The Queens Museum is dedicated to presenting the highest quality visual arts and educational programming for people in the New York metropolitan area, and particularly for the residents of Queens, a uniquely diverse, ethnic, cultural, and international community.

The Museum fulfills its mission by designing and providing art exhibitions, public programs, and educational experiences that promote the appreciation and enjoyment of art, support the creative efforts of artists, and enhance the quality of life through interpreting, collecting, and exhibiting art, architecture, and design.

As part of the Queens Museum’s integrated program team, the education department plays a vital role in advancing the Museum’s mission. The Department offers a range of free and low-cost award-winning learning experiences that connect people, art and culture. They take place at the Museum, online, and at community partner sites across the borough of Queens the most linguistically and culturally diverse places in the US.

The Youth & Family Programs Manager (YFPM) works closely with the Director of Education and QM team to create, implement and manage innovative learning programs providing high-quality art education for families and teens. They are part of the Content Team working across the Museum to create an integrated program of activity and also support QM’s goal of supporting intergenerational learning. Reporting to the DoE, the YFPM will manage all aspects of the Queens Teens Institute for Art and Social Justice (QTI), including art and cultural sessions, leadership workshops, community service projects, and education seminars embedded in art and social justice, civic engagement, and activism for teens and young people.

The YFPM is a key collaborator in establishing strategic goals, initiatives, and partnerships that directly relate to the museum’s integrated approach to education, exhibitions & public programs. Successful candidates will be detail-oriented team players with strong administrative and interpersonal skills, well-versed in contemporary art practice, and committed to the connection between art, learning, and movements for social justice. This position offers significant opportunities for professional development and creative collaboration across the NYC arts and culture sector.

Essential Functions

QTI & Teen Programming

• Oversee outreach to recruit teens for the QTI  program participants in collaboration with community and school partners, to grow teen audiences through best practices in the sector
• Facilitate teen activities and youth work assignments, ensuring positive youth experience
• Cultivate key relationships with high schools, community organizations, fellow teen program
• Collect documentation to evaluate and assess teen and young adult program
• Manage teaching artists, educators, community leaders and activists to design curriculum for workshops, seminars and classes
• Provide information needed to the Communications team to develop and maintain social media channels
• Assists the Development department with tracking, writing, and budgeting for fundraising purposes and reporting.

Family Programming

• Develop, promote, and schedule family programming and camp programming, working to boost outreach and participation through community partnerships
• Manages and supports teaching artists and lead the administration of family programs both onsite and offsite at partner organizations
• Be attentive and responsive to local, borough and city-wide demographic trends as it relates to youth and family engagement at the Museum.
• Oversee program evaluation, gather data, documentation and research through collaborative action research. Report on the impact of QM’s family programming.
• Administrative responsibilities include but are not limited to program and grant budget management, payroll, invoices and payments, inventory management.
• Manage project timelines and budgets to ensure all program milestones are met

This list represents the essential functions of the role, this list does not constitute an exhaustive list of job functions

Competencies

• Creative approach to arts and educational project/program development, willingness to experiment and try new things.
• Invites and encourages creativity and new thinking from many different sources, including among staff, artists, and community members/program participants;
• Commitment to the Queens Museum’s institutional values of inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) and community partnership and role of art, artists, and artistic processes in positive social and cultural transformation;
• Strong cultural competencies and sensitivities, the consciousness of cultural identities and differences, committed to intersectional thinking and practice;
• Interest in contemporary art, socially engaged art, and movements for social, and environmental justice.
• Strong facilitative leadership skills, ability to lead inclusive and generative processes, to promote cooperation and collaboration among various stakeholders and constituents

Apply though the online careers portal:

https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=d420faa1-59f7-423a-9681-6b6764dddd4d&ccId=19000101_000001&jobId=463583&lang=en_US&source=EN

Submit the following materials Applications are due at 11:59 PM on Sunday, April 16, 2023.

• A resume outlining your work experience
• A cover letter describing your interest in this position

Please note that due to the high volume of applications, only complete applications including a cover letter will be considered for an interview. Late applications will not be considered for this position.

Research shows that women and individuals from underrepresented backgrounds often apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. We recognize that it is highly unlikely that an applicant meets 100% of the qualifications for a given role. Therefore, if much of this job description describes you, then you are highly encouraged to apply for this role.

Interview Process & Schedule:

Candidates selected for an interview will meet with the QM’s hiring committee on the following dates:

• Introductory interview (Zoom): Week of April 17, 2023
• Final interview (onsite at the QM): Week of April 24, 2023
• Anticipated start of work: Immediately, following pre-employment screening