POSITION IDENTIFICATION
TITLE Associate Director, Ozarks Folklife Festival
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER 1354
GRADE 44
CLASSIFICATION Exempt
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR Dean of Library Services
GENERAL FUNCTION
The Associate Director – Ozarks Folklife Festival: The person in this position will
assist the Dean of Library Services, in their role as Director of the Smithsonian
Folklife Festival 2023 Ozarks project (SFF23OZ), including considerable outreach and
collaboration with key Smithsonian personnel, other Ozarks organizations and individuals
involved in the project, corporate sponsors, and others, including other cost centers
at Missouri State University. The Associate Director of the SFF 2023 Ozarks project
also will work with all of the committees who are planning various facets of the SFF
2023 Ozarks program, including the chairs of the approximately five key themes of
the program (e.g., music, crafts, food, immigration, recreation and natural resources),
a funding committee, a logistics committee, a media and recording committee, and others
as needed. The Associate Director will serve as a key member of the overall core team
planning this major national 10-day event, as well as tangential programs in the Ozarks,
online, and elsewhere. This is a limited term position for two years. Renewal of the
position would depend on available funding.
MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE QUALIFICATIONS
Education: A Bachelor’s degree. A Master’s degree is preferred.
Experience: At least 3 years of project management experience is required.
Skills: The ability to manage large scale projects, and work with multiple organizations,
key stakeholders, and university leadership is required. The ability to manage multiple
ongoing projects with a specific interest in the history of the Ozarks region is required.
Other: Familiarity with the history and traditions of the Ozarks is required. Considerable
travel and flexibility in daily work schedule (both day of week and time of day) is
required. Site visits to various locations in the Ozarks Multi-State Region is required.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Creates, develops, and edits video files regarding various aspects of the Ozarks
history and culture.
2. Ensures the creation and validity of metadata for various information resources
about the Ozarks culture and heritage.
3. Performs outreach and development efforts related to the Ozarks Studies Institute,
an ongoing initiative of the Missouri State University Libraries.
5. Conducts research into various aspects and components of Ozarks history and culture.
6. Conducts oral history interviews.
7. Presents to various groups about the SFF 2023 Ozarks project and about the Ozarks
Studies Institute in general.
8. Remains competent and current through self-directed professional reading, developing
professional contacts with colleagues, attending professional development courses,
and attending training, and/or courses required by the Dean of Library Services
9. Supports the overall operation of the MOU and collaboration with the university
by performing other duties as assigned by the Dean of Library Services.
SUPERVISION
The Associate Director is supervised by the Dean of Library Services, and may supervise
the work of full-time, part-time, or student workers.
OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES
REVISED JANUARY 2025
JOB FAMILY 4
Factor 1: Professional Knowledge, Skill, and Technical Mastery
Level 3.0 - 1500 Points: Entry-level knowledge of the principles, concepts, practices, and methods of an administrative, managerial, technical, or professional specialty. Knowledge permits employee to carry out basic recurring tasks and routine portions of assignments or to carry out less demanding professional elements of assignments in professional or technical areas including accounting or auditing, financial management, business administration, human resources, law, engineering, science, or medicine, while gaining familiarity with the University's policies and goals, business practices, and/or accounting systems. This level of knowledge permits the employee to schedule and carry out the steps of a limited operation or project, or to complete stages of a multi-phase project. Alternatively, knowledge at this level might also permit the employee to carry out recurring tasks and routine assignments requiring moderate experience in specific areas within higher education. Knowledge at this level is typically acquired through a combination of formal education and/or training and experience that includes a requirement for a college degree in a specific technical or professional specialty. Knowledge requirements may also include a limited amount of related work experience. Alternatively, equivalent knowledge requirements at this level include a non-technical or general Bachelor's degree requirement with a moderate level of additional related work experience or a non-specific Master's degree requirement with some related work experience.
Factor 2: Supervisory Responsibility
Level 1.0 - 50 Points: Typically, little, if any, supervision of others is required. The job may require irregular but occasional responsibility to direct the work of student workers and/or temporary or part-time workers. The nature of supervision is largely confined to assigning tasks to others and does not include a full range of supervisory responsibilities. The amount of time spent on directing the work of others is normally a small portion of total work time.
Factor 3: Interactions with Others
Level 4.0 - 500 Points: Interactions with others are somewhat unstructured. The purpose may be to influence or motivate others, to obtain information, or to control situations and resolve problems. Interactions may be with individuals or groups of co-workers, students, or the general public, may be moderately unstructured, and may involve persons who hold differing goals and objectives. Individuals at this level often act as a liaison between groups with a focus on solving particular unstructured problems. Interactions at this level require considerable interpersonal skill and the ability to resolve conflict.
Factor 4: Job Controls and Guidelines
Level 3.0 - 500 Points: The employee operates under general supervision expressed in terms of program goals and objectives, priorities, and deadlines. Administrative supervision is given through statements of overall program or project objectives and available resources. Administrative guidelines are relatively comprehensive and the employee need only to fill in gaps in interpretation and adapt established methods to perform recurring activities. In unforeseen situations, the employee must interpret inadequate or incomplete guidelines, develop plans, and initiate new methods to complete assignments based on those interpretations. Assignments are normally related in function, but the work requires many different processes and methods applied to an established administrative or professional field. Problems are typically the result of unusual circumstances, variations in approach, or incomplete or conflicting data. The employee must interpret and refine methods to complete assignments. Characteristic jobs at this level may involve directing single-purpose programs or performing complex, but precedented, technical or professional work.
Factor 5: Managerial Responsibility
Level 4.0 - 1500 Points: Work involves the primary accountability for a smaller department, program, or process. Work activities involve managerial decisions that directly affect the efficiency, costs, reputation, and service quality of the department, program, or process. Work affects a limited range of professional projects or administrative activities of the University. Work activities have a direct and substantial impact on the department. While work activities do have some effect on the efficiency and reputation of the cost center, departments, programs, or processes at this level represent a relatively minor function within the cost center. Employees in jobs at this level may have responsibility for developing budgets, distributing budgeted funds, and exercising the primary control over a relatively small budget.
