About cARTie
cARTie is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization located in Connecticut. As Connecticut's first and only mobile art bus for kids, cARTie fills an important gap in the provision of art and museum education. Our mission is to bridge inequities in education and arts access across Connecticut by bringing the museum field trip to schools and students directly.
About the Role
cARTie seeks to hire a dynamic, charismatic, and committed leader to serve as Director to advance the mission and agenda of the organization. The Director will serve as the chief operating officer of cARTie, working closely with and reporting to the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and Board of Directors. They should be prepared to work in and across Connecticut with the cARTie art museum bus. The Director directs and administers all programs, policies, and operations, including but not necessarily limited to: (a) lesson design, co-curation/co-design, and material preparation; (b) staff and consultant identification (with Board approval), supervision, training, and support; (c) advisory board oversight and engagement; (d) fund-raising and event planning/hosting; (e) donor, stakeholder, and school partnership management; (f) communications/relationship-building; and (g) overall commitment to professional learning in diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging.
Day-to-day tasks include leading all communications, managing and training staff, developing and nurturing partnerships with schools and museums, coordinating co-curatorial and co-design practices, planning programs and events, fundraising, and ensuring the organization's financial sustainability. The Director will also advance the organization's Strategic Plan in conjunction with the Board.
Qualifications
- Degree with a focus on art, education, business administration, and/or early childhood education
- Unwavering commitment to quality arts education for programming
- Fundraising and networking experience, with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; persuasiveness, passion, and excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills (including savvy social media skills)
- Capacity to coach staff and volunteers, set and achieve strategic objectives, and manage a budget
- Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to leadership
- Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people
- Willingness and demonstrated capacity to drive the cARTie art museum bus
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced Degree with a focus on art and early childhood education
- Experience leading grassroots, nonprofit organization(s) and success working with a Board of Directors (preferably with a track record taking organization(s) to their next stage of growth)
- Excellence in organizational management with the ability to coach staff and volunteers, set and achieve strategic objectives, and manage a budget
Working Conditions
The Director will work from a variety of environments. The Director must, at times, be able to work in a home office environment, aboard the museum bus for school visits across Connecticut, and from the cARTie office space in Shelton, CT. The mission of cARTie may sometimes also take the director to
nonstandard workplaces. The Director should be prepared for frequent moving, standing for extended periods of time, bending, lifting, and carrying material weighing up to 50 pounds. They should also be prepared to take a course on driving a school bus and practice effectively and safely driving the cARTie art museum bus.
Hours
The Director is an exempt employee with a flexible 40-hour work week, often adapting to work evenings and early mornings, as needed to accommodate activities such as Board meetings, school visits, and representing cARTie at public events.
Salary
Salary is commensurate with experience, range between $45,000-$55,000. Opportunity for growth within the organization.
Procedure for Applying
Qualified candidates should indicate their interest and provide salary requirements/expectations in an email, with a current resume and cover letter to cARTie’s Board of Directors at Tish@cARTie.org. Qualified candidates will be contacted for follow-up interview proceedings.
For more information about cARTie, visit www.cARTie.org. cARTie is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Equal Employment Opportunity
We celebrate and embrace the diversity of everyone who walks through our doors and strive to be an inclusive organization and museum that cultivates compassion, expands perspectives, and grows the future stewards of our collective community. In our hiring and in our work, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. As an organization working directly with children and youth, we require all staff to successfully pass a background check as a condition of their hire. They also must have a clean driver’s background and pass a bus driving course as a condition of their hire.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $45,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year
Experience:
- Early childhood education: 1 year (Required)
- museum education: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Bridgeport, CT (Preferred)
Work Location: On the road