Program Manager

Employer: Jacksonville Arts & Music School Full time, approx. 40-50 hours per week

Who we are

JAMS is a Creative Youth Development Program with a vision to create positive change in our community by developing tomorrow’s problem solvers, creative thinkers, and innovative leaders. Our goal is to establish trust, cultivate creativity, and develop leadership. We offer Film, Dance, Music, Visual Arts, Technology Club, Taekwondo, and Academic Enrichment. Instructors inspire Jacksonville’s talented inner-city youth and young professionals to become their wildest dreams. Daily activities promote exploration into the world of creative thinking.

Our Mission

“To empower the creative leaders of tomorrow”

Our Vision

Jacksonville Arts & Music School is a Creative Youth Development Program with a vision to create positive change in our community by developing tomorrow’s problem-solvers, creative thinkers, and innovative leaders.

Our Philosophy

Build it, and they will come. Build it right, and they will stay. Perception precedes reality, and they will treat it as they see it.

Reporting to the Director of Operations the Program Manager of Jacksonville Arts and Music School (JAMS) will be a passionate advocate of arts education and leadership training for youth. The JAMS Program Manager will implement the mission of “Empowering the creative leaders of tomorrow”, by establishing trust, cultivating creativity, and leading development of leadership skills among students and staff daily.

Responsibilities

Establish Trust

• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with students, parents, and community leaders.
• Create fun opportunities for parents to engage in JAMS after-school program on a quarterly basis.
• Cultivate a positive and restorative culture amongst students, staff, and parents that includes fun, safety, respect, integrity, excellence, teamwork, and innovation.
• Develop and distribute regular newsletters and other communication materials that keep parents and staff informed and engaged in JAMS programming.
• Assess the needs, interests, characteristics of the youth to develop targeted programs that result in an outcome-driven experience.

Cultivate Creativity

• Collect and utilize program data to ensure JAMS is operating in an efficient and excellent manner.
• Plan and Lead daily activities for JAMS After-school and 6 week summer intensive program in
• alignment with Department of Children and Families and Kids Hope Alliance guidelines.
• Develop, maintain, and implement initiatives that support students artistic and leadership development.
• Recruit and Increase the instructor candidate poole to address current and future staffing needs.
• Work with Program Coordinator and Director of Education in researching and scheduling field trips, exhibits, and various mediums that support increases in student artistic and leadership development.
• Implementation of JAMS after school program for 100+ 4th – 12th grade students coinciding with DCPS schedule.

Develop Leadership

• Lead a culture of fun, safety, respect, integrity, excellence, teamwork and innovation.
• Build the “JAMS LIFE WAY” culture in students, and parents/families.
• Assist with quarterly evaluations of Creative Leaders.
• Assist the Executive Director and other staff with miscellaneous projects as requested.

Working Conditions

• Program Manager will work onsite, but the mission of the organization may sometimes take them to non-standard workplaces.
• The Program Manager will work a minimum of 40 hours a week, but as many hours as necessary to accomplish the above tasks. The majority of hours will be 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the school year and 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. during summer camp. The Program Manager will occasionally be required to work evenings and weekend hours to accommodate activities such as Board and/or Program Assessment Meetings or represent the organization at public events.

Qualifications

• Clear Level II Background screening
• Clear DMV record
• Punctual with reliable transportation
• BA, Early Childhood Education
• Department of Children and Families (DCF) Credentials preferred
• Pediatric CPR and AED Credentials preferred

Additional Qualities Needed

• Desire to Learn: JAMS has a unique service model and organizational culture. Successful applicants have substantial experience and a track record of success in the above areas. Additionally, applicants should be willing and eager to continue to learn and be self-aware of the changing environment for continued professional growth and development.
• Communication: Applicants must convey thoughts clearly and concisely and can simplify the complexity of information. Listens well and asks good questions. Communicates well verbally and in writing, tailoring communication for the audience and situation.
• Executes to Results: Holds self-accountable, sets high expectations for self and others with a positive can-do attitude. Acknowledges and corrects mistakes. Tracks and communicates progress, including potential delays, promptly. Is proactive in addressing issues with an appropriate level of urgency and finding new ways of providing support.
• Problem Solving and Resilience: Successful applicants are tenacious and flexible in the face of challenges. They look beyond the obvious and don’t stop at the first barrier. They identify the information needed to solve a problem, link decisions to potential consequences and know when to escalate or seek guidance.
• Relationship Development: Approachable and friendly. Actively seeks feedback and to understand other perspectives, interests, and concerns. The applicant adapts approaches to different people and situations.