The New Children's Museum
Creative Youth Advancement Coordinator
The New Children's Museum, San Diego, California, United States, 92101
Creative Youth Advancement Coordinator
Program
ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND
The New Children's Museum's (NCM) mission is to spark creativity, exploration, and a sense of belonging through interactive art experiences. Located in downtown San Diego, the New Children's Museum collaborates with contemporary artists to design and create art installations and educational programs for children. The Museum brings families together in a rich educational environment that fosters creativity and expression. 2.4 million guests have visited the downtown location since doors opened in 2008, including 232,386 visitors in 2022.
Our vision is to be the most innovative, most loved, most inspiring, and most sustainable children's museum in the world. Our interactive art installations and hands-on art programming provide creative and educational experiences for children and families. We work with artists to reimagine our spaces so that there is always something "new" to discover when you visit. As a nonprofit institution, we rely on daily admissions, memberships, and community support to fund our daily operations.
Our commitment is to provide a welcoming space for all families. We believe that diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion are integral to fulfilling our mission and empowering children's innate creativity through hands-on exposure to art and the creative process. Last year, 69,455 visitors attended the Museum through access programs. Please visit: https://thinkplaycreate.org/ to learn more.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Creative Youth Advancement Coordinator works closely with the Manager, Creative Community Advocacy to provide day-to-day oversight and content support for a broad range of community programs, such as coordinating logistics for the artist and residency program at the Hillcrest Youth Center, pARTners in Creativity, the annual Mass Creativity program, and attending outreach events and other happenings, as needed. The Creative Youth Advancement Coordinator works closely with the Manager, Creative Community Advocacy to ensure high quality program content, assist with staff training, and support with program assessments and analysis.
Ideal candidates for the Creative Youth Advancement Coordinator position are bilingual in English and Spanish and have a passion for community engagement. Experience in creative youth development and demonstrated experience implementing and facilitating teen specific programming is preferred. Candidates must have demonstrated teaching experience and ability to facilitate programming and workshops for youth. Qualified candidates must be highly organized, able to coordinate multiple projects at once, and to communicate in a clear and professional manner both internally and with visitors, participants, partner organizations and communities of diverse backgrounds.
This is a Union position.
Specific responsibilities include:
Develop content related to community programs in conjunction with theManager, Creative Community Advocacy.Lead and facilitate community sessions/workshops.Coordinate logistics for the Artist-in-Residency program with the Hillcrest Youth Center, the newly opened center that is a critical resource for LGBTQ youth in San Diego.Attend outreach events and serve as Museum liaison to share resources with the community.Support the Manager, Creative Community Advocacy with planning and organizing the annual Mass Creativity program. Mass Creativity is a series of artist-led outreach workshops designed to inspire imagination and creativity and make hands-on art-making more accessible. Each year the Mass Creativity program consists of free workshops in diverse communities in San Diego and culminate in a free all-day event at the Museum called Mass Creativity Day.Coordinate and oversee administrative and day-to-day aspects of Creative Community Advocacy programs.Assist with oversight of outreach content development and delivery by the Teaching Artist team.Assist with Kit Program coordination, content, set up, assembly and delivery, as needed.Support with Education Department content and programs, as needed.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and/or Experience:
Education requirements can be substituted for additional experience.Bachelor's Degree or comparable experience in creative youth development, education, child development or related field is preferred.
Excellent communication skills: using both written and oral skills to influence and engage diverse audiences.
Computer/Office Equipment Skills: Must be comfortable working in PC/Windows-based environments. Must have strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, and Outlook.
Language Skills: Fluency in English is required. Bilingual is preferred.
Schedule: Full time; Tuesdays through Saturdays, Sundays are a rare, if ever, occurrence.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, see and hear. The employee is required to stand, walk and lift or move up to 30-50 pounds. The employee must be able to verbally communicate in a concise manner.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
The ideal candidate must be/have:
Minimum two years' experience in creative youth development and teaching experience with demonstrated ability in program developmentMinimum two years of related customer service experience and excellent customer service skillsMust be an exceptional role model with a demonstrated ability to work with a team to accomplish goals in a supportive, collaborative, and empowering manner
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
Compensation: The salary range for this position is $22.25 and is on the Union Schedule D.Benefits: (if applicable)
Medical, dental, and vision Insurance and Flexible Spending Account403(b) retirement account, with a 3% match after the first year10 paid days off10 paid sick days, 2 days available to use immediately12 paid holidays, plus 3 floating holidays
The majority of work is performed in a museum environment with attendant noise level and requires observance of safe work practices, fire regulations, and avoidance of falls, trips, and similar office work hazards. Due to the nature of the position, weekend hours will be required.
