Job Opportunities

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.

Catalog Librarian 
Reporting to the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, the Catalog Librarian creates, enhances, and maintains original and copy cataloging records for a wide range of materials in a variety of formats dating from the sixteenth century to the present, including printed books, maps, manuscripts, serials, auction catalogs, and realia.

 

Head of Study Room
The Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) seeks a Head of Study Room to steward the public operations of the museum’s Study Room, which provides access to its collections of prints, drawings, photographs, rare books, manuscripts, and archives. 

 

Mechanical Systems Specialist
Reporting to the Yale Center British Art (YCBA) Director of Operations, the Mechanical Systems Specialist maintains the internal and external environments of one of the finest university art museums in the world. 
 

Senior Administrative Assistant, Curatorial Division
This position exists within the Curatorial Division, which encompasses the Center’s three curatorial departments—Paintings and Sculpture, Prints and Drawings, and Rare Books and Manuscripts—as well as the Registrar, Installation, Exhibitions, and Publications Departments. 

 

Senior Administrative Assistant, Operations
Reporting to the Yale Center British Art Chief of Operations, the Operations administrative assistant oversees scheduling and coordinating contractor schedules, maintenance records, and assists with budget needs. 

 

Visitor Services Assistant 
The Visitor Services Assistant performs all functions of the Visitor Services Department in order to provide the highest level of visitor experience to the Yale Center for British Art’s visitors/guests, members, donors, students, faculty, and staff. 

 

Visitor Services Assistant 
The Visitor Services Assistant performs all functions of the Visitor Services Department in order to provide the highest level of visitor experience to the Yale Center for British Art’s visitors/guests, members, donors, students, faculty, and staff. 

 

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. If necessary, these positions may be offered remotely in accordance with Yale policy. 

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 HBCU undergraduates from New Haven County. 

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.