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People’s Theatre Project is hiring a Program Director!
Apply by November 19, 2017 Start date: January 2018
People's Theatre Project, a creative youth development organization serving the Washington Heights and Inwood area of NYC, is seeking an experienced program director with a background in theatre, education and social justice to join the organization’s founders in deepening local partnerships and driving impact. Bilingual Spanish/English speakers with a connection to uptown are strongly encouraged to apply.
People's Theatre Project cultivates ongoing artistic dialogue with young people in NYC’s
neighborhoods of color to amplify their voices and grow local action. Through student-centered and culturally relevant arts-based programming, youth participants are immersed in experiential learning projects that deepen their sense of power, strengthen their connection to their communities and support the development of creative, collaborative and compassionate leaders with 21st century skills.
People’s Theatre Project is deeply invested in its home neighborhood of Washington Heights and Inwood in northern Manhattan, and strives to be an impactful part of the lives of the young people it serves there. Through long term partnerships with schools and community-based organizations, People’s Theatre Project engages PreK-12 youth in programming that explores social themes that are connected to their lives while teaching skills in both art making and organizing, serving as a welcome entry point for civic action in the social justice movement.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Program Development
Work collaboratively with the Executive and Managing Directors to refine and document
People’s Theatre Project’s Pedagogy
Assist in the creation and implementation of new initiatives and curricula to further the
strategic direction of the organization
Design effective models for winter and spring youth theatre festivals in collaboration with
the Executive and Managing Directors and support their curation and production
Partnerships Management
Work with key staff at each site to identify school and student needs
Establish shared goals for program outcomes, outputs, recruitment, attendance and
retention to address needs
Develop partnership plan to achieve program goals in alignment with PTP’s larger goals
Kickoff partnership plan with program site and PTP staff
Evaluate program outcomes and communicate findings to site leadership
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Manage partnerships with college apprenticeship program
Program Management
Handle day to day management of programs in NYC School District 6
Provide direct supervision of teaching artists, site coordinators and apprentices
Match teaching artists, site coordinators and apprentices with program sites
Coordinate program schedules and add to cloud-based system
Manage schedule changes, cancellations and substitute teaching artists
Anticipate challenges and work creatively and quickly together with site coordinators to
resolve issues at program sites
Communicate any and all unresolved issues, or incidents in a timely manner to the
Executive Director
Work with Managing Director to ensure that programs operate within the approved
budget
Organize logistics for stakeholder site visits
Coordinate school participation in and rehearsals for spring festival
Program Evaluation
Support the development and implementation of a program evaluation system
Collect participant surveys, success stories, and creative outputs from teaching artists at
all sites
Submit mid and year end program reports to Executive Director with evaluation findings
and recommend changes to enhance the program
Teaching Artist Recruitment, Training and Evaluation
Recruit, interview and select well-qualified teaching artists and teaching apprentices as
needed
Plan and facilitate annual staff retreats
Develop and facilitate curriculum-specific monthly professional development trainings
Conduct 1-2 formal observations of each teaching artist during the school year
Conduct annual performance reviews of each teaching artist
Meet regularly with the Executive Director to review program observations, discuss
training needs and support programming
Actively seek and participate in opportunities to learn best practices in curriculum
development, classroom culture and teacher professional development through
research, professional development conferences, and other learning opportunities.
Identify and contract guest speakers and trainers, and develop activities that will train
teaching artists in best practices in theatre, education and justice work.
Qualifications
Education/ Experience
MA degree in a related subject or 2-4 years experience in related professional role
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Knowledge, skills and abilities
Experience in Nonprofit Management, Arts Education or the DOE
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with both stakeholders and staff
Background in and passion for the performing arts
At ease with cloud-based systems (When I Work, Dropbox, Google Apps)
Connection to or stake in the Washington Heights community
Spanish fluency a plus
Personal characteristics
Peacebuilder: Strong listener, communicator and collaborator
A strong commitment to social justice and undoing racism in our world
Experience with and passion for working with immigrants and communities of color
Able to thrive under pressure and strong deadlines
Multi Tasker
Goals and systems oriented
Able to work 3-4 Saturdays each semester
Working Conditions
The Program Director will work out of the PTP office, located at 5030 Broadway in
Inwood, together with the Executive and Managing Directors. Often the Program Director
will be at school sites in the neighborhood to supervise teaching artists and meet with
school staff.
The Program Director is a full time position. The general weekly schedule is M-F from
9:30am-5:30pm. Programming outside of these hours will require occasional weekend
and evening flexibility.
Salary and Benefits:
Working in a small and growing arts and social justice organization that is committed to
creating change!
Ability to have a strong voice in the management and direction of programs and the
organization
Paid professional development
Salary: $50,000-55,000
Benefits: Health and Dental/Vision (75% contribution), 401K access, FSA, and generous
Paid Time Off
Start Date: January 2018
To Apply:
Qualified candidates should send a 1-2 page resume and 1 page cover letter together in one
PDF document to careers@peoplestheatreproject.org with the subject line “[Applicant Name]
Program Director Application” by Nov 19, 2017.
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