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Arts in Health Program Manager: Bring Healing Through Creativity!

Are you ready to truly make a difference, shaping how art helps people heal and thrive? We're looking for an Arts in Health Program Manager to drive our vision of whole-person care through the power of creative expression.

In this role, you won't just manage programs; you'll create vital opportunities for patients, their families and caregivers, our healthcare teams, and the wider community to deeply connect with the arts. These experiences aren't just for fun; they're essential for the healing journey and significantly improve quality of life for everyone involved.

Working closely with our Arts in Health Curator, you'll lead and oversee a vibrant range of healing arts programs. Think art, music, and dance therapy, exciting artist residencies, captivating live performances, hands-on artmaking sessions, and inspiring art gallery exhibits. You’ll also be responsible for leading our fantastic staff, interns, volunteers, and managing all vendors and budgets that keep these programs flourishing.

What You'll Do:

+ Program Leadership:Drive our arts in health programs to reach their full potential, truly healing and enhancing experiences for patients, staff, and everyone connected.

+ Team Building:Directly manage our arts in health program staff, volunteers, and student interns—from bringing them on board and training them to providing ongoing support.

+ Community Connection:Be our key representative, building strong relationships and partnerships with community organizations, artists, and other important collaborators.

+ Financial Stewardship:Take charge of program budgets, including securing and managing philanthropic grants.

+ Impact Reporting:Oversee annual expenses and share compelling impact reports that tell the story of our programs' success.

+ Sustainable Growth:Develop strategies to ensure our arts programs continue to thrive, working with development partners on fundraising and donor engagement, and exploring research opportunities.

+ Grant Expansion:Collaborate with our Development Office to secure additional grants and external funding, growing our programs and fostering donor relationships.

+ Measuring Success:Create ways to evaluate and understand the positive impact our programs have on participants.

+ Clinical Integration:Partner with multidisciplinary teams to thoughtfully bring the arts into clinical settings, including supporting research initiatives.

+ Talent Management:Oversee the recruitment, selection, training, supervision, and evaluation of visiting artists, community partners, and vendors.

+ Resource Management:Handle the procurement and distribution of all necessary materials and resources for healing arts activities.

+ Strategic Collaboration:Work with internal teams like Development, Public Relations/Marketing, and Volunteer Engagement to align efforts and better engage our community.

Are you passionate about the power of art to heal and connect? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

+ Bachelor's degree in arts administration or related field required.

+ Minimum of three (3) years of experience managing art programs required.

+ Minimum of two (2) years of supervisory experience or managing the work of others.

+ Experience in a health-care setting preferred.

+ Strong project management skills required.

+ Strong computer skills, including Microsoft office suite, required.

+ Must possess excellent communication skills- written, verbal and listening skills.

+ Must demonstrate all aspects of professionalism, including prompt and courteous service, positive demeanor in stressful situations, and attention to detail.

+ Ability to demonstrate creativity and innovative thinking.

+ Must have enthusiasm and possess excellent customer service skills.

+ Must enjoy collaboration and be a team player.

Additional Information

+ Organization: Corporate Services

+ Department: Corporate Facilities

+ Shift: Day Job

+ Union Code: Not Applicable

Additional Details

This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.

Overview

Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers .

Benefits

The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is

committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to

race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,

weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,

or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.