Employment Opportunities
Our friendly, well-trained staff helps the Arts Council bring the arts to life in Adams County. We offer part-time as well as career positions. Applicants must be able to obtain PA Child Abuse History Clearance, PA Criminal Record Check, and Federal Criminal History Record, through FBI Fingerprinting. The Adams County Arts Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Provider.
Current Opportunities
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT
The Adams County Arts Council is seeking a Development Assistant to oversee administrative and public relations aspects of fundraising for our team. The development assistant will assist with grant writing and research, management of our donor/fundraising database, documenting fundraising efforts, maintaining correspondence with donors, improving donor relations, developing business memberships, and working with the team on fundraising events. Our ideal candidate has excellent writing skills and experience attracting support for an organization and improving fundraising efforts. While we prefer candidates with a degree, we are willing to onboard the right person as long as they have relevant skills, experience, and the ability to work as part of a team.
Development Assistant Duties and Responsibilities
- Improve donor relations by fulfilling essential administrative and PR duties
- Produce reports on individual and institutional donors
- Perform data entry and help track donations in a database
- Complete calendaring tasks
- Perform research to discover market trends and procurement opportunities
- Assist Executive Director with grant applications to state, federal, corporate, and private foundation funding sources
The ideal candidate meets the following requirements and qualifications:
- Associate or bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, or a related field (highly preferred)
- 3-5 years of experience with grant writing is preferred; however, we will train a candidate who demonstrates excellent writing skills
- Experience fundraising and securing donors for an organization or nonprofit group
- Teamwork, time-management, and organizational skills
- Computer proficiency, including knowledge of Outlook and database software
- Strong interpersonal communication skills
- A passion for the arts and its role in the community
Salary commensurate with experience.
Job Type: Full-time
Interviews in progress
Program Director, Wendy Heiges, is always looking for well qualified enthusiastic instructors. If you’re interested please email her your resume at classes@adamsarts.org.
ACAC is looking for instructors in all disciplines who are interested in joining our Healing Arts team. An eight-week, multi-disciplinary course in Healing Arts will be offered in the Fall and Spring for people of all ages who are healing from trauma, loss, or addiction. Instructors will each be responsible for one or two of the eight classes in a session, and will work together as part of the team to develop the structure of the eight-week session. For more information, please contact Lisa Cadigan at lcadigan@adamsarts.org. Include any conflicts you have in August in your email – we will schedule a team meeting later this summer to finalize the course as a team.
It is the policy of ACAC to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, alien or citizenship status, marital status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.
ACAC prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment.
