Job Title: Deputy Director
Organization: Arizona Commission on the Arts
Application Deadline: January 31, 2025
The Arizona Commission on the Arts is seeking applicants for the position of Deputy Director.
Position Overview:
The Deputy Director provides thought leadership, conceptual and managerial oversight related to a broad array of grants, programs, initiatives, and operations. This position is responsible for work of considerable difficulty and serves as a member of the executive team for the Arts Commission—an agency with a mission of service and a focus on reciprocity, dialogue, and information/resource-sharing.
Key Responsibilities:
- In alignment with the agency mission and in partnership with the Executive Director, establishes a policy and service agenda and provides direction to agency grants, programs, initiatives, and operations, maintaining knowledge of trends, external resources, and opportunities.
- Collaborates with team members to identify and work to undo inequities in agency practices and distribution of/access to resources.
- Utilizes dialogue, feedback, and other data to analyze processes and procedures, and then develop and implement practices, standards, goals, and methods for improvement.
Selective Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in an arts discipline, arts administration, public policy, education, humanities, nonprofit administration, or related discipline.
- 5 or more years of experience and/or training within a nonprofit organization, government agency, grantmaking organization, educational institution, research entity, or creative sector business.
- Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Salary and Benefits:
This is a full-time position with an annual salary of $85,000.
State of Arizona employee benefits include:
- A robust and affordable insurance plan including medical, dental, life, short and long-term disability options.
- A top-ranked retirement program with 100% employer-matched contribution.
- 10 paid holidays per year.
- Paid Parental Leave program – up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for a newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
- Accrued vacation and sick days.
We offer a competitive benefits package and a culture that supports professional growth and personal advancement.
Application Process:
Interested candidates should review the requirements and position responsibilities below. Applications must be submitted via https://azstatejobs.azdoa.gov/. Reference Requisition Identifier 530905.
Complete applications include:
A) A cover letter not to exceed 2 pages.
B) A resume or curriculum vitae.
C) Names, titles, and contact information for no fewer than 3 professional references, including previous supervisors.
Items A, B, and C should be combined and submitted as one PDF. Please include your last name in the PDF file name.
Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted through 11:59pm, Friday, January 31, 2025. Not all applicants will receive a response.