Careers Job Description
General Description
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Seeking a highly organized, detail-orientated administrator and team-player who believes in supporting youth driven spaces to serve as the Program Manager for the CAT Youth Theatre.
CAT Youth Theatre is a free, award-winning after school program that invests in young people and inspires them to thrive– on stage and in life. The collaborative theatre process gives young people the opportunity to make new meanings from the material of their lives. Each year approximately 70 middle school, high school, and early college-aged young people from across the city create socially relevant, artistically sophisticated original plays while learning vital life skills enabling them to become self-confident, compassionate and accountable; develop relationships across differences; build community; and be prepared to act as contributing citizens.
CAT Youth Theatre is a program of the Creative Arts Team at CUNY.
The Creative Arts Team (CAT) is an arts-in-education program at the City University of New York (CUNY), serving more than 20,000 people annually in New York City. CAT uses theatre strategies to engage, inspire and educate in a variety of settings, including schools, after-school programs, college campuses, community-based organizations, and government facilities.
Other Duties
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible for the long-term and day-to-day oversight of all administrative matters for the CAT Youth Theatre program
- Coordinate a broad range of day-to-day projects and administrative services
- Build relationships and liaise with young people, parents, schools, theatres, community groups, staff, etc.
- Serve as the marketing, publicity arm of the Youth Theatre Program
- Work to support the CAT Director of Development with fundraising & individual giving.
Qualifications
CORE COMPETENCIES/QUALIFICATIONS
- A Bachelors Degree
- Must be detail orientated, motivated self-starter, with excellent project management and the ability to think creatively while working both independently and as part of a team
- Commitment to working in culturally diverse settings and using youth centered practices; enthusiasm for working with teenagers
- Strong organizational, written and communication skills; able to keep accurate, detailed and well-organized records
- Ability to adapt to changing situations/priorities, multi-task, and develop new skills
- Proficient in use of Microsoft Office Suite- Word, Excel, Publisher, Access, Adobe, social media platforms and metrics, and the Internet. Some basic web design (Drupal) and graphic design experience preferred.
- Experience with email marketing and fundraising software preferred (Constant Contact, Network for Good a plus).
We are committed to enhancing our diverse community by actively encouraging people of any race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, disability age, or protected veteran status to apply. We take pride in our pluralistic community and seek excellence through diversity and inclusion. CUNY is an EEO/AA Employer.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
CAT Youth Theater
Full Time
$47,000.00 - $55,000.00
Sep 06, 2022 (Or Until Filled)