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Program Manager – Youth Support Manager

Company

SkyART
Address , Chicago, 60617, Il
Employment type
Salary
Expires 2023-07-23
Posted at 11 months ago
Job Description

WHO WE ARE
SkyART is a permanent fixture in the vibrant cultural landscape of Chicago’s South Side. Founded in 2001 with a mission to provide youth with an accessible, safe place to participate in quality visual arts programs at no cost, SkyART continues to fulfill its mission on the South and West sides of Chicago, reaching young people through a rich variety of programs. Driving its mission is a deep understanding of the transformative power of art and its capacity to enhance intellectual, emotional, and social development. SkyART is a foundation from which creativity grows and individuals flourish. Participants are invited into a world of imaginative possibilities and connections that go beyond the individual, to positively impact all the communities where we work and the city as a whole.

WHAT WE DO
Through interdisciplinary, process-based projects, skill-building workshops, and large-scale collaborations, SkyART encourages critical thinking and inspires creative expression for youth ages 7 to 24. Using an artist-in-residence model, Teaching Artists work side by side with students, in an atmosphere of mutual esteem and shared curiosity, through our dynamic and experimental new methodology.

HOW YOU CONTRIBUTE
You are passionately driven and dedicated to enriching the lives of young people through art, specifically through SkyART’s Social Emotional Learning (SEL) centered methodology. At SkyART, online and beyond, the Youth Support Manager is representative of SkyART’s mission and core values. They are responsible for managing the therapists of SkyART’s Project Impact (Art Therapy) program. The Youth Support Manger will work effectively at addressing the realities of the pandemic, social unrest, and the increasing economic and emotional divides that low income neighborhoods such as ours experience through process based art learning. You will have a deep understanding of how this affects our youth and how virtual and IRL therapy can work to address issues of isolation and trauma. Therapists will refer to public health psychosocial guidelines during a pandemic, promoting self-care, artistic expression and inspiration, challenging stigma, securing family connections, monitoring secondary traumatic stress, developing coping and resilience, maintaining relationships, and amplifying hope. The Project Impact Program Manager reports directly to the Director of Programs.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
General Program Management
  • Manage SkyART Art Therapy program including recruitment and onboarding consultants and participants
  • Cultivating and maintaining a strong, consistent cohort of therapists
  • Along with SkyART Operations Manager, regularly review contracts, revise schedules, and attend to all other practical details associated with programs
  • Maintain relationships with program participants and their families
  • Implement and oversee best practices for safe and responsible programming, following local and CDC guidelines
  • Support the application of SkyART values and core philosophies across programs.
  • Support marketing and communications with consistent and recent documentation of SkyART programs including photographs, videos and testimonials of students and artwork in studio and school program
  • Create and implement strategies for responsive programming, both at SkyART and virtually
  • Ensuring adherence to established SkyART core philosophies
Program Management- Schools & Outreach
  • Oversee and coordinate therapeutic activities of SkyART School and Community programs
  • Negotiate contracts and oversee billing
Program Implementation and Management- Studio
  • Assess participants’ needs, using drawing, painting, sculpting or other artistic processes.
  • Possibly conduct in-service workshops on art therapy techniques and/or processes to Teaching Artists, interns, volunteers, staff and community partners
  • Use SkyART wellness rubric to analyze or synthesize data to draw conclusions or make recommendations for future art therapy sessions
  • Establish goals or objectives for art therapy sessions in consultation with Executive Director and Director of Programs
  • Conduct art therapy sessions providing guided self-expression experiences to help participants recover from or cope with emotional impairments due to ongoing trauma in their communities, families, etc.
  • Recommend or purchase needed art supplies or equipment for sessions
  • Work with and supervise therapist to ensure the ongoing vibrancy and growth of the Project Impact program
  • Document sessions using SkyART forms
  • Provide and customize virtual art therapy, individual and group sessions to meet organizational goals and/or objectives for specific populations, such as those in detention facilities, shelters or home environments.
Evaluation
  • Ensuring dissemination, implementation and tracking of established evaluation tools
  • Documentation of individual participant needs and goals as appropriate
  • Collect, evaluate and report outcome information for Project Impact
Brand Awareness
  • Create and oversee creation of engaging and informative content for the website, blog, social media, and other relevant content marketing channels
  • Support execution of SkyART’s philosophy, mission, and vision throughout the organization
  • Building sustainable relationships and partnerships with vendors, advertising agencies, and creative artists
  • Contribute to and execute a strategic marketing and communications plan to raise brand awareness with stakeholder groups
  • Support a strong brand voice and identity, including an update of brand guidelines and help ensure that SkyART brand guidelines are upheld in both internal and external projects
YOUR BACKGROUND INCLUDES:
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
  • Ability to work within a small collaborative environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
  • Bilingual strongly preferred
  • Strong project management, research and organizational capabilities
  • Significant experience working with youth
  • MA in Art Therapy or social service degree required and on licensure track
  • Cultural competency working with individuals from diverse backgrounds
  • A minimum of two years of nonprofit, social services, therapeutic environment preferred
  • Detailed-oriented with excellent communication, organizational, interpersonal and writing skills
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to draft and deliver impactful presentations, write persuasive solicitation letters and website content, and prepare well-organized reports
  • Knowledge of art and art history, practicing artists strongly encouraged
  • Ability to work autonomously and make informed, thoughtful decisions
  • Relevant leadership experience
WHAT WE OFFER
  • Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.
  • Generous benefit package for eligible employees includes:
Paid time off (PTO) allowance including starting four (4) weeks vacation per year, eleven (11) paid holidays and one (1) additional day off for your birthday
  • Employee retirement account with up to 3% matching from employer
  • Medical, dental and vision benefits with zero to minimal cost paid by employee

HOW YOU APPLY
Submit a cover letter, resume, salary requirements, and where you learned of the position opening to: [email protected]. Please write your name (Last, First) and “SkyART Program Manager- Youth Support Manager” in the subject line of your email. Incomplete applications will not be accepted. No phone calls please. Position begins June 2023.

SkyART is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. SkyART does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, parental status, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable laws. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply.