Administrative Apprentice, Development & Fundraising Campaign

Description: 

This part-time apprenticeship offers a broad range of experience in the Development department. The work covers Alumni Relations and Development Operations with a particular focus on supporting the school’s fundraising campaign. This is a role for someone who enjoys interfacing with people, researching, database maintenance, and multi-tasking on a variety of projects.

Reporting to the Director of Alumni Relations, ideal candidates possess a passion for the performing arts, strong interest in engaging with alumni, are effective communicators, and have a pleasant demeanor providing exceptional customer service. 

The salary is $18.50 per hour (20 hours per week for 40 weeks) or a contracted amount of $14,800 for the school year. This is a hybrid position with work both in-person and remote. On-campus presence is expected as per a schedule crafted with the supervisor.

About our Development and Alumni Relations Team: The Alumni Office is highly collaborative and consists of three people as part of the larger Development team. This apprentice would work with departments across the school including the Music, Dance, and Drama Divisions, Marks Center, Student Affairs, and more.

Key outcomes for the Development and Fundraising Campaign Apprentice include:

• Administrative and research experience in the performing arts field.
• Opportunities to help plan and staff campaign and alumni events.
• Gain valuable knowledge about Raiser's Edge NXT and database best practices.

About the Professional Apprentice Program: This program provides immersive training for emerging performing arts technicians and administrators, addressing the need for practical training in the field. For over four decades, it has prepared recent graduates, early-career professionals, and individuals undergoing career transitions for employment in the cultural sector. This is achieved through hands-on experience, professional development, and networking and mentorship opportunities. 

Details can be found on the Juilliard Website's Professional Apprentice Program Page.

Working at Juilliard

Founded in 1905, The Juilliard School is a world leader in performing arts education. The school’s mission is to provide the highest caliber of artistic education for gifted musicians, dancers, and actors from around the world so that they may achieve their fullest potential as artists, leaders, and global citizens.

Excellence and professionalism are important guides in how we go about our work, but we also connect to the mission as individuals in the workplace. We thrive because of our variety of backgrounds and our ability to be open and honest, and we also thrive because we enjoy each other’s company. We believe that each employee has the responsibility to help shape the Juilliard organizational culture, and we provide opportunities to participate in team-building throughout the year. Our organizational values focus on excellence, creative enterprise, and equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

We encourage you to read more about how we achieve our mission on our website, juilliard.edu.

Role Responsibilities:

• Interact regularly with alumni through personal contact, phone, letter, email, etc.
• Assist with database maintenance tasks.
• Conduct research and data screening projects as requested by colleagues on the Development team.
• Help maintain a social media presence in the various alumni Facebook groups by posting in the newsfeeds, approving member requests, and monitoring group activity.
• Support the alumni online community by posting job listings and updating the alumni performance calendar.

Minimum Requirements:

• Detail-oriented and strong organizational skills.
• Ability to work with confidential information and diverse populations.
• Demonstrated ability to provide exceptional customer service.
• Bachelor’s Degree, or related professional experience and transferable skills, or a combination of both.

Preferred Background:

• Background in or knowledge of the performing arts (music, dance, and/or drama).

Benefits:

• All Juilliard performances are free to Juilliard employees.
• Discounts on day-of tickets to partner organizations at the Lincoln Center campus.
• Tuition-free Extension classes. Feel free to browse available courses here.
• Generous paid time off, including personal leave, sick leave, and scheduled school holidays.
• A culture of excellence, best practice, and employee engagement with like-minded colleagues.

Nondiscrimination Policy:

The Juilliard School is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its relations with its faculty, staff, students, and other members of the Juilliard community, and does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, alienage, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, physical or mental disability, medical condition, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, partnership status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable local, state, or federal law. This nondiscrimination policy covers, but is not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, benefits, rates of pay and other forms of compensation as well as student admission, access, and treatment in school programs and activities.