Position: Senior Manager of The Moth Education Program
Location: New York City
The Moth: Founded in 1997, The Moth is a nonprofit dedicated to honoring the commonality and diversity of human experience through the art and craft of true, personal storytelling. Our purpose is to create a more empathetic world by connecting people from every background through the power and humanity of shared, true stories, and our aim is to make personal storytelling a universally recognized and socially transformative art form.
Position Overview: The Moth seeks a highly motivated professional to lead our Education Program through its next level of engagement. This role will be responsible for the success of The Moth’s Education Program, setting strategy and vision along with the seamless management, development, program delivery, and quality control of every aspect of the program.
Reports to: Managing Director of Programs
Overview of Responsibilities:
The Sr. Manager directly oversees The Moth’s Education Team, including full-time, part-time and freelance staff. Primary responsibilities involve six key areas:
Set the vision for The Moth’s Education Program and manage its team. You have the experience and skills to develop and implement a program vision and strategy, which aligns with the Moth’s mission. You will oversee, bring together, and galvanize your team.
Establish the Education Program as a thought leader in the storytelling space. You are driven to lead the conversation on the power of storytelling to transform classrooms as a space to amplify youth voices.
Develop storytelling platforms for youth. You are relentless in the pursuit of giving young people the tools and space to develop their voice and tell their stories.
Expand professional development and curriculum resources for educators. You have deep empathy and appreciation for classroom teachers, and you endeavor to equip them with innovative tools to inspire their students.
Foster a community of storytellers by deepening and expanding the program’s reach. You endeavor to be a champion of empathy, building authentic, lasting relationships. Internally, this means working across departments to share and leverage Moth resources. Externally, this means working with partnering organizations and external stakeholders to continuously grow the Education Program and the larger Moth audience.
Oversee the development and retention of instructor talent. You are keenly aware of the link between high quality instruction and high quality programming, and you collaborate across The Moth’s workshop programs to review, evaluate and hire talented instructors who reflect the diversity of the participants we serve.
Required Qualifications:
8+ years of professional work experience
Minimum of 3 years of direct supervision of 2+ persons
Demonstrated passion for working with high school and college-aged youth
Experience at creating and implementing strategic vision while managing day to day team operations
Strong project management skills, including setting and evaluating program goals, KPIS, and budgets
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Deeply collaborative, valuing colleagues and clients alike
Experience contributing to grant writing, fulfillment and reporting
Relishes working on teams: up, down and sideways
Ability to take initiative, keep a positive attitude and maintain a professional demeanor
Preferred Qualifications:
Non-profit management experience
Experience working as a teacher, school administrator and/or in youth development
Demonstrated success in building relationships with funders and external stakeholders
Salary and compensation: The Moth offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including generous paid time off and health, vision, and dental insurance. In response to the pandemic, we are working remotely until at least September 13, 2021.
To apply: Please complete our questionnaire and include your resume by Sunday, July 11th.
The Moth is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally vibrant team and strongly encourages applications from people of diverse backgrounds. All positions at The Moth are filled without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, HIV/AIDS status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. The Moth brings storytelling opportunities to people from a variety of communities. Candidates with a commitment to supporting diversity are strongly encouraged to apply.