Program
ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND
The New Children's Museum's (NCM) mission is to spark creativity, exploration, and a sense of belonging through interactive art experiences. Located in downtown San Diego, the New Children's Museum collaborates with contemporary artists to design and create art installations and educational programs for children. The Museum brings families together in a rich educational environment that fosters creativity and expression. 2.4 million guests have visited the downtown location since doors opened in 2008, including 232,386 visitors in 2022.
Our vision is to be the most innovative, most loved, most inspiring, and most sustainable children's museum in the world. Our interactive art installations and hands-on art programming provide creative and educational experiences for children and families. We work with artists to reimagine our spaces so that there is always something "new" to discover when you visit. As a nonprofit institution, we rely on daily admissions, memberships, and community support to fund our daily operations.
Our commitment is to provide a welcoming space for all families. We believe that diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion are integral to fulfilling our mission and empowering children's innate creativity through hands-on exposure to art and the creative process. Last year, 69,455 visitors attended the Museum through access programs. Please visit: https://thinkplaycreate.org/ to learn more.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Creative Youth Advancement Coordinator works closely with the Manager, Creative Community Advocacy to provide day-to-day oversight and content support for a broad range of community programs, such as coordinating logistics for the artist and residency program at the Hillcrest Youth Center, pARTners in Creativity, the annual Mass Creativity program, and attending outreach events and other happenings, as needed. The Creative Youth Advancement Coordinator works closely with the Manager, Creative Community Advocacy to ensure high quality program content, assist with staff training, and support with program assessments and analysis.
Ideal candidates for the Creative Youth Advancement Coordinator position are bilingual in English and Spanish and have a passion for community engagement. Experience in creative youth development and demonstrated experience implementing and facilitating teen specific programming is preferred. Candidates must have demonstrated teaching experience and ability to facilitate programming and workshops for youth. Qualified candidates must be highly organized, able to coordinate multiple projects at once, and to communicate in a clear and professional manner both internally and with visitors, participants, partner organizations and communities of diverse backgrounds.
This is a Union position.
Specific responsibilities include:
Develop content related to community programs in conjunction with theManager, Creative Community Advocacy.Lead and facilitate community sessions/workshops.Coordinate logistics for the Artist-in-Residency program with the Hillcrest Youth Center, the newly opened center that is a critical resource for LGBTQ youth in San Diego.Attend outreach events and serve as Museum liaison to share resources with the community.Support the Manager, Creative Community Advocacy with planning and organizing the annual Mass Creativity program. Mass Creativity is a series of artist-led outreach workshops designed to inspire imagination and creativity and make hands-on art-making more accessible. Each year the Mass Creativity program consists of free workshops in diverse communities in San Diego and culminate in a free all-day event at the Museum called Mass Creativity Day.Coordinate and oversee administrative and day-to-day aspects of Creative Community Advocacy programs.Assist with oversight of outreach content development and delivery by the Teaching Artist team.Assist with Kit Program coordination, content, set up, assembly and delivery, as needed.Support with Education Department content and programs, as needed.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and/or Experience:
Education requirements can be substituted for additional experience.Bachelor's Degree or comparable experience in creative youth development, education, child development or related field is preferred.
Excellent communication skills: using both written and oral skills to influence and engage diverse audiences.
Computer/Office Equipment Skills: Must be comfortable working in PC/Windows-based environments. Must have strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, and Outlook.
Language Skills: Fluency in English is required. Bilingual is preferred.
Schedule: Full time; Tuesdays through Saturdays, Sundays are a rare, if ever, occurrence.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, see and hear. The employee is required to stand, walk and lift or move up to 30-50 pounds. The employee must be able to verbally communicate in a concise manner.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
The ideal candidate must be/have:
Minimum two years' experience in creative youth development and teaching experience with demonstrated ability in program developmentMinimum two years of related customer service experience and excellent customer service skillsMust be an exceptional role model with a demonstrated ability to work with a team to accomplish goals in a supportive, collaborative, and empowering manner
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
Compensation: The salary range for this position is $22.25 and is on the Union Schedule D.Benefits: (if applicable)
Medical, dental, and vision Insurance and Flexible Spending Account403(b) retirement account, with a 3% match after the first year10 paid days off10 paid sick days, 2 days available to use immediately12 paid holidays, plus 3 floating holidays
The majority of work is performed in a museum environment with attendant noise level and requires observance of safe work practices, fire regulations, and avoidance of falls, trips, and similar office work hazards. Due to the nature of the position, weekend hours will be required.