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Manager of Academic Affairs

Manager of Academic Affairs

 

Organizational Summary:

The Playwrights Horizons Theater School (PHTS) has provided thousands of students with intensive theater training through a four-year program that emphasizes professional development and interdisciplinary theater making. The curriculum includes courses in acting, directing, playwriting, design, movement, and voice and speech for nearly 200 students each year.

 

Playwrights Horizons is a writer’s theater committed to the advancement of bold and visionary contemporary playwrights, through the development and production of daring new work and the education of future theatermakers. In a city rich with cultural offerings, Playwrights Horizons’ 55-year-old mission is unique among theaters of its size; the organization has distinguished itself by a steadfast commitment to centering the voice of the playwright. It’s a mission that is always timely, and one that’s necessary in the ongoing evolution of theater in this country. By expanding the U.S. theater canon with a wider range of voices, Playwrights Horizons aims to be a home for the exploration of playwriting and an anti-racist center of curiosity, dialogue, and artistic risk.

 

Reports to:

Director, Playwrights Horizons Theater School

 

Position Summary:

Playwrights Horizons is seeking an outgoing, passionate, highly organized individual to join the administrative team downtown at the Playwrights Horizons Theater School! Alongside the Director, this role will oversee the administration of all academic matters and serves as the first point of contact for communication between students, faculty, staff, and the NYU Department of Drama.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Serve as a first point of contact and liaison between school administration and the student body through advising, coordination, and conflict resolution as needed.

  • Create and maintain the academic calendar, class schedule, student files and schedules, and class rosters

  • Facilitate student enrollment both internally and with NYU

  • Collect, organize, and distribute course evaluations, student grades and evaluations, submit grades to NYU  

  • Serve as a liaison to NYU student advisors

  • Serve as advisor and liaison to student groups as assigned by the Director.

  • Oversee event coordination and execution for various school events and meetings, including First and Final Fridays, First year orientation, Studio Swap, Parents Day, Alumni nights and others that may come up.

  • Manage and create all school communications, such as the newsletter, social media presence, website pages, and Blackbaud resources.

  • Create and maintain student and faculty handbooks in partnership with the Director.

  • Maintain and execute Faculty payroll process, including onboarding into payroll system 

  • Manage and organize school supplies inventory, track expenses and petty cash as part of the larger School budget in partnership with the Director

  • Coordinate the fulfillment of classroom requests such as set up and equipment needs with other administrative staff. 

  • Partner with the Director to build relationships with Playwrights Horizons and participate in developing programming that increases points of connection between the school and theater.

  • Collaborate with the Director of People + Operations on Alumni relations and developing the Alumni program.

  • Provide general administrative support to faculty, staff, and students.

Skills & Qualifications:

  • Minimum 4 years of administrative experience

  • Highly organized with keen attention to detail 

  • Passion for working with students in an educational environment 

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • Experience in Blackbaud and Asana a plus

  • Able to work from the office a minimum of 4 days a week during the semester 

  • Ability to interact successfully with key stakeholders at all levels at NYU and at the organization

  • Strong Google Workspace skills

  • Strong interpersonal skills particularly with young people

  • Maintain mental health first aid certification

  • Experience working for a non-profit and/or educational institution preferred

 

Compensation:

Full-time employee benefit package includes: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, & Accident insurance, Paid Time Off, Health Reimbursement Account, Flexible Spending Account, 403(b) Retirement Plan, Half-Day Summer Fridays, and more! 

 

Salary:

$60,000-$65,000 per year, commensurate with experience 

 

Values Statement:

Playwrights Horizons is committed to building a more just future for everyone—particularly those from historically oppressed communities, by employing a broad spectrum of voices that will enrich the quality and vitality of our work. Playwrights Horizons is an equal opportunity employer that has a strong institutional commitment to uprooting all systems of oppression by demonstrative equitable and inclusive practices.

 

The organization is interested in receiving applications from people of all races, sexual orientations, gender identities, ages, classes, religions, and people with disabilities.

The facilities at Playwrights Horizons are fully accessible and ADA compliant.

 

To Apply:

Please submit your application materials to our portal HERE. No phone calls please. 

Full link to application; https://form.asana.com/?k=XzzonJ5O9YC9izAgPI2dzQ&d=17022989146991