Program/Administrative Coordinator & Teaching Artist

Girls Write Nashville

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Job Summary

The Program & Administrative Coordinator will report to the Executive Artistic Director and handle day-to-day administration of Girls Write Nashville programs, as well as day-to-day support for a variety of aspects of nonprofit operations including donor data management and fundraising events. 

An ideal candidate will also have the experience and willingness to serve as a teaching artist in one or more of our programs: our songwriting and community-focused Writers Guilds in Title I schools, online Writers Guilds, and our bilingual Youth Voice Column in partnership with The Contributor. (Girls Write Nashville is an artist and educator-led organization, and our Executive Director also teaches within our programs.)

As a young nonprofit advancing from a start-up phase to an adolescent nonprofit phase, a focus of this role will be in working with the Executive Director, Teaching Artists, and the Board of Directors to help create and implement new systems in order to optimize organizational operations.

This is an ideal opportunity for a creative, emotionally intelligent, highly organized, financially-literate self-starter with a passion for the arts, equity in arts access, social emotional learning, and youth empowerment. A highly successful candidate will have the rare opportunity in the nonprofit industry to grow and advance in their role along with the organization and become a true organization stakeholder.

About Girls Write Nashville

Girls Write Nashville is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that empowers expression through songwriting, production, mentorship and creative community building for teen artists in Nashville, TN. We are an educational program aligned with the standards of Creative Youth Development (CYD), Culturally Responsive Education (CRE) and and are a “circle practice” aligned with MNPS Social Emotional Learning foundations, working to build a safe and inclusive path to cultural participation for youth artists in our community.

Founded in 2016 as a one-time community arts project funded by a Metro Arts micro-grant, co-founders continued the program as a nonprofit after the initial participants requested it continue. The young organization has since been featured on NBC’s Today Show and NPR’s Here & Now specifically for their virtual pandemic-era programming. Currently we operate several after-school programs in MNPS Title I middle schools, our All City Mentorship program (which records an annual compilation album), a Youth Voice Column in partnership with The Contributor, online Writers Guilds, and mission-centric workshops partnered with other organizations. We hosted our first annual benefit concert in 2021 in partnership with Lightning100 featuring Brittany Howard and Margo Price alongside two of our youth artists.

Job Responsibilities

• Program Administration (50%)
  • Provide day-to-day and project management support for Girls Write Nashville Writers Guilds in Title I schools
  • Attend MNPS Community Partner meetings and partner school open houses
  • Communicate with families of enrolled students
  • Form trust-based relationships with teaching artists, school administrators, students and families
  • Assist in implementing programs in existing and new program locations
  • Work with Executive Director, teaching artists and enrolled students on the creative development of programs
  • Work with the Executive Director and Teaching Artists in developing, implementing, and maintaining best organizational practices and processes for student data management and program outcomes data
• Teaching Artist (25%)
  • Serve as a teaching artist executing Girls Write Nashville curriculum in one or more after-school programs and enrichment workshops providing songwriting-focused music education, creative community building, and mentorship
• General Organizational Support (10%)
  • Provide day-to-day support for a variety of aspects of nonprofit operations
  • Collaborate with and offer support to the Executive Director in executing marketing and media projects (including providing content for a weekly newsletter, social media, blog, and the Girls Write Nashville website.)
• Fundraising & Development Support (15%)
  • Manage development administrative tasks, including tracking donations using the Kindful platform and monitoring donation receipts and acknowledgements
  • Organize and coordinate fundraising events, provide fundraising and donor support
  • Identify prospective individual and corporate donors and develop strategies to cultivate those relationships

Qualifications

• Be a self-starter with a strong belief in the Girls Write Nashville mission
• A flexible and fast learner comfortable with a work balance of smaller executive tasks and larger projects
• Familiarity and comfort-level with discussing the effects of childhood trauma and supporting students through Positive Childhood Experiences
• Preferably a minimum of two years of combined experience in nonprofit work, education/youth work, and/or songwriting/music 
• Bachelor’s degree in Nonprofit Management, Music, Arts Administration, Business, Marketing,  or other relevant field from an accredited college or university, or comparable experience, which has equipped the applicant with knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform duties of the position
• Knowledge of Google Suite
• Demonstrated ability to exercise independent decision-making
• Excellent interpersonal and oral communication skills and ability to develop strong, trust-based relationships
• Willingness to take on new tasks and improve processes without prompting
• Ability to manage multiple projects with excellent time management skills
• Ability to lift and carry items in the office (if able)
• Work ethic that prioritizes proactivity versus reactivity

Additional Preferences:

• Fluency in speaking and writing in Spanish is strongly preferred
• Experience with youth services organizations and/or socio-economically diverse populations is preferred
• Strong non-profit network and knowledge of the nonprofit landscape in Nashville
• Knowledge of the education landscape in Nashville and ideals aligned with Creative Youth Development and Culturally Responsive Education
• Experience with CRM/donor management systems such as Kindful
• Prior experience with capital campaigns and annual giving campaigns

Special Position Requirements:

• Valid driver’s license required
• Must be able to pass a background check

 

Physical Demands:

• Ability to view computer monitor for extended periods
• Oral communication via telephone and in person

Additional Information

Benefits

How to Apply

Please send a cover letter and resume to joinourteam@girlswritenashville.org. Please also direct any questions to that email address as well. Thank you!

Details

• Date Posted: January 24, 2022
• Type: Full-Time
• Job Function: Administrative
• Service Area: Arts / Culture
• Start Date: 03/01/2022
• Salary Range: 38,000-42,000
• Working Hours: 35 hrs/wk, M-F, flexible. some weekends.