Since our founding in 1919, The New School has redrawn and redefined the boundaries of intellectual and creative thought as a preeminent academic center. At our university, students have the academic freedom to shape their unique, individual paths for a complex and rapidly changing world. As a New School employee, you will be a part of the university’s mission to prepare and inspire students to bring about positive change in the world .

The New School is committed to creating and maintaining an environment that promises diversity and tolerance in all areas of employment, education and access to its educational, artistic or cultural programs and activities.

The Mannes School of Music, a part of The College of Performing Arts at The New School, is seeking a highly qualified Program & Administration Manager to manage strategic and administrative initiatives at Mannes. Reporting to the Associate Dean of Mannes and working with academic leadership, faculty, and staff, The Program & Administration Manager manages a number of BM, MM, and PDPL program initiatives, oversees office administration, and leads special projects initiated by the Associate Dean. The Program & Administration Manager also works across the entire College of Performing Arts, serving as a key liaison between CoPA and the university’s office of Strategic Enrollment Management.

The Program & Administration Manager is a compassionate and motivated administrator who prioritizes students and their experience at the College of Performing Arts. The Program & Administration Manager is an excellent collaborator and communicator with an ability to contribute to complex processes and operations related to curriculum development and implementation, performance and production, and special projects.

The New School is strongly committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and particularly seeks applications from members of underrepresented groups, as well as candidates who share this commitment.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

• With the Associate Dean, manage and oversee studio assignment and teacher match process for Mannes students at all degree levels.
• Lead Mannes’s ESL+M (English as a Second Language Plus Music) program in collaboration with the offices of Advising and English Language Support.
• With the Associate Dean, manage and oversee part-time faculty coordinators across Mannes
• Assist in the planning and execution of Mannes special events, public events, donor events, and community gatherings (town halls, faculty meetings, etc.)
• Plan and execute a calendar of internal communications for Mannes students and faculty
• Hire and oversee students workers to provide general administrative and clerical support at Mannes.
• Manage Mannes Accompanist Policy including hiring and payroll procedures.
• Monitor and develop reports on enrollment, faculty teaching history, and other business areas that support strategic decision-making
• Provide counsel, advice, and guidance to the Dean and Associate Dean of the School of Mannes on a range of strategic and operational issues
• Collaborate with the Associate Dean and Strategic Enrollment Management to plan auditions, admissions and recruitment events, interviews, new student orientation activities, campus tours, class visits, scholarship and admission committees, and other admission and recruitment activities and events
• Remain competent and current through self-directed professional reading, developing professional contacts with colleagues, attending professional development courses, and attending training and/or courses as directed by the supervisor.
• Other duties as assigned

Applicants should submit both a resume and cover letter outlining their interest, skills, and experience concerning this position. Applicants not selected for hire will only be notified upon conclusion of the search process.