Artistic Director/Dean PCPA; Pacific Conservatory Theatre Job Santa Maria area,California USA,Management

Position: Artistic Director / Dean PCPA (Pacific Conservatory Theatre)

Position Summary

DEFINITION

Under general direction, directs and supervises the administration and professional conservatory theatre operations of PCPA - Pacific Conservatory Theatre; and performs other related work as required.

CLASS CHARACTERISTICS

This is an artistic and academic administrative position. As the artistic director of PCPA, the incumbent reports to the superintendent/president. As the instructional dean, the incumbent reports to the associate superintendent/vice president of academic affairs. The incumbent will independently perform professional work in the development, interpretation, and application of college and PCPA programs, policies and procedures. The incumbent is required to exercise sound judgment and excellent communication skills in frequent contacts with administrative and professional staff, students, and public/private organizations;

and value and promote the mission and vision of the college.

Essential Functions and Qualifications

Provides leadership for the development and articulation of PCPA mission, vision, artistic policy, and goals;

Recommends the PCPA organizational structure;

Directs PCPA strategic and action planning processes;

Represents the theatre to the public, donors, board trustees (Allan Hancock College (AHC), PCPA Foundation and Solvang Theaterfest) and the performing arts industry at large - locally, regionally and nationally - through leadership and participation in community activities, conferences and professional contacts with theatres. Represents the theatre at private and public functions.

Serves as an ex officio advisor to the Solvang Theaterfest Board of Directors and liaison to the PCPA Foundation Board of Directors, and the Allan Hancock College Auxiliary Programs Corporation board;

Provides leadership and direction for the planning, development, and production of public theater performances, including the selection of plays to be produced, selection of artistic teams for each production, oversight in casting the acting company, conceptual approaches for plays, rehearsal and production processes;

Provides oversight of the scheduling of rehearsals and performances, supervises calendar planning and integration with instructional programs, provides artistic leadership for marketing strategies, production budgets and accounting of all other theater costs and allocations;

Provides leadership for resource development through sponsorship/underwriting, endowment funding, grants, capital campaigns, corporate giving, scholarship funds, in-kind gifts and other donor cultivation;

Oversees the recruitment, selection, and evaluation of PCPA staff, and serves as their supervisor;

Establishes budget priorities and collaborates with managing director in oversight of the PCPA budget in accordance with business services guidelines and with approval by the administration;

Oversees the process for recruitment of conservatory students and interns;

Plans, develops and evaluates the instructional program including the curriculum, performance standards, teaching methodology and scheduling;

Establishes effective communication with staff, administrators, organizations and citizens;

Prepares oral and written reports;

May direct selected plays each year;

Performs related work as required.

DEAN

Oversees the operation, planning, development and evaluation of the PCPA instructional program including the curriculum, performance standards, teaching methodology, scheduling and faculty load.

Oversees the recruitment of conservatory students and interns;

Assists in the selection of AHC drama faculty;

Supports full-time faculty with program evaluations, full-time and Associate faculty evaluations and curriculum development.

Attends college meetings as needed;

Serves on college committees, attends Board of Trustees meetings and functions as needed;

Performs related work as required.

Knowledge of:

Current professional theatrical production practices;
History of dramatic literature;
All aspects of the stage production process;
Performance marketing and resource development;
Personnel supervision practices;
College and theatre administrative processes;
Educational philosophy which places the primary emphasis on student learning in the design, delivery, and evaluation of courses;

Demonstrated Ability to:

Supervise and coordinate the activities of large groups of people toward a common purpose;
Work productively and meet deadlines under time pressures;
Design, review, and evaluate curriculum, and make recommendations to maintain program currency for both vocational and transfer students;
Demonstrated knowledge of the interrelationship of critical thinking, reading, and writing;
Plan, organize, and direct college and conservatory theatre programs;
Direct, evaluate, motivate, and supervise staff;
Reconcile divergent views;
Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing;
Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with college administrators, faculty staff, students, and community groups;
Raise funds through alternative…


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Artistic Director​/Dean PCPA; Pacific Conservatory Theatre

Artistic Director/Dean PCPA; Pacific Conservatory Theatre