Head of Programme Management

SOUNDS Academy is a non-profit music education organization that transforms lives by empowering youth through teaching music and character values, with a commitment to reaching underserved communities. SOUNDS Academy students learn the character values of creativity, leadership, perseverance, resilience, and teamwork through music education. We teach these values in our Musical Access Program, which connects students to live music and instruments through our Instrument Petting Zoos, our School Programs for lower income schools and community centers, our SOLO Program, which provides one-on-one instruction, and The Collective Ensembles that teach music theory and ensemble playing techniques.

We transform lives by empowering youth through teaching music and character values, with a commitment to reaching underserved communities.

One day, every child, regardless of their zip code, will have access to the transformative impact of music education and character development, in order to foster personal growth and strengthen communities.

We value and teach the character values of creativity, leadership, perseverance, resilience, and teamwork through music education.

The SOUNDS Academy Family is a collective of inclusive, personable, and progressive individuals who are committed to passionately creating and building relationships to support and inspire our young leaders.

The Program Manager is responsible for developing relationships with families, teachers, schools, and other community partners to meet our impact goals now while preparing for future growth.

The Program Manager is responsible for managing our programs, running the Parent Committee and Teacher Professional Development meetings, the back-office work of programs, including building recruitment strategies, operations, and managing calendars as well as connecting to the community. The Program Manager also plays an external role, particularly with our community partners. The Program Manager will manage and grow a database of students, teachers, sites, and community partners, with the help of the Program Team, which they will manage directly.

Run the overall program operation using best practices and be efficient in scheduling

Directly manage a database of students, teachers, sites, and community partners

Track program impact and demographics of SOUNDS Academy students

Manage up to the CEO to ensure efficient program impact and growth.

Drive to Achieve Results: You do what you need to do to achieve your goals, including being open with your manager about where you need help, anticipating problems, brainstorming solutions, driving work forward, and course correcting where needed.

Creative Problem Solving : Proactively develop solutions to challenges and roadblocks, including by constantly looking at big picture progress across programs and flagging potential upcoming challenges.

Team Player and Proactive Communicator: You value relationships, both with the team and board at SOUNDS and also in the community. The full-time, exempt salary for this position is $52,000-$60,000. SOUNDS offers health benefits, dental, EAP, progressive paid time off starting at 5 days in year 1, paid sick leave, and 11 week-day holidays throughout the year. This is a hybrid (work remote and in-person) position, based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Program Manager will also need to plan to attend in-person meetings with potential community partners throughout the city of Phoenix.

SOUNDS Academy provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. We do not discriminate against our employees or applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender (including pregnancy and childbirth), national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by federal, Arizona, or local laws and ordinances. SOUNDS Academy will ensure the fulfillment of this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, training and development, promotion, transfer, compensation and benefits, social and recreational programs, discipline, termination and all other conditions and privileges of employment in accordance with all applicable federal, Arizona, and local laws and ordinances.

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