Education & Grants Growth Lead – Theatre Academy

LITTLE LAKE THEATRE COMPANY; Canonsburg (Washington County); On-site; USD 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Christmas week off

Seasonal work-hour flexibility

Job summary

Little Lake Theatre Company in Southwestern Pennsylvania seeks a Director of Education & Grant Development to build year-round education strategy and grow a multi-funder grant pipeline for the Little Lake Academy. The role supervises education personnel, ensures safety and quality, and develops funder relationships to support sustainable growth.

The position combines education leadership with strategic grant development, including overseeing curriculum, partnerships, and financial discipline.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of progressively responsible arts education, program leadership, or related experience, including at least two years of direct staff supervision.
• Demonstrated grant development success, including prospect research, funder relationships, proposal development, budgets, outcome reporting, renewals, and deadline management.
• Excellent writing, project-management, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills, with knowledge of budgets, data, and nonprofit operations.
• Theatre education, curriculum development, school or community partnership, and accessible-programming experience strongly preferred.
• Ability to obtain required Pennsylvania clearances and work periodic evenings and weekends when programs require it.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage a financially responsible year-round calendar of Academy classes, camps, youth and teen programs, adult learning, homeschool and daytime offerings, technical theatre education, and community partnerships.
• Maintain a twelve-month program roadmap with launch, revision, expansion, and stop decisions. Align education programs, partnerships, and growth with Little Lake's Strategic Plan, advancing established priorities and measuring progress.
• Develop curriculum, program standards, enrollment targets, pricing recommendations, and participant outcomes with leadership.
• Recruit, schedule, supervise, coach, and evaluate teaching artists, instructors, camp staff, contractors, interns, volunteers, and future education staff.
• Maintain standards for curriculum, classroom management, accessibility, participant safety, professional conduct, family communication, and program evaluation.

Skills

Grant development

Education leadership

Writing skills

Project management

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Little Lake Theatre Company in Southwestern Pennsylvania seeks a Director of Education & Grant Development to build year-round education strategy and grow a multi-funder grant pipeline for the Little Lake Academy. The role supervises education personnel, ensures safety and quality, and develops funder relationships to support sustainable growth.

The position combines education leadership with strategic grant development, including overseeing curriculum, partnerships, and financial discipline.