Reporting to the President, the Chief Education and Engagement Officer (CEEO) is a senior staff member and provides entrepreneurial leadership and strategic direction for planning, delivering, reporting, and evaluating museum and community education activities, workforce training programs, customized skills development training, continuing education, and professional development responsive to market-driven educational needs that meet institutional priorities and achieve financial objectives.

The Chief Education and Engagement Officer is responsible for museum education, public programming, and credit and non-credit bearing options for creative exploration in the arts, on-campus, online, and through summer intensives, to adult and pre-college learners. This position will explore diversifying the delivery models for the existing programs and imagining different modalities for new programs, ensuring that programs and learning opportunities are available to an extensive range of students and professionals. Finding the correct balance of online, on-site, and hybrid delivery is critical in staying relevant and increasing enrollment.

Program examples include:

• Continuing education courses and institutes for teachers, school administrators, and professionals.
• Expand museum education opportunities to teach students with artifacts, dioramas, and immersive PAFA exhibitions to foster learning by young children about the historic and cultural contexts of PAFA’s museum;
• Community outreach, family programs, and summer camp;
• Pre-College programming;
• Certificate programs;
• Lifelong learning non-credit programs; and
• Professional development and corporate training.

This position will work collaboratively to integrate data collection and assessment into programs to ensure the improvement and growth of learning offerings in various modalities. This position will base its work on current research and best practices and evaluate qualitative and quantitative results to determine approaches that best meet the goals of PAFA.

In addition to day-to-day operations, this position will initiate, plan, and manage a diverse portfolio of grants that support institutional efforts and increase earned revenues from program participants. Working collaboratively with the Development team, this position will assist in cultivating donors and general fundraising activities to benefit the program area and cultivate interest among its audiences for enrollment in PAFA’s education programs.

Essential Functions:

This position will inspire, lead, guide, and direct administrative, instructional, and support staff to deliver valuable, meaningful, and personally rewarding arts education and curated museum learning experiences. The CEEO will lead the analysis of market opportunities to expand educational opportunities to diverse learners in the region and beyond; increase engagement in learning programs; support community and workforce needs in the region; and enhance the reputation and reach of PAFA. More specifically, the essential functions of the position include:

• Coordinate the development, implementation, and administration of educational programs, budgetary processes, and community outreach.
• Plan, create, administer, and evaluate high-quality, sustainable, growth-oriented workforce and continuing education programs that generate net revenue.
• Develops and implements customized training program offerings directed toward meeting the needs of the business community and regional economic development efforts by increasing the number of business and industry partners participating in contract and/or customized training.
• Identify relevant funding sources and complete applications for grants related to training and development.
• Develop, implement and monitor department budgets and grant/contract budgets.
• Prepare annual budget request and supervises the expenditures of funds.
• Assist in developing manuals, guides, and other materials necessary to efficiently and effectively administer instructional programs.
• Develop and implement quality control systems for the effective delivery of non-credit instruction.
• Oversee all aspects of the evaluation of professional and support staff involved in conference services, youth programming and summer camps, customized training, occupational skills training, and general interest in continuing education.
• Provide leadership in developing and managing grants from external agencies in cooperation with the Chief Development Officer.