ABOUT EAST BAY CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS
Founded in 1968, East Bay Center for the Performing Arts is a regional beacon in the field of arts training and youth development—demonstrating how a place-based model of performing arts instruction can at once center community needs, foster a deep sense of connection and belonging, and maintain high artistic rigor across cultures and disciplines. We have accomplished this by providing a safe place for children, youth, and young adults to reach outside of their comfort zones in a rich environment and by understanding that all children and youth come with both individual callings and the universal gift of human imagination. This approach has shaped generations of young people to embody a growth mindset: to build the confidence to explore different learning pathways and the courage to address society’s challenges—as they identify them, and to create a sense of purpose for themselves in a complex world, valuing process over product.
The Center currently provides beginning-through-advanced, culturally distinct music, dance, and theater skills to 3,500 children, youth, and young adults annually within an ecological systems and strength-based framework, where long term continuity of support is part of our theory of change. Instruction is delivered both in the public schools in Richmond, as well as at our state-of-the-art facility in the historic Winter’s Building in downtown Richmond’s Iron Triangle neighborhood.
The Center focuses on three important pillars: Core Training, Access to High Quality Arts Education and Connecting Youth to Their Communities.
For more information, please visit www.eastbaycenter.org/
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Director of Strategic Advancement (DSA) is responsible for designing, implementing, and meeting annual strategic fundraising goals, leading strategic communications in Development, supporting priority partnerships, and overseeing the Office of Development. As part of these responsibilities the DSA will support the Board Development Committee and with the ED, ensure ongoing planning and evaluation practices are in place to create a culture of philanthropy that prioritizes fund development throughout the organization and Board.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS
The DSA reports to and works with the Executive Director as a thought partner. The DSA is a part of the senior management team and supervises an office of four full-time staff and development contractors. The DSA works closely with the Board and staffs the Board development committee.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategy and Leadership
Institutional Funding
Individual Giving
Strategic Communications
Systems, Infrastructure and Reporting
QUALIFICATIONS
SALARY OR SALARY RANGE
The salary range for this position is $115,000 to $ 130,000 plus full benefits. Full Covid-19 vaccination is a requirement of all staff members.
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TO APPLY
To apply for this position, or for additional information on the opportunity, please send a copy of your resume with a cover letter to Victoria Silverman at apply@cooksilverman.com.
All applications and inquiries will receive a response and be kept strictly confidential.
East Bay Center for Performing Arts is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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