Director of Training Programs | Bates College - Military Veterans

Title:Director of Training Programs Position Purpose: This senior leadership position with the Bates Dance Festival (BDF) is one of two full-time year-round positions that directs BDF. The Director of Training Programs provides creative, strategic, organizational and financial oversight of the three BDF Training Programs as well as overseeing part-time and seasonal part-time and season communications, operations, and administrative staff for all aspects of the Training Programs. Areas of particular emphasis include the selection and contracting of faculty members, recruitment of students, adjudicating student applications (400+/year), communicating with applicants and their families, and creating and implementing administrative systems. Additional responsibilities include communicating and collaborating with the Festival Director to support faculty, staff, visiting artists, and student needs. Job Duties: Development of Training Programs: Works in concert with the Festival Director to determine pedagogy and practice within the Training Programs Recruits new faculty Assists the Festival Director in developing new programmatic structure to facilitate increased enrollment Student Recruitment and Admissions: develops and maintains relationships w/local schools and organizations to recruit students recruits students at 5-10 annual regional high school and college dance festivals and other recruitment events develops strategic recruitment plan and budget determines appropriate class placement and manages course enrollment manages web-based registration materials Staff Supervision Responsibilities: trains and supervises administrative interns oversees Admissions/Operations Manager directs faculty for Young Dancers and Professional Training Program and oversees the Youth Arts Program Directors Program Management: creates orientation materials for all faculty, staff, and students leads orientation for faculty, students, and interns leads weekly faculty meetings during the festival, and maintains the integrity and ethics of the programmatic pedagogy is a consistent daily presence on campus for the entirety of the festival Development and Marketing: contributes to copy for brochures, solicitation letters, and performance programs Office Management: oversees communication strategy with all prospective students, their families, and faculty interfaces with the College Dance program staff and students nurtures positive relationships with college and other professional colleagues, artists, and students Minimum Qualifications: Education BA or BFA in Dance, Arts Administration, Education, or related field Experience 7+ years of professional leadership experience Skills and Knowledge Commitment to equity and inclusion, and serving the needs of a culturally and educationally diverse community Ability to teach an advanced level technical dance class in a contemporary form Knowledge of the professional dance and education fields Knowledge of data management, Word, Excel, Google Suite Strong written and verbal communications skills Attention to detail Ability to multitask, work independently, and self-motivate Benefits: Bates College offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits (health, dental, sick leave, 24 days of vacation, 2 personal days, 13 paid holidays, dependent care subsidy, free parking, access to library and athletic facilities & more), and a supportive, collegial environment in a drug and smoke-free workplace. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and providing an educational and work environment free from discrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status and other legally protected statuses in the recruitment and admission of its students, in the administration of its education policies and programs, or in the recruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to all applicable state and federal equal opportunity laws and regulations. All college faculty, staff, students, contractors, visitors, and volunteers are responsible for understanding and complying with the Non-Discrimination Policy. Inquiries concerning the colleges policies, compliance with applicable laws, statutes, and regulations (such as Title VII, Title IX, and ADA/Section 504), and complaints may be directed to Gwen Lexow, Title IX Officer, 207-786-6445 or via email at glexow@bates.edu . About Bates: Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world. Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin. Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the forces intellectual trends, demographic changes, and technology that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate. Bates has highly competitive admissions, graduates over 90 percent of its entering students, and more than half of its alumni earn graduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550 staff. The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn community, Maines second-largest urban area with a population of approximately 65,000. Bates is located on a beautiful, 133-acre, traditional New England campus in Lewiston, an emerging city with an entrepreneurial climate, a lively arts scene, and a dynamic business community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland, 140 miles north of Boston, and 350 miles north of New York City.