Program Officer, NYFA Learning, Leadership Initiatives
New York Foundation for the Arts
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New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
$
57,000 - 57,000
Title: Program Officer, NYFA Learning,
Leadership Initiatives
Reports to: Senior Program Officer, NYFA Learning, Career Advice and Training
Status: Full-time permanent
Location: Hybrid (New York, NY)
Compensation and Benefits: $57,000
Subsidized Health/Dental/Vision insurance as well as full coverage of Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability. Three weeks paid vacation plus holidays. Pre-Tax Transit and Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
About NYFA:
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is a 501(c)(3) service organization that empowers artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and opportunities. NYFA accomplishes this mission by offering financial and informational assistance to artists and organizations that directly serve artists, by supporting arts programming in the larger community, and by building collaborative relationships with others who advocate for the arts in New York State and throughout the country.
NYFA Learning:
NYFA Learning serves as the organization's front-line of professional development, serving artists,
creators, arts and culture workers in New York City, statewide, nationwide, and internationally. From one-on-one consultations with industry professionals to intensive programs that foster communities and networks. For more information, please visit NYFA's professional development page.
Position Objective:
NYFA Learning is seeking a Program Officer whose core focus will be managing our leadership initiatives, including the NYSCA/NYFA Community Arts Leaders TA workshops and The Incubator for Executive Leaders of Color (IELC), and the Emerging Leaders.
The Program Officer will be responsible for planning and implementing the programs. Responsibilities include outreach, managing the selection process, working with leadership coaches for program content and facilitation; engagement and communications with program participants, with the support of our facilitators recruiting presenters and panelists; in addition to payments, budget tracking, program evaluation and assessment for reporting as necessary.
The ideal candidate would be interested in exploring arts leadership programming; to co-exist alongside NYFA Learning’s online workshops, including learn-as-you-go options for artists and creatives. Learning began offering webinars and e-courses for arts administrators and part of this role will be to drive this audience development forward. They will also be working with the Director of NYFA Learning and NYFA’s leadership to strategize on the future programming to support arts leadership locally, nationally,and internationally. Additional programs and/or projects may be assigned.
This position will offer the potential to work on programming that can have an ongoing and future
impact within the arts and cultural sector at large. Candidates with a passion for Diversity, Equity,
Inclusion, and Access (DEIA) principles and values, and fostering community are encouraged to apply.
The Program Officer also supports the NYFA Learning team with other initiatives serving artists and creators from all disciplines, for example: customized programs providing content for artists, creatives, and curators via intensives, workshops, working with institutional partnerships, and training programs.
Additionally, the Officer works with the Director and NYFA Learning team and consultants to assign responsibilities and duties for tasks and programs to ensure efficient and productive use of staff time while presenting quality programming within the department.
The NYFA Learning department values colleagues who are proactive, eager to co-create and brainstorm ideas, who offer solutions to challenges, with a willingness to navigate complex situations with diplomacy, patience, and good humor. Additionally, Learning actively engages internal and external stakeholders, collaborating across departments, maintaining and establishing new partnerships. This supports our goal of building creative communities through education and offering access to resources and networks.
Essential Duties:
● Manage Learning’s leadership initiatives, including program design in coordination with leadership coaches, outreach, implementation, program budget tracking, evaluation and reporting as required.
● Facilitate, design, market, and implement related workshops and online/in-person programming.
● Manage ongoing partnership relationships and establish new ones to support future programming.
● Manage communications and related activities with program participants, partners, presenters, and panelists.
● Some travel, weekends and evening meetings will be required.
Other (Marginal*) Duties:
● Other tasks and day-to-day operational support.
● Preparation of meeting spaces, including PA system, moving chairs, and temporary walls.
● Hospitality: purchasing and preparation for in-person meetings.
Qualifications:
● At least two years of related experience.
● Background and interest in arts administration, leadership trends across the arts and other sectors, including DEIA values and principles.
● Proven track record of managing programming, from planning, implementation, and assessment.
● Strong writing, communication, proofreading, and editing skills.
● Detail-oriented, ability to prioritize tasks, work independently and collaboratively, with a small margin of error.
● Experience with Excel, Word, Google organization tools (docs/slides/forms, etc).
● Experience with online conferencing and webinar platforms, i.e. zoom.
● Experience with CRM databases, i.e. NEON, application and planning tools, i.e. submittable, asana, a plus.
● Interest and/or background in curatorial practices, and/or serving artists from all disciplines, is a plus.
● Foreign language skills and/or interest in translation and language access programming, is a plus.
*Other Marginal Duties can be redesigned or reassigned to other employees, if necessary
Office Policy
NYFA is currently practicing a remote work environment where employees can work from home if they choose to, subject to their immediate supervisor’s approval. Employees may also choose to work in person at our office (located at 29 W. 38th Street, 9th floor NY. NY 10018). NYFA’s CEO and Board hold the right to revise the remote work model at any time.
Diversity Equity Inclusion Accessibility:
The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to supporting a more equitable arts sector. Our values of equity, diversity, inclusion, and access, are critical to our mission to serve all artists. Individuals of diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. NYFA's offices are accessible.
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