Island Farm - Site Manager, Roanoke Island, NC
Overview
Island Farm is a living history site on Roanoke Island along the Outer Banks of North Carolina that interprets mid-19th century daily life. The site is centered around a circa 1847 homeplace (currently in the process of being listed on the National Register of Historic Places), associated reconstructed outbuildings and is surrounded by ten acres of productive gardens, permanent pasture, and forestland adjacent to the waters of Roanoke Sound.
The homeplace at Island Farm is one of the three oldest homes on the island remaining today, and the only antebellum home that is restored to its original condition and open to the public. Daily programming at Island Farm changes seasonally and includes blacksmithing, hearth cooking, traditional gardening, woodworking, historic trades, fiber art demonstrations, wagon rides, and more.
Island Farm seeks a full-time Site Manager. This is a key position focused on managing interpretive staff, engaging with the public, executing programs and events in ways that enrich the visitor experience, and exploring new ways to bring visitors to the farm and to keep them coming back.
Primary Responsibilities
- To effectively manage and maintain programmatic and organizational logistics of the Outer Banks Conservationists’ (OBC) Island Farm living history site
- To ensure all visitors are provided a unique, meaningful, memorable and positive experience
- Ability to work independently, as well as part of a team
- To effectively staff the Farm with seasonal interpreters and volunteers
- To ensure educational programming and daily living history activities are well-researched, continually engaging, and updated regularly
- To implement programming, events, and workshops that align with the Farm’s mission
- To inspire and engage staff members to appropriately interpret the mission of OBC, as well as the history and site of Island Farm to the public
Requirements
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Must be a team player and flexible to assist in other areas of the Farm when the need arises
- Ability to solve practical problems and to work both independently and on a team to carry out assigned duties with minimal supervision
- Strong work ethic
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of audiences
- Strength to stand, sit, walk, bend, stoop, or twist for long periods of time
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
Preferred Attributes
- Exceptional organizational skills
- A passion for history
- A “can-do” attitude
- Ability to work well with a variety of different people
- A desire for efficiency in the workplace
- A talent for connecting with community
Additional details
This is a full-time, exempt position. Vacation and sick leave are available and increase with tenure. Outer Banks Conservationists is an equal opportunity employer.
For more information, call Outer Banks Conservationists at 252-473-5440. Resume and cover letter can be sent to P.O. Box 721, Manteo, NC 27954 or to ladd@obcinc.org. Application materials are due by Friday, January 17, 2025.
