Job Opportunities
The Yale Center for British Art offers a dynamic work environment, with opportunities for staff to enrich and develop their love of the arts while contributing their skills and talents to the mission of the museum. Positions require all levels of education, experience, and training.
Our hiring process is managed by Yale University Human Resources. As a large research university, Yale employs nearly 10,000 staff to support fourteen residential colleges, nine professional schools, three museums, and countless administrative departments. For more information about employment at Yale University, including benefits, visit the university’s employment website.
Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Yale considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of, an individual’s sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, status as a veteran, or national or ethnic origin; nor does Yale discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
Open Positions
Please note: all positions are in person.
Special Events and Advancement Manager
Reporting to the Director of Advancement, the Special Events and Advancement Manager is responsible for the management and execution of internal and external event operations at the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA).
Learn more here.
Nadia Sophie Seiler Rare Materials Residency
The YCBA and The Folger Shakespeare Library, located in Washington, DC, are seeking an early career librarian for a one-year residency, July 2026 - May 2027. The Seiler Resident will spend July 2026 through December 2026 at the Folger Shakespeare Library and from January 2027 through May 2027 at the YCBA. This is a unique opportunity to have exposure to two cataloguing-forward institutions, a variety of workflows and material types, and mentors from both institutions who can provide unparalleled support to an early career cataloguer or archivist.
Learn more here.
Graduate Museum Fellowships for Yale Graduate Students
These fellowships are open to graduate students at Yale to enhance the educational experiences provided by academic coursework and teaching assistantships at the university, allowing students to extend their range of academic specializations and expertise, and to augment research skills by direct contact with objects in the collections.
Learn more here.
Internships
The YCBA, supported by the generosity of Nancy Horton Bartels and her late husband, Henry E. Bartels, is pleased to offer academic-year and summer internships to Yale undergraduates and summer internships for New Haven Promise Scholars from New Haven Public Schools.
Learn more here.
Student Guide Program
The Student Guide Program offers Yale undergraduates from all disciplines the opportunity to engage with original works of art and become familiar with a variety of museum departments.
Learn more here.