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Central Oregon Program Manager

Date Posted: October 19, 2021
Application Deadline: Position will remain open until filled. Applications will be reviewed beginning October 27.
Position Status: Full time; non-exempt; 36 hours per week
Compensation: $20–$24 hourly, depending on experience; plus medical and dental insurance, transportation benefits, PTO, 403b retirement savings, and professional development opportunities
Reports to: Programs Director

Position Summary

Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington (YA) seeks a Central Oregon Program Manager to oversee our arts education services in Central Oregon. The Central Oregon Program Manager will be a champion of creative learning in their community, building bridges between artists, educators, students, families, advocates, donors and the community at large to ensure that more local youth get the opportunity to learn through the arts.

YA is entering its fourth year of providing expanded arts education services to Central Oregon (Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook counties), including connecting local teaching artists and classroom teachers to implement multi-session in-class residencies for students; identifying qualified local teaching artists and providing professional development resources for them; and collaborating with the region’s arts education supporters and service organizations to build further community support for arts learning opportunities for all Central Oregon youth.

The Central Oregon Program Manager, based in Central Oregon, will be the lead for these efforts in the region, helping to shape YA’s growing service in the area and overseeing its implementation. They will work in collaboration with, and be supported by, the YA staff based in the organization’s main office in Portland.

YA is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including people of color and from communities underrepresented in the arts and education fields.

Essential Position Responsibilities

The Central Oregon Program Manager’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Arts Education Programming

  • Actively support the YA mission
  • Identify qualified local teaching artists and interested local schools for multi-session in-school residencies
  • Collaborate with YA artist support staff to serve Central Oregon schools and artists
  • Facilitate partnerships and planning between teaching artists and schools
  • Ensure the documentation of student learning in residencies through photographs and video
  • Provide administrative support for school and artist collaborations, including the timely submission of contracts and invoices, and tracking in YA database
  • Manage the budget for YA’s Central Oregon services
  • Coordinate with the Community Engagement Manager to market the YA Fun for the Arts school fundraising program to Central Oregon schools

Community Outreach and Partnerships

  • Identify individuals to participate in and coordinate the meetings of YA’s Central Oregon Advisory Committee, in collaboration with YA staff leadership team
  • Support development and fundraising efforts by connecting individuals, corporations and institutions with the YA mission and Central Oregon programs
  • Collaborate with YA communications staff to generate collateral materials needed for Central Oregon stakeholders (schools, artists, families, supporters)
  • Coordinate professional development opportunities for local teaching artists
  • Build relationships with local arts education supporters and service organizations

Perform related duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience

Required:

  • Belief in the value of arts education
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
  • Great organizational skills and time-management habits
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently
  • Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
  • Comfort collaborating remotely via technology with co-workers
  • High professional and ethical standards
  • Commitment to fostering an inclusive work environment and equitable community in line with YA’s equity policy
  • Ability to effectively manage a program budget
  • Willingness to travel to sites across Central Oregon and access to reliable transportation
  • Strategic outlook paired with keen attention to detail
  • Experience working with Google applications (G Suite, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Gmail) and Microsoft Office suite
  • Ability to pass a school district background check

Preferred:

  • Familiarity with Central Oregon arts, education, and arts education organizations
  • Fluency in more than one language
  • Understanding of how teaching artist residencies and classrooms work
  • Experience as a teaching artist or classroom teacher
  • Knowledge of local funders in arts, youth and education fields
  • Experience with program evaluation and assessment
  • Experience as a remote employee
  • Proficiency with Salesforce or similar CRM platform

About the Organization

Young Audiences Arts for Learning of Oregon & SW Washington is our region’s most comprehensive arts in education nonprofit organization, serving kids, teens and families in partnership with artists, educators, and community organizations since 1958.

Young Audiences provides workshops, residencies and performances across performing, media and visual arts disciplines for young people in school and community settings; offers training for artists to be more effective educators; gives classroom teachers the tools to integrate the arts into their teaching practice; and brings fundraising support to schools for art education through the Run for the Arts.

Young Audiences is a dynamic, forward-thinking organization with a dedicated, mission-driven, creative work culture and an organizational commitment to equity. Visit artsforlearningnw.org for more information.

YAOW is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and does not discriminate in employment based on race, ethnicity, culture, gender, gender expression, color, military service, age, sexual orientation, religion, physical and mental ability, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.

Equity Commitment

YAOW has an organizational commitment to equity. We are working to become an anti-racist organization that fully reflects the diversity of our community. Candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply, especially people whose experiences and perspectives are underrepresented in the arts, education, and non-profit fields.

Compensation and Benefits

  • $20–$24 hourly, depending on experience
  • Full-time, 36 hours weekly
  • Benefits: healthcare (medical and dental), PTO, transportation benefit, 403b retirement savings, professional development opportunities
  • Blend of remote and on-site work

Application

Submit a cover letter and resume via email to Executive Director, Lauren Jost, [email protected].

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