Penn State Job Catalog

The Arts Manager oversees the operation of an arts center or organization; leads and administers public arts initiatives; develops and evaluates finance, administration, and budgeting; provides overall strategic and operational responsibility for arts center, including staff, programs, and execution of their missions; leads program development, fundraising, and overall communications; supports fundraising and advisory board/committee efforts; may supervise arts facilities and maintenance, events management, and general business operations.

• Direct and oversee program development and evaluation, finance, administration, budgeting, fundraising, and communications
• Develop and implement evaluation tools and methods for all arts programs
• Initiate and maintain relationships within the University and community; network to better inform community of cultural arts
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with major relevant funding organizations; may apply for and steward grants and philanthropical gifts
• Establish and implement procedures to accommodate University and student organization presenters, community arts organizations, and non-University promoters
• Review, amend, and approve aspects of contracts related to areas of oversight; negotiate as required
• Plan and implement long-range goals and objectives related to areas of oversight
• Provide leadership to the community through service on community and campus boards
• Stay up to date with research and best practices
• Manage, lead, and mentor staff

Level:

– Senior Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope

• Comp Grade – 12
• Minimum – $76,700.00
• MidPoint – $95,900.00
• Maximum – $115,100.00