Program Officer, Performing Arts

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s Performing Arts Program seeks a Program Officer to advance the Artists, Communities, and Youth strategies. You will manage roughly one third of the program’s grantmaking portfolio and lead the Artists strategy, working with grantees, colleagues, and the broader arts community in the Bay Area and beyond.

Reporting to the Director, you will cultivate relationships with artists across disciplines, support program planning, and help implement strategy over

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a substantial portion of the Performing Arts program's grantmaking portfolio.
• Serve as the lead for the Artists strategy, stewarding relationships with artists and arts organizations across disciplines.
• Collaborate with the Performing Arts team and other Foundation staff to implement program plans and strategy.
• Engage with regional arts ecosystems and national trends to inform program planning and strategy execution.

Job description

The Position

The Performing Arts Program fulfills its strategies by working with roughly 160 grantee organizations that support meaningful artistic experiences for a wide range of communities, artists, and youth throughout the Bay Area.

The Performing Arts Program Officer will be committed to the Hewlett Foundation's mission and art’s essential role in helping individuals and communities thrive. They will manage one third of the program’s overall grantmaking portfolio and serve as the lead for the Performing Arts Program’s Artists strategy. Specifically, the Program Officer will hold over half of the program’s grants that advance its Artists strategy, as well as a cross section of grants that advance the program’s Communities and Youth strategies (each of which is led by other Performing Arts Program Officers).

The Program Officer reports to the Director of the Performing Arts Program and works collaboratively with the Performing Arts team as well as relevant foundation staff in fulfilling their role throughout the course of their eight-year term. They are responsible for maintaining collaborative relationships within the Foundation and the broader arts community. The Program Officer will actively engage with both the regional arts ecosystem and national trends to support program planning and strategy implementation. It is essential that the Program Officer expertly navigate building and maintaining relationships with artists from a broad range of artistic disciplines and performance styles.