Community Arts Program Manager

ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION:

Founded in 1967, Central City Hospitality House is a progressive, community-based organization located in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood that provides opportunities and resources for personal growth and self-determination to homeless people and neighborhood residents. Our mission is to build community strength by advocating policies and rendering services that foster self-sufficiency and cultural enrichment. We use a peer-based approach and encourage participation from our constituents on various levels of decision-making and service delivery. Hospitality House has six integrated programs at four locations in our core neighborhoods. The Tenderloin Self-Help Center and Sixth Street Self-Help Center are two behavioral health-based community centers that provide emergency and support services, benefits advocacy, housing referrals, and access to individual therapy using a low-threshold, peer-based, self-help model. Together, these centers reach thousands of community residents every year. The Shelter Program is a small men’s congregate emergency shelter that provides one-on-one case management and advocacy, daily meals, and wellness support for up to 22 men each night. The Community Arts Program is the City’s only free fine arts studio for low-income artists offering skills workshops for artists to hone their talents, open studio hours, ceramics, silk-screening, and other classes, with gallery & exhibition space for artists to sell their work – and keep 100% of the proceeds. The Community Building Program includes weekly support groups, volunteer opportunities, civic engagement activities, and the Healing, Organizing & Leadership Development Program, featuring trauma-informed healing and activism for community residents. The Employment Program offers job readiness and barrier removal services, job training resources, vocational assessment, job fairs, and placement assistance through two neighborhood-based resource centers. All programs provide individual support, community resources, and employment and housing opportunities to help residents rebuild their lives, celebrate creativity, achieve stability, and strengthen community connection. Hospitality House is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition as defined under State law, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state, and/or local laws and ordinances. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The Community Arts Program Manager is responsible for day-to-day program oversight of the agency's Arts Program, which combines fine arts training and skills-building, low threshold engagement and hands-on artistic practice, a strong commitment to racial and gender equity in the arts, and social justice values consistent with the agency’s mission and principles of harm reduction.This position is responsible for overall supervision and training for all program staff and volunteers; ensures adherence to agency policies and procedures; coordinates facility upkeep and maintenance; promotes advocacy to support artists and motivate them to create art and to improve their overall health; directs training and instruction activities; leads the coordination of exhibition and promotion activities; and represents the agency in community and citywide forums. The Program Manager is part of the agency’s Leadership Team, is on-call for program issues or emergencies, and must be available to work some evening hours.

QUALIFICATIONS:

● Minimum 2 years’ management experience in a community program or BA/BS or MA/MS degree in a related field with relevant supervisory experience. Previous supervisory experience is required, including familiarity with progressive disciplinary procedures and staff evaluations. Ability to act as coach and mentor to program staff.

● 3 years’ direct experience working with people experiencing poverty, homelessness, mental health issues, active drug use, life-threatening illnesses, social disenfranchisement, and/or other related issues. Revised 11.23.22

● Competence in a wide range of fine arts and visual arts media and techniques, including those for painting, drawing, collage, screen printing, ceramics, photography, and/or new media, with a diverse ten-piece portfolio.

● Familiarity with current concepts of harm reduction and its application; understanding and sensitivity to diverse participant backgrounds.

● Bilingual Spanish/Cantonese/Tagalog strongly preferred.

● Demonstrated commitment to peer-based service-delivery is required, particularly low-threshold, social model and self-help approaches.

● Experience adhering to grant reporting requirements, casework, and documentation of services.

● Must be reliable, organized, attentive to detail, and able to multitask.

● Demonstrated experience leading trainings, groups and workshops.

● Community organizing and leadership development experience preferred, preferably in a peer-based setting.

● Commitment to social justice embodied in Hospitality House’s Theory of Change.

● Implementation of personal & professional development opportunities for program staff.

● Public speaking experience strongly preferred.

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