Call for Applications: Executive Director, Toynbee Prize Foundation
The Toynbee Prize Foundation is seeking to appoint a new Executive Director, to begin on 1 June, 2023. The position is part-time (ca. 5 hours per week), and the current compensation is US$6000 per annum. In addition, the executive director has the opportunity to travel to Toynbee Prize Foundation events. While the foundation is located in Boston, Massachusetts, the executive director can be based anywhere in the world. The executive director will mainly communicate with other foundation members via email and online meetings.
Qualified candidates must hold at least a Bachelor's degree in History or a related subject. Ideally, they will either be enrolled in a Master's or doctoral program, or employed as a post-doctoral research fellow. Qualified candidates should be conversant in current debates in the field of global history and interested in reporting on and advancing the state of the field through their work for the Foundation.
The Executive Director is responsible for all programming on the Toynbee Prize Foundation's website (www.toynbeeprize.org). Historically, the role has involved the preparation of profile-style interviews with leading scholars of global history, overseeing the work of a team of volunteer Editors-at-Large, and placing recent global history news on the website. In addition to this, the Executive Director is expected to manage the ordinary operations of the Toynbee Prize Foundation, in particular its annual Trustees' Meeting (in October), its activities at the American Historical Association Annual Meeting (in January), the awarding of the Toynbee Prize (awarded bi-annually in early summer), and the first book manuscript workshop.
The Foundation expects to make an appointment to begin on June 1, 2023 or earlier. For the first weeks of the position, the new Executive Director will work with the outgoing Executive Director in order to ensure a smooth transition.
Expectations:
- Written and spoken fluency in English;
- At least a Bachelor’s degree in History or a related subject;
- Conversant with current debates in global history;
- Proficiency in managerial and organizational skills;
- Competence with social media.
Named after Arnold J.Toynbee, the Toynbee Prize Foundation was chartered in 1987 "to contribute to the development of the social sciences, as defined from a broad historical view of human society and of human and social problems." The Foundation seeks to promote scholarly engagement with global history through several activities. Foremost among these is the Toynbee Prize, an award granted every other year to recognize outstanding work in global history. As an affiliated society of the American Historical Association, the Foundation sponsors one session at the Association's annual meeting. In the years in which the Prize is awarded, the recipient presents a lecture. In alternate years, the Foundation sponsors a session on global history.
Applications are due on 30 April, 2023 and should include a one-page cover letter and a current CV. We welcome you to inform us confidentially if you require any accommodations to participate in the application and recruitment process. Applications and further inquiries should be directed to current Executive Director Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz at toynbeefoundation@gmail.com