Partnership with Children (PWC) is a nonprofit organization committed to empowering students to reach their full potential and succeed in school, society, and life. We work to provide school-wide critical counseling services, as well as family and community outreach in New York City public schools most impacted by the effects of poverty and trauma. We are one of the city’s largest providers of community school programs and school-based mental health services.  

  

PWC recently merged with the Center for Arts Education (CAE), an organization that has delivered high-quality arts education programs that nurtures the development of social and emotional learning in NYC public school students as a core part of their pre-K to 12th grade education. PWC and CAE’s programs and approach are rooted in an understanding of the impact of poverty and trauma on children, a steadfast commitment to antiracism, and expertise in children’s social-emotional wellbeing.  

  

Together, PWC and CAE have created high-quality arts and social-emotional learning programs that expand services for all school partners and ensure that creative expression is a tool available to all students. To further this work, we have received the Arts in Education Grant from the US Department of Education (USED) and are hiring our team of Student Voice and Engagement (SVE) Teaching Artists.  

  

The Center for Arts Education (CAE) works to ensure that students in New York City receive quality arts instruction as part of their K-12 education, through programs that focus on arts education, student and parent engagement, professional development, and career exploration. CAE has recently merged with Partnership with Children (PWC), one of New York City’s largest providers of community school programs and school-based mental health services. CAE and PWC’s programs and approach are rooted in an understanding of the impact of trauma on children, a steadfast commitment to antiracism, and expertise in children’s social-emotional wellbeing.  
  

Position Title: PWC Arts Programs Coordinator  

Reports to: PWC Arts Program Director  

Schedule/Hours: Part time; 21 hrs/week (During program times, some evenings until 6:30pm)  

Start Date: Immediate start (Mid-January) 

End Date: 30 weeks with potential of moving into FT role  

Salary: $27-32/hr, based on experience  

Location Hybrid, home and as needed at PWC main office in Manhattan  

 
Job Description:  

PWC is seeking a motivated, flexible and positive individual to support with a variety of programs. The right candidate will be passionate about arts education, social-emotional learning, and social justice.  

 
Responsibilities:  

 

• Support planning and implementation of various school-based arts programming.  

• Support with program scheduling and logistics with school partners and TAs  

• Organize, prepare and distribute program materials  

• Collect and track proper records for all programs, such as lesson plans, attendance, media consent forms, pictures of documentation, etc.  

 

 

• Assist in facilitating the Career Development Program, an innovative program for high school seniors which places them in creative industry internships after an intensive led by PWC Arts.  

 

Program work includes:  

• Co-facilitate program intensive and Friday symposium sessions for students in collaboration with CDP program manager. Assist with planning and delivering educational content for students and support logistics, such as supplies and food.  

• Support to coordinate opportunities throughout the program for students to experience the arts community in New York City through field trips, performances, guest speakers, and other opportunities.  

• Collaborate on the planning and implementation of CDP graduation ceremony.  

• Assist in development and management of CDP Alumni Network.  

• Document programs with photos and videos for Development and Communications purposes. 

• Other tasks as needed, including: preparing meeting notes and minutes; assisting with other programmatic data collection; assisting with planning and implementation of professional development workshops, orientations, and/or other events; assisting with the creation of promotional materials; etc. 

 
Qualifications and Skills:  

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required, with at least 1-3 years of work experience;  

• Experience working with and within New York City Public schools and/or arts education/administration preferred.  

• Excellent interpersonal skills – able to build rapport with, understand the perspectives of, and respond to the concerns and needs of Teaching Artists, DOE educators and administrators, nonprofit staff, students, and families.  

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including email, telephone, and in person communications. Ability to write well and in a variety of formats, from reports to marketing materials.  

• Flexible worker and thinker; creative problem solver; independent, organized, and able to manage multiple competing priorities and time-sensitive tasks.  

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite. Experience with the Adobe Creative Suite a plus, social media, Canva.  

• Must be PETS/DOE fingerprinted and eligible (PWC will reimburse for the cost if you need printing) 

 
Partnership with Children welcomes diversity in all its forms and believes that its mission can only be achieved when diversity is leveraged across all areas, including race, gender, gender expression, age, nationality and life experience. Partnership with Children is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and strongly encourages applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Partnership with Children provides equal opportunity for all applicants and employees.