Job Opportunities With Every Voice Choirs
Every Voice Choirs helps young people discover their voices and share them with pride. Based at Columbia University Teachers College, EVC offers high-caliber choral training to all young people ages 7-16 who want to sing, without audition. To learn more about EVC, visit www.everyvoicechoirs.org.
Every Voice Choirs currently has two administrative leadership positions open: Director of Outreach, Communications, & Development and Manager of Programs & Productions.
EVC is committed to cultivating diverse voices at every level of the organization and actively seeks to hire a diverse leadership team. Qualified candidates from groups historically underrepresented in the arts and in education are strongly encouraged to apply.
To apply, click below. Email jobs@everyvoicechoirs.org with questions.
Every Voice Choirs currently has two administrative leadership positions open: Director of Outreach, Communications, & Development and Manager of Programs & Productions.
EVC is committed to cultivating diverse voices at every level of the organization and actively seeks to hire a diverse leadership team. Qualified candidates from groups historically underrepresented in the arts and in education are strongly encouraged to apply.
To apply, click below. Email jobs@everyvoicechoirs.org with questions.
DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH, COMMUNICATIONS & DEVELOPMENT
(18 hours/week)
Description:
Outreach (Approx 5 hours/week)
Cultivate partnerships with schools and community and cultural organizations for recruitment and collaborations. Cultivate artistic and educational partnerships in NYC with a focus on West Harlem.
- Build on EVC’s current networks with public schools and community organizations by making regular on-site visits, presenting at school events, and following visits and presentations with email and phone contact.
- Be a point of contact and support for families of children recruited to EVC through the Diversity Scholarship partnerships with schools.
- Build EVC’s presence in Arts and Education in West Harlem by attending community meetings including committees on Arts & Culture and Education, Youth, & Libraries; attend events hosted by funders and promoters of the arts in Harlem, New York City and New York State.
- Develop networks for artistic and educational partnerships in NYC.
Communications (Approx 5 hours/week)
Ensure that current members, potential members, audiences, supporters, and community members are regularly informed about EVC’s programs and events so that they can participate fully in EVC’s work.
- Working with Executive Director, develop and maintain editorial and online publishing calendar to ensure that there is a pipeline of fresh content to publish online and distribute through newsletter and social media channels throughout the choirs’ season and during the summer. Refine editorial calendar based on content engagement metrics.
- Maintain EVC’s website with upcoming events and archives.
- Maintain and expand EVC’s social media presence.
- Oversee advertising via google ads, Facebook, and Instagram and other online and print platforms.
- Create newsletters to send to EVC’s mailing list regarding upcoming events and fundraisers.
- Write and edit pieces profiling choir members, board members, educators, parents, donors and events.
- Develop and maintain monthly dashboard charting website traffic, social media posts, and engagement, and online giving.
Development (Approx 8 hours/week)
Increase financial support for EVC’s programs. Cultivate individual giving, corporate sponsorship, foundation/governmental grants, and fundraising efforts.
- Research and identify prospective funders.
- Write grants, oversee compiling supplemental materials and submitting applications.
- Prepare grant/funder impact reports.
- Maintain updated development calendar (grants, reports, fundraisers).
- Write thank you letters and produce donor acknowledgements and tax receipts.
- Cultivate relationships with donors (individual, foundation, governmental, corporate).
Compensation: Hourly $20-$28 depending on qualifications and experience in nonprofit development
MANAGER OF PROGRAMS AND PRODUCTIONS
Program Management (Approx 5 hours/week)
Oversee implementation of EVC’s programs, ensuring they are accessible to all, that families have the information they need to support their children’s participation, communication channels are open with information flowing freely between families and teachers, and program logistics are well organized in order to support students’ participation and growth.
- Be a point person for choir families: provide support to families with questions or issues, get to know choir families at rehearsals and at parent meetings.
- Be a point person for Music Directors, overseeing preparation and maintenance of materials and equipment for rehearsals with the assistance of interns.
- Maintain and post choir schedules.
- Maintain Member Pages on the EVC website.
- Strategize, communicate, and execute logistics for events. Maintain web pages with logistics information and share with families.
- Collect and archive documents and materials, including photos and videos from rehearsals and events and student assessment materials, throughout the year.
Oversee logistics to ensure that performances are positive experiences for EVC children, their families, and other audience members.
Serve as contact person with venues
- Serve as stage manager, or as liaison to stage manager when SM is provided by the venue
- Prepare and oversee schedule onstage and backstage
Prepare and oversee logistics for choirs (backstage rooms, seating, movements)
Oversee plans for food management (performers & reception, can be managed by parent volunteers)
Prepare printed program and annotated programs for crew.
Oversee distribution of tickets.
Compensation: Hourly $20-$24 depending on qualifications and experience in arts program management