The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (Center) seeks a Senior Specialist for Connection and Participation to advance the Center’s ongoing efforts to enhance the region’s civic life by fostering a vibrant and inclusive cultural community in Greater Philadelphia. Based in our Grants Programs and under the guidance of the Executive Director, this newly created position has grown out of the Center’s deepening commitment to DEAI, amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, and to emphasizing multiple perspectives, inclusive practices, and community relevance as part of programmatic excellence.
The Senior Specialist works in close collaboration with other team members across the organization to creatively integrate and center the values of connection, inclusiveness, participation, and engagement through all aspects of our grantmaking work. The Senior Specialist researches and connects with artists, curators, scholars, and other practitioners across the fields of art, community organizing, and public engagement in order to stay up-to-date on ways of working/being that center equity, inclusion, and belonging. They employ this knowledge in their work to contribute to the Center’s grantmaking processes and capacity-building, sharing their findings with Center colleagues, grantees and Pew Fellows, and other relevant Center constituencies to inform and influence the shaping of existing practices, processes, policies, and programs. The Senior Specialist also works as relevant with the Center’s grants management team on grants administration and the communications team on content development.
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage is funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, part of its Philadelphia Program, and serves as Pew’s primary source of cultural funding. Our strategic agenda is determined for us by Pew’s board of directors. The Center is administered by the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. The University is the Center’s legal employer.
Please read the full job description at www.pewcenterarts.org/news/career-opportunity-senior-specialist-connection-and-participation
