Community & Learning Coordinator

Reporting to the Community & Learning Manager, the Community & Learning Coordinator supports Boston Lyric Opera’s initiatives and engagement with community members and public partners through on‑ground administration, coordination, and relationship‑building. They coordinate the tracking, administration and evaluation of the Create Your Own Opera Partnership including the Artist Classroom Visits, Creative Youth Development initiatives with the Boston Public Library and other community partners.

They support the Community & Learning team with administrative and logistical support for all education, community and public engagement programming.

Areas of Responsibility

• Community & Learning Financial and Administrative Coordination –40%
• Public Programming and Partnerships Coordination –60%

Community & Learning Financial and Administrative Coordination

• Coordinate the administrative requirements of the Community & Learning team, including media releases and paperwork, maintain calendars and resident teaching artist assignments, report resident teaching artist timesheets, and assist with staff scheduling.
• Track and report department expenses to Community & Learning Manager
• Assist with financial and administrative operations as assigned.

Public Programming and Partnerships Coordination

• Coordinate the scheduling and logistics of the Opera on Tour and Create Your Own Opera residencies to schools and libraries in collaboration with the BLO Resident Teaching Artists.
• Coordinate the logistics of the summer Opera Creation Boot Camp and concurrent Opera Camp including registration and recruitment, participant correspondence, working with relevant community programming partners, venue logistics, supplies prep, and staffing on site during the program.
• Support the Resident Teaching Artist leading the BPS Opera Creation professional development course during the school year, liaising with the BPS Arts Office.
• Implement and maintain rigorous data collection and evaluation across all public programs, providing internal departments with qualitative and quantitative data as needed for reporting purposes.
• Provide on‑site staffing support for Education, Community, and Public Engagement events and projects as assigned.
• Assist with Artistic & Community Department projects as assigned.

Candidate

You are:

• A highly organized, detailed person.
• Creative and solution‑oriented, good at prioritizing and multi‑tasking.
• A team player who fosters collaboration but also comfortable forging new ground independently.
• Passionate about the performing arts and youth education.

BLO is:

• A dynamic, small team with big ambitions; BLO moves quickly to adapt to the needs of artists, patrons, and the world around us.
• Believers that opera can be everything and everywhere – an art form that belongs to all.
• A team unified around all areas of public engagement, taking an integrated approach to the audience experience, from community and public programming, to how to communicate and welcome diverse audiences into the theater.

• Two to three years of relevant experience in youth programming and/or applicable transferrable experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Some experience managing people such as interns or volunteers
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Collaborative and positive
• Able to prioritize and multi‑task
• Strong professional relationship‑building skills