The Getty Foundation

Program Associate: Grants Programming

Overview:
The Getty Foundation, located in Los Angeles, California, fulfills the philanthropic mission of the J. Paul Getty Trust by supporting individuals and institutions committed to advancing the understanding and preservation of the visual arts locally and throughout the world. Through strategic grants and programs, the Foundation strengthens art history as a global discipline, promotes the interdisciplinary practice of conservation, increases access to museum and archival collections, and develops current and future leaders in the visual arts. The Foundation carries out its work in collaboration with the Getty Museum, Research Institute, and Conservation Institute.

The Getty Foundation is seeking a Program Associate to manage a portfolio of local grants and to provide support for other strategic grant making activities of the Foundation.

Responsibilities:
Responsibilities include: reporting to senior staff, manage summer multicultural undergraduate internship program, including grants to local organizations, programming, and community relations; under supervision of senior program staff, coordinate review of grant applications, monitor active grants, and write summary grant documents; conduct research for development of new grant initiatives; work with program team on evaluation of grants and dissemination of results, including maintaining schedules and developing tracking tools.

Qualifications:
Masters degree in art history or related field preferred; 3-5 years experience in not-for-profit arts organization; must have excellent writing, research, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills to work closely with senior Getty staff, as well as key stakeholders outside the Getty; foreign language ability and demonstrated expertise in project management a plus.

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Grants and Professional Development Program Associate

Job Description
The Los Angeles County Arts Commission is seeking a part or full-time Grants and Professional Development Program Associate through June 2012. This contract position will provide support for the Organizational Grant Program and Arts Internship Program, as well as a variety of professional development initiatives.

Major responsibilities include:
- Provides administrative support for the Organizational Grant Program (OGP) which provides $4.1 million in support to 350 Los Angeles County arts organizations
- Assists with grant application review, including financial and artistic documentation
- Coordinates workshops, symposium and events, such as OGP workshops and Arts TuneUps at various locations throughout Los Angeles County
- Provides support for panel review meetings including note taking, set-up and a/v
- Assists in generating and managing contracts, invoices and payment logs
- Responds to inquiries from the public, potential applicants and grantees
- Manages social media posts and Web site updates

Qualifications and competencies include:
- Exceptional ability to analyze information and data;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
- Strong ability to problem solve and prioritize a multi-faceted workload under general supervision;
- Outstanding attention to detail;
- demonstrated ability to multitask, prioritize, and work well under pressure to meet multiple competing deadlines;
- Dependable, responsive, prepared, and flexible with the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team;
- Excellent computer skills, with complete fluency in Word and Excel; and
- Familiarity with government grantmaking, arts programs and California Cultural Data Project a plus.

Compensation
The compensation range for this contract position is competitive, depending on qualifications.

Application Process
Candidates are invited to submit a cover letter, resume, and list of three references. All submissions should be emailed to employment@arts.lacounty.gov, with Grants and Professional Development Program Associate Application as the subject line. Please do not submit any application materials through the US mail or phone regarding the status of the submission. Position will remain open until the staffing need is met and may close without advance notice.

Background
The Los Angeles County Arts Commission fosters excellence, diversity, vitality, understanding and accessibility of the arts in Los Angeles County. The Arts Commission provides leadership in cultural services for the County, including information and resources for the community, artists, educators, arts organizations and municipalities. To learn more about the Arts Commission, please visit www.lacountyarts.org.

Being a grant panelist is a great way to learn about writing successful grants!

Call for Grants Panelists at Los Angeles DCA

CALL FOR GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW PANELISTS

Each year, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) convenes 12-15 groups of experts and community members to review, compare, and score proposals for public funding of arts and cultural activities that will benefit Los Angeles residents and tourists. Panels can include artists, arts adminsitrators, educators, art enthusiasts and other community voices. These review teams change every Fall, so DCA is always looking for 60-90 new jurors. We select our panel participants from submitted questionnaires and resumes (after the pool of submitted resumes is screened for conflicts of interest).

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send an email to dca.grants@lacity.org with the subject line POTENTIAL PANELIST and attach your resume.

In return the DCA grant staff will send you a quick questionnaire that will help us match your expertise to our various categories of review: Artist Residencies in Social Service Settings, Arts Education (in school K-12 Learning), Arts Enterprise Incubation, Dance, Culture/History, International Exchange, Literary Arts, Master Artist Fellowships, Media Arts, Mixed Genres, Music, Outdoor Festivals, Traditional/Folk Arts, Theater, and Visual/Design Arts.

DCA offers a honoraria of $100-$500 per panelists based on amount of review time required for each set of applications. Panelists should expect to commit approximately 30 hours of time to the task, including time to read and score applications on their own time and at least one full business day for the grant panel meeting.

Please feel free to distribute this message to colleagues and others that you think would be interested in serving. Thank you.

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Sherlan Abesamis
Grants Associate
Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles
201 N. Figueroa Street, Suite 1400
Los Angeles, CA 90012
tel (213) 202-5566
fax (213) 202-5515

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