ensuring program support, allocating resources, regular evaluation and reporting, and fiscal management. This position manages 5 FTE, 2 short term aggregate positions, contractors and temporary services workers and is supervised concurrently by the Commission and the Department of Commerce.

This position is based in Virginia City, MT and the selected applicant should expect to work in Virginia City and Nevada City for the majority of their time. Travel to Helena for meetings and oversight of Reeder’s Alley should not exceed 20%.

What are we looking for?

Education and Experience:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Business, Public Administration or a similar area of study
• 5+ years of progressively responsible leadership experience
• Other combinations of education and experience will be considered
• It would pique our interest if you had previous experience at a tourism destination similar to Virginia City/Nevada City

Competencies:

Knowledge of:

• Public program administration
  ·         Strategy planning
  ·         Property and facility management
  ·         Historic preservation
  ·         Leadership and supervisory principles and practices
  ·         Business administration
  ·         State budgeting and accounting processes and policies

Ability to:

• Analyze and understand complex situations
  ·         Plan, implement and evaluate the achievement of goals and objectives
  ·         Prioritize competing program needs
  ·         Work efficiently on numerous projects simultaneously
  ·         Interpret and apply statutes, policies and rules
  ·         Communicate effectively verbally and in writing
  ·         Work under pressure during peak work periods
  ·         Establish and maintain working relationships with staff, vendors, contractors, volunteers, tenants, the Commission, Department of Commerce and the public