Administrative Apprentice, Community Engagement

Description: 

This is a full-time position. The apprentice will assist Community Engagement and Career Services staff in the daily administrative and operations associated with the office, supporting Juilliard students who are developing their community engagement practice. The apprentice assists in the administration and coordination of co-curricular programming and Community Engagement Fellowships scheduling, communication, marketing, and record keeping.

 

Compensation: 

The salary is $18.50 per hour or a contracted amount of $29,600.00 for the school year.

 

About the Professional Apprentice Program: This program offers a unique and immersive training opportunity for emerging technicians and administrators in the performing arts. It is widely recognized that practical training programs are essential for aspiring arts professionals to secure sustainable employment in the field. For more than four decades, the program has successfully prepared recent graduates, early-career professionals, and individuals undergoing career transitions for employment in the cultural sector. This is achieved through a combination of hands-on experience, professional development activities, and networking and mentorship opportunities.

For more information about the program, please refer to the Professional Apprentice Program Page on the Juilliard Website.

 

About the Office of Community Engagement and Career Services: This office connects students and alumni to professional opportunities and resources through its Fellowship programs, grants programs, online Career Portal, the Hire Juilliard Performers program, and curricular and co-curricular offerings, all of which help college students become communicative and socially responsible artists, learn to serve the cultural needs of their communities, and develop agency in agency in their careers.

Performance series and events: Hire Juilliard Performers (500+ events per year), Community Engagement Fellowships (400+ events per year), public-facing events in education and entrepreneurship (5-10 events per year), guest artist performances and workshops (20-40 events per year)

 Fellowship programs (approximately 100-125 Fellowships awarded per year): Gluck Community Service Fellowship (GCSF), Morse Teaching Fellowship, McCabe Guitar Fellowship, Music Advancement Program Fellowship, and Combining Literacy Instruction with Musical Beginnings (CLIMB).

Grant programs: Career Grants, Project Grants, Jakab Global Grants, Entrepreneurship Grants, and post-graduate grants

 

Working at Juilliard

Founded in 1905, The Juilliard School is a world leader in performing arts education. The school’s mission is to provide the highest caliber of artistic education for gifted musicians, dancers, and actors from around the world so that they may achieve their fullest potential as artists, leaders, and global citizens.

Excellence and professionalism are important guides in how we go about our work, but we also connect to the mission as individuals in the workplace. We thrive because of our variety of backgrounds and our ability to be open and honest, and we also thrive because we enjoy each other’s company. We believe that each employee has the responsibility to help shape the Juilliard organizational culture, and we provide opportunities to participate in team-building throughout the year. Our organizational values focus on excellence, creative enterprise, and equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

We encourage you to read more about how we achieve our mission on our website, juilliard.edu. 

 

Role Responsibilities: 

• Provide administrative support for Fellowships administered by the Office of Community Engagement. Duties related to this program include fielding and responding to general email inquiries, managing student communication and serving as the first point of contact for student concerns, creating and maintaining promotional material, scheduling performance events, and assisting with record keeping so that all program assessment runs smoothly (GradLeaders, Airtable).
• Assist with and attend all community engagement workshops and seminars through creating and sending promotional materials, facilitating space and food/supply ordering, set-up, and clean-up and obtaining proper equipment.
• Create, distribute, and post (physically and digitally) long-term storytelling marketing and reporting materials for programs administered by the Offices of Community Engagement and Career Services, including print poster materials, social media posts, quarterly internal newsletters, bulletin boards, biannual program reports, and video editin