Arts Engagement Coordinator

Northampton Community College; Bethlehem Township (PA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Northampton Community College seeks an Arts Engagement Coordinator to reinforce and expand public campus engagement in the arts. You will work with the Arts Advisory Committee and NCC campuses to plan exhibitions, manage collections, fund-raising, and the Artist-in-Residence program, while supporting curation and student participation.

You will collaborate with Marketing, Facilities and Learning Commons to catalog the collection, rotate art, host visiting artists, and promote events across

Qualifications

• Experience at a community college is desirable.
• All candidates for this position will be asked to do a teaching demonstration for the search committee.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage exhibitions and related arts programs across NCC campuses.
• Coordinate with the Arts Advisory Committee, faculty, volunteers and artists.
• Document installations and promote events with Marketing and Facilities.
• Involve students in planning shows and art events across campus.
• Support Institutional Advancement and Marketing during events that promote the arts.

Skills

Community college experience

Education

BA in Arts or arts-related field

Job description

The staff and faculty of Northampton Community College share a single goal: to help students transform their lives through education. It's a goal that reaps rewards thousands of times over the course of a career. Employees at Northampton receive competitive compensation and an array of benefits while working on campuses located in a region with a very high quality of life.

We invite you to consider applying for one of our currently available positions. For more information on the College, please visit www.northampton.edu. For more information on life in the Lehigh Valley, please visit https://www.northampton.edu/human-resources/life-in-the-area.htm.

NCC is strongly committed to increasing the diversity of the college community and the curriculum. Candidates who can contribute to that goal are encouraged to identify their strengths or experiences in this area.

Arts Engagement Coordinator

This posting will close on:

10/08/2026

No further applications will be accepted on or after this date

Summary:

Strong candidates will have experience curating exhibits, collaborating with faculty, managing labs, supplies and studio spaces, and working with community-based artists.

Responsibilities:

This position reinforces and expands public campus engagement in the arts. This person will work with the Arts Advisory Committee and all NCC campuses to help plan and manage initiatives around exhibitions, collections, fund-raising, improvement and identification of arts spaces, events of interest to our partners and to our students, and the summer Artist-in-Residence program. As the only 12-month employee in the art program, this person will support and collaborate in the curation of exhibitions in the key campus spaces. This person will also do the following: work with the Learning Commons to create a full catalog of the existing collection to explore the feasibility of creating a program to allow the check-out and rotation of art across campuses; involve students in the planning and creation of shows and art events across campus; create an exhibition schedule for the calendar year including related activities such as receptions and speaking events; coordinate with exhibiting artists to manage the promotion, installation and deinstallation of exhibitions; document exhibition installations; collaborate with Marketing and others to ensure photos are on the website and social media; work with Facilities to maintain gallery walls, floors and lighting. Together with faculty, deans, and others, this person will help to host visiting artists, guest lecturers, and curators. This position will also support Institutional Advancement and Marketing when there are events that promote the arts at NCC.

Qualifications:

Experience at a community college is highly desirable.

Educational Requirement:

B. A. in Arts or Arts-related field.

All candidates for this position will be asked to do a teaching demonstration for the search committee.

Benefits Snapshot

The College offers a generous benefits package to Full-time employees. Just a few highlights of the benefits package include comprehensive medical plan options for you and your family (plus dental and vision), a College retirement contribution of 8% of your salary upon hire, NCC tuition waiver and an abundance of time off - up to 25 days' vacation/floating, 10 sick days, Four (4) day workweeks during Summer, Holidays (including a week+ break between Christmas and New Year's) - among other things! Please visit https://www.northampton.edu/about/working-at-ncc/employee-benefits/index.html for more details on the full array of benefits.