Job Location: This position will be located at Missouri Arts Council, downtown St Louis office, some remote days weekly.
Why you’ll love this position: We advance Missouri community health with the arts: by supporting accessibility, aging, military and veterans with essential arts and health initiatives. This position provides leadership for the efforts of the Missouri Arts Council focusing on supporting, developing, and funding accessibility in the arts, arts in aging, and arts that serve veterans, service members and their families in Missouri communities. These programs contribute to the health, vitality, and quality of life for residents in Missouri.
- Development, implementation, and evaluation of programs designed to support accessibility in the arts, arts in aging, and arts that serve veterans, service members and their families in Missouri communities.
- Coordinate advisory panelists and meetings in review of grant applications.
- Provide technical assistance to grant applicants.
- Planning and facilitation of public meetings, convenings, workshops, and conferences.
- Prepare advisory panel comments and funding recommendations for review.
- Write project guidelines and applications.
- Distribute grant correspondence, documentation, and reporting.
- Develop and support convenings that advance accessibility in the arts, arts in aging, and arts that serve veterans, service members, and their families.
- Manage the budget for accessibility, aging, and veteran’s programs.
- Prepare reports for discussion or action at Council meetings.
- Make site visits to funded or prospective activities as needed.
- Encourage collaboration among individuals and organizations concerned with arts and health.
- Partner with stakeholders including the accessibility organizations, aging groups and agencies, veteran’s groups and agencies, among others.
- Collaborations on agency-wide activities such as board meetings, surveys, and strategic planning.
Minimum Qualifications - Strong professional experience in health, veterans, aging, or accessibility programs or related experience
- Technical competence in using a personal computer and basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Outlook, Word, and Excel.
- Must hold driver's license and be able to travel in and out of state.
Preferred Qualifications - Possess strong written, public speaking, and interpersonal skills.
- Take a proactive approach and work independently.
- Handle multiple, concurrent, and high priority projects.
- Collaborate as a team player with other agency staff to deliver quality programs and services.
- Be adept at interacting with people of various social, cultural, economic, and educational backgrounds, embracing diversity and inclusion.
- Demonstrate excellent planning and organizational skills.
- Meet deadlines consistently.
- Be attentive to detail and committed to excellence in all aspects of work.
- Knowledgeable of current trends, best practices, and research in arts education, arts learning, arts learning assessment, and program evaluation.
- Actively pursue outreach and partnerships to expand services to underserved populations.
- Able to develop and maintain a network of professionals and organizations in the field of community arts learning.
- Skilled in organizing work and managing time with ability to complete tasks requiring accuracy and attention to detail.
Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant. The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here .
