Education Program Manager

Title:                          Education Program Manager

FLSA Status:            Salaried Exempt

Reports To:              Operations Director

Pay Rate:                  $50,000 to $65,000

Salary dependent on years of experience in grants & program management; management and training of outdoor, environmental, and arts program staff in non-formal educational environment, depth of knowledge of Galveston Bay and Gulf environmental community, and proven ability to foster partnerships and secure grant funding.

Benefits:                   Benefits include (health care contribution, vision and dental, IRA, Short/Long Term Disability/Life Insurance, Holiday Pay, and Paid Time Off)

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Complete package should include a cover letter, resume, college transcripts, and three contacts or letters for professional references/recommendations. Applications due by August 2, 2024. Required Start Date is August 15 – September 15, 2024. Complete application packages will be reviewed in full, and interviews based on meeting the qualifications described below. Mail complete package to Artist Boat at 13330 Settegast Road, Galveston, TX 77554 or email complete PDF package to Todd Cleveland, executive.assistant@artistboat.org.

Essential Function: The Education Program Manager is a mid-management position primarily responsible for fostering, designing, managing, maintaining, evaluating and growing Artist Boat’s Adventure Program for K-Grey learners. A large focus of this program is on maintaining and fostering partnerships with a variety of entities to develop and implement grants and contracts designed to provide outdoor and place-based experiences via kayak, foot, vessel, and other platforms of learning (workshops, residencies, professional development, birding, on-site camps, and afterschool or summer programs) in order to bring K-Grey learners to the coastal environment for environmental education experiences that result in attitudinal and behavioral changes that improve environmental quality. The Education Program Manager is primarily responsible for fostering and maintaining Eco-Art Workshop and Adventure Programs, Eco-Art Residencies and companion public art initiatives, Eco-Art Curriculum and Professional Development to meet and exceed national standards for programs increasing ocean literacy, ECO and Eco-Art Camps at the Coastal Heritage Preserve during school breaks and summer, Habitat Restoration Adventures and nativescaping on school campuses, and Beach Engagement Programs (Beautify the Bucket, Bucket Brigade, and World Ocean Day). This person is responsible for assuring all programs are founded in traditional environmental education and focused on increasing science and arts literacy through place-based, project-based, and marine science education methodologies for persons K-Grey.