Grants for the Arts Coordinator Huntington Arts Council, Huntington, NY The Huntington Arts Council, Inc seeks part-time Grants for the Arts Coordinator. The Grants Coordinator is the organization's primary manager and contact person for two regrant programs (Decentralization, New York State Council on the Arts and JPMorgan Chase). The Coordinator is responsible for the day-to-day management of the program, including scheduling, information dissemination, outreach and technical assistance provision. The Coordinator position requires full-time hours and commitment to the job three to four times a year. Job Description: The duties of the Grants Coordinator includes guidelines development (in consultation with Executive Director, board of directors and advisory body) and public application seminars: managing the panel process, including selection and orientation of panelists, scheduling and conducting panel meetings; program follow-up, including grant notification, program monitoring and auditing, and contract compliance. The Grants Coordinator directly assists organizations in understanding the application materials and guidelines, and provides assistance to potential applicants in the development of grant requests. In addition, the Coordinator provides information about local and regional resources available to local artists and arts groups. Ongoing technical and developmental assistance is a primary responsibility of this position, and the Coordinator will work with the Executive Director in developing year-round structured programs of direct assistance. Maintaining close contact with the SLP Program at the New York State Council on the Arts is essential to effective operation of the local Decentralization Program. In addition to regular correspondence and conversations, the Grants Coordinator must attend a statewide annual meeting and a regional meeting with other Coordinators. The Coordinator is also responsible for accurate annual reporting to NYSCA and the Advisory Body on local grant awards and on the progress of the local program as an effective tool for developing arts and cultural resources in communities throughout the countywide or multi-county service area. Qualifications: - Familiarity with operations of community-based not-for-profit organizations - An interest in promoting community arts activity in a variety of disciplines - Strong communication skills in relating to people of diverse backgrounds - Willingness to spend significant time traveling across the county or service area to visit artists and arts groups, attend events, and to promote the program - Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage long-term projects - Ability to work independently - Computer literate, knowledge of Microsoft Word and Access a plus - Bachelor’s degree or comparable experience About The Huntington Arts Council, Inc. The Huntington Arts Council, Inc., is a professionally staffed arts agency was founded in 1963 to provide coordination and programming services for the arts. It is the mission of the Huntington Arts Council to provide programs and services to cultural organizations, to individual artists and to promote our many diverse cultural activities to the residents of Huntington Township, Suffolk County, as well as to visitors and tourists to the Long Island region. The Council’s remains true to it’s motto, “serving the arts…serving the community,” through the scope and type of projects and programs offered. Included among them are Information Services & Publications, Training, Education and Advocacy, Outreach Efforts, Huntington Summer Arts Festival, Grants for the Arts; Arts-in-Education and Youth Services; and membership benefits to the over 100 non-profit arts organization members.