Posted on August 30, 2012

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Program Manager

The Program Manager will perform duties assigned by the Executive Director (ED), including but not limited to the following:

Program Management

• Execute program requirements/parameters, place teachers, assure planning, establish relevant curricula, lesson plans, art materials, promote community relations between teachers and partner staff, build parental involvement
• Schedule programs with schools and teaching artists; facilitate planning and reflection meetings with partner staff and teaching artists (and classroom teacher PD)
• Supervise teaching artists’ work in schools and participate in on-going recruitment, selection, professional development, and evaluation of teaching artists
• Manage programs and residencies costs, including creating budgets that reflect program design for approval by ED; track program expenses
• Communicate with schools to create, plan and implement programs
• Oversee the evaluation of programs and implementation of feedback in collaboration with ED
• Responsible for volunteer recruitment, management, and training for programs, as necessary
• Recruit and train teaching artists
• Develop and plan annual DAT teaching artist Professional Developments with ED
• Develop and execute revenue generating Intensive Teaching Artist Trainings
• Teach one 12-week residency (1 day a week for two hours) twice a year
• Play a lead role in at least 2 offsite exhibitions

Program and General Administration

• Provide administrative support for teaching staff: timesheets, payroll, reports, acquiring supplies, copies, museum visits, exhibitions, etc
• Cultivate, maintain, and steward partner relationships with schools, social service agencies, cbos, government agencies, cultural sites
• Build relationships with cultural sites and venues; gain access for events for participants
• Oversee invoicing and collecting of Program Service Revenue with the bookkeeper
• Assist in preparing and review school correspondence—ie school field trips flyers
• Assist in writing grant proposals and reports for programs, as appropriate
• Provide necessary photos and videos from programs
• Schedule and participate in site visits
• Build board engagement and participation in events with constituencies
• Track and complete monthly program impact reports
• Schedule and develop ways to asses student performance
• Be an ambassador for DAT and its teaching methodology
• Promote programs on social media sites, ie Facebook and Twitter
• Participate in writing e-newsletter with program content
• Assist in updating website with program content

Qualifications: BA degree required. MA degree preferred. Minimum of 3 years professional experience working with schools, community based organizations, alternative education sites, and in the arts; understanding of educational issues, including with high needs communities; enthusiasm for bringing arts and education to under-sourced communities especially K-8 and alternative education sites; detail orientated; superior problem solving skills and ability to think outside the box; ability to work well under pressure; bilingual Spanish a plus; computer proficiency a must. NYC Department of Education Fingerprint Clearance required.

DEADLINE for applications: September 15, 2012.
Position begins: Immediately
Salary Range: $35,000-$40,000 plus Benefits
DAT is EOE.

The mission of Doing Art Together (DAT) is to awaken and enrich the intellectual, social, and cultural development of under-resourced New York City youth, inspiring them to pursue their learning. We accomplish this by engaging youth in the visual arts, igniting the participation of their family network, and building enduring partnerships with their educational community.

We are a non-profit arts education organization that provides hands-on programs to under-served audiences. DAT’s programs build skills that enhance the ability to learn and are easily transferred from the classroom to life.

DAT primarily serves two populations:

1) 50% of our participants are elementary and middle school students who attend Title I schools in New York City

2) 50% of our participants attend Alternative Schools and Programs. These students typically attend schools that are part of District 79 — GED programs, Spanish GED programs, community centers, juvenile detention, substance abuse residences, mental illness facilities/hospitals, court mandated programs, fostercare programs, homeless shelters, and ATD programs

Application Instructions

Letter and resume only to:

Executive Director
Doing Art Together
127 West 127th Street, Suite 107 and 109
New York, NY 10027

email: heather@doingarttogether.org Subject line: Program Manager Position