Overview

The Public Theater seeks an Institutional Partnerships Officer who will be responsible for providing critical grant writing and project management support to the Institutional Partnerships team. Reporting to the Director of Institutional Partnerships, the Manager will support the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of thoughtful funding relationships with a portfolio that encompasses leading New York City and National philanthropies. The Institutional Partnerships Officer will serve as lead grant writer for The Public Theater’s foundation, government, and corporate partners. The Manager will construct proposals, reports, and acknowledgment letters for both general support and program-specific grants and will oversee the tracking of deadlines and portfolio management for the Institutional team. This self-motivated, solutions-oriented individual will project manage tentpole grant proposals and reports throughout the year and will facilitate strategic planning for the prospecting and stewardship of long-term, meaningful relationships within the Institutional Partnerships portfolio.

Responsibilities:

  • Serve as lead grant writer for the Institutional Partnerships team, articulating annual Public Theater programming and production plans and achievements through proposals, reports, and acknowledgment letters.
  • Help to develop Institutional Partnerships team strategy, including facilitating strategic planning sessions and tracking key goals and KPIs.
  • Work closely with the Institutional Partnerships team to develop the Public’s institutional giving strategy, and continually prospect for new relationships with funders that are aligned with institutional priorities.
  • Oversee project management systems using an established network of deadlines, deliverables, stewardship, prospecting and projections tracking tools.
  • Facilitate opportunities to share programs, productions, and relevant activities with funders.
  • Oversee the fulfillment of benefits and crediting requirements for all institutional funders.
  • Oversee the maintenance and updating of records in Tessitura and central files for all institutional funders.
  • Work closely with The Public’s Finance and Institutional Partnerships teams to create project budgets for grant proposals.

Requirements:

  • 3+ years’ experience working with funding entities, developing grant applications, or evaluating grant applications.
  • Excellent project management skills.
  • Ability to engage with staff at all levels, and remain proactive, collaborative, resourceful and efficient, with a high level of professionalism and confidentiality.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Confident decision-making and problem-solving abilities, and a warmly collegial approach to collaboration.
  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple, concurrent projects under pressure, in a fast- paced, deadline-driven environment.
  • Strong knowledge of Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint.
  • Experience using a CRM, ideally Tessitura.
  • Knowledge of theater and the arts in New York City is a plus.

Compensation:

  • The salary for this position starts at $80k annually.

Benefits & Perks:

The Public Theater offers a robust slate of benefits for full-time employees, which currently includes:

  • A range of excellent health, dental, and vision insurance options
  • Employee Assistance Program and Work-Life Services
  • Flexible paid time off
  • One paid “day of service” each year
  • 10 weeks of paid family leave
  • Commuter benefits for parking and transit
  • Flexible spending accounts for healthcare
  • Pension
  • 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan
  • Life and disability coverage
  • Discounted gym memberships
  • Free and discounted theater tickets

The Public Theater supports flexible and hybrid work arrangements.

This is an Exempt position in accordance with the Fair Labor and Standards Act.

This position is available immediately.

Commitment

The Public is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. Applicants from populations underrepresented in the theater field are strongly encouraged to apply. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, familial status, sexual orientation, national origin, ability, age, or veteran status.

About The Public

The Public is theater of, by, and for the people. Artist-driven, radically inclusive, and fundamentally democratic, The Public continues the work of its visionary founder Joe Papp as a civic institution engaging, both on-stage and off, with some of the most important ideas and social issues of today. Conceived over 60 years ago as one of the nation’s first nonprofit theaters, The Public has long operated on the principles that theater is an essential cultural force and that art and culture belong to everyone. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham, The Public’s wide breadth of programming includes an annual season of new work at its landmark home at Astor Place, Free Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, The Mobile Unit touring throughout New York City’s five boroughs, Under the Radar, Public Works, Public Shakespeare Initiative, and Joe’s Pub. Since premiering HAIR in 1967, The Public continues to create the canon of American theater and is currently represented on Broadway by the Tony Award-winning musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Their programs and productions can also be seen regionally across the country and around the world. The Public has received 60 Tony Awards, 169 Obie Awards, 53 Drama Desk Awards, 54 Lortel Awards, 32 Outer Critic Circle Awards, 13 New York Drama Desk Awards, and 6 Pulitzer Prizes.

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