Roundabout Theatre Company, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit theatres, seeks an empathetic and organized individual to join the company as the Education Program Manager, School Partnerships.

The Education Program Manager is a full-time, year-round position administrating the implementation of Roundabout’s School Partnership Programs across New York’s 5 boroughs. Working as a member of the Teaching and Learning team, this position will be the point person for partner schools and will oversee all communication and logistics of a partnership year.

Education at Roundabout offers programs that use the stimulating power of the arts to inspire and engage. Our goal is to use theatre to promote social equity through three core program areas:

• Teaching & Learning: Partnerships with students and teachers throughout the five boroughs of New York City
• Career Training: Career and Workforce development programs for the next generation of dynamic theatre professionals
• Community Partnerships: Connects to our local communities to ensure that Roundabout is welcoming and inclusive to all

Our Teaching & Learning programs (School Partnerships, Roundabout Youth Ensemble, and Professional Development) support students’ social emotional learning and a positive school climate by leveraging Roundabout productions, a theatrical teaching pedagogy, industry exposure, and experiential theatrical projects.

Roundabout celebrates the power of theatre by spotlighting classics from the past, cultivating new works of the present and educating minds for the future.

Read more about Roundabout’s work, culture, and commitment to the future at https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/about/

As a theatre company and a long-standing member of many communities, Roundabout believes in the importance of words, the impact of action, and the healing capacity of shared stories. Roundabout has created a five-year strategic plan to evaluate and evolve how we address Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism in our work, workplaces, and our community. Conceived by a team of 29 staff members in collaboration with the Board EDI Committee following a company-wide assessment in October 2019, the plan was launched in September 2021. Learn more HERE.

This is some of what the Education Program Manager will do:

Administer School Partnership Programming

• Liaise with school leadership to develop partnership goals; track progress of partnership goals throughout the academic year
• Design and implement residency and workshop programming to meet partnership goals
• Develop and monitor partnership budgets
• Process work orders, purchase orders, and invoices for partnerships.
• Collaborate with Teaching & Learning Staff on development of curricular resources for Roundabout productions
• Conduct site visits to school partners to observe and monitor partnership progress
• Work with Teaching Artists to ensure that all lesson plans and lesson support materials are organized and easily accessible
• Create, maintain, and update all marketing materials for school partnership programming and events in coordination with Roundabout’s Marketing department.
• Maintain Roundabout’s vendor contract with the Department of Education
• Advocate for school partnership programming with funders and government officials, including NYC City Council Members

Operations

• Communicate with teaching artists, school partners, external clients, and Roundabout staff via phone, email, video calls, and in-person meetings to administer programming.
• Assign Teaching Artists to projects and review Teaching Artist payroll submissions
• Supervise a full-time employee: Education Coordinator, School Programs
• Manage program events including invitation lists, space requests, and catering
• Manage on-site events/field trips for school programs, including student matinees, Hidden Career Path Days, and visits to Roundabout’s Archives.
• Track program expenses
• Acquire and maintain program materials
• Manage school program ticket allocations for Roundabout productions in Tessitura
• Collaborate with colleagues to track constituent relationships and partnership activities in Tessitura

Reporting and Other Duties

• Collaborate with colleagues to provide financial, curricular, and statistical reports for internal and external purposes
• Contribute to grant proposals and reports
• Develop and administer program assessments
• Collaborate with Education staff to ensure program is represented on Education at Roundabout’s social media.
• Participate in internal professional development programming.
• Represent Roundabout at arts education conferences, workshops, and other events.

This is a full-time position with all standard Roundabout benefits. The starting salary is $58,500 annually.

This is some of what the Education Manager should bring:

• A collaborative spirit with excellent interpersonal skills and a roll up your sleeves and get it done attitude
• Training in theatre, education, arts administration or related field from an educational institution or equivalent professional experience.
• 3 – 5 years’ experience required in the field of arts administration, nonprofit programming, or similar work.
• A general knowledge of all aspects of professional theatre.
• Experience as an Educator and/or Teaching Artist preferred.
• Experience managing budgets
• Understanding of and experience with NYC Department of Education culture and processes
• Computer software skills: Microsoft Office/365, especially Microsoft Excel, Adobe Creative Suite, Google Suite, DocuSign.
• Tessitura or comparable CRM knowledge and experience a plus.
• Experience working with high school students, educators, theatre industry professionals, artists, and arts education professionals.
• Strong organization and communication skills.
• Some weekend and evening hours required – scheduled based on programming needs.
• Travel on public transit within metropolitan NYC area required.
• Some travel outside of NYC may be required once or twice per year for conferences.
• Driver’s license a plus, not required.
• Ability to lift 30 pounds.

Please forward cover letter in PDF or Word with salary requirements and resume to: jobs@roundabouttheatre.org – and use code EPM-0822 in the subject line. No phone calls please.

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