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About the Role
The Director of Cultural Arts is a visionary leader responsible for developing, curating, and implementing a dynamic range of arts, culture, and educational programs that reflect Jewish values, creativity, history, and contemporary Jewish life. This role oversees the Dr. Esther Grushkin Center for Arts & Culture and collaborates with departments across the JCC to ensure cultural arts serve as an inspiring gateway to Jewish connection for people of all ages and backgrounds. The Director supervises arts staff, teaching artists, Israeli emissaries, interns, and volunteers, while working closely with community partners, educators, and the Center for Lifelong Development.
Responsibilities
- Support ongoing teen programming in collaboration with Israeli emissaries.
- Develop and execute a robust calendar of arts and culture programs for adults, including lectures, concerts, film screenings, exhibitions, theater events, trips, workshops, author talks, and holiday celebrations.
- Oversee programming for the Center for Lifelong Development and lead programming for the Dr. Esther Grushkin Center for Arts & Culture.
- Coordinate select family programs, including the annual Richmond County Orchestra event.
- Embed Jewish values, history, tradition, and cultural narratives into programming through arts education, storytelling, and experiential learning.
- Build and maintain relationships with local artists, arts organizations, synagogues, schools, community partners, and Israeli cultural institutions.
- Supervise staff, teaching artists, Israeli emissaries (shlichim), and volunteers connected to the Dr. Esther Grushkin Center for Arts & Culture.
- Champion Israeli arts and culture through innovative programming that highlights Israeli society, creativity, diversity, and contemporary life.
- Host Israeli artists, performers, and educators, and integrate global Jewish cultural traditions.
- Work with partners in our sister city, Binyamina, Israel, to coordinate delegations, cultural exchanges, and Maccabi-related teen experiences.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or professional experience in arts administration, cultural programming, museum/theater/arts management, or related field preferred.
- Demonstrated experience in designing or managing arts and cultural programming.
- Knowledge of Jewish history, culture, and Israel, with comfort facilitating learning in cultural settings.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends.
Skills
- Arts administration
- Cultural programming
- Museum/theater/arts management
- Jewish history
- Jewish culture
- Israel knowledge
- Facilitation
- Project management
- Team leadership
- Creative program design
- Community partnership building
Location
- Staten Island
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Director
- Commensurate with Experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree required
- Advanced degree preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $80,000-$95,000 Annually
Benefits
- Subsidized Medical
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- FSA
- Dependent Care
- Free LTD
- Free STD
- Free Life Insurance
- Pension
- 403B
- Generous program discounts
- Free membership
- Ample time off
About the Company
- The Jewish Community Center of Staten Island was founded in 1929 with the goal of creating a home for the Jewish community by offering social, recreational, and educational activities.
- The JCC has become a true community center—not just for the Jewish community, but for the entirety of Staten Island.
- Programs serve the needs we see in our community and are constantly expanding to meet new demand.
- We serve people of all walks of life, from young children to seniors and everyone in between.
- The JCC is proud to offer services that help improve the quality of life for people on Staten Island and beyond.
- We strive to help those in need as well as provide recreational and educational opportunities for our members.
Equal Opportunity
- The JCC of Staten Island is dedicated to encouraging harmony throughout the community by providing facilities and programs that are open to all regardless of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or political affiliation.
- Everyone is welcome at the JCC.