Are you passionate about creativity? Do you thrive in a collaborative, grassroots environment where everyone pulls together to create change? If you seek to apply your skills in service of social justice through the art of dance, we would love to hear from you!
Benefits of Working at Luna
- Professional learning at no cost
- Race, equity and inclusion trainings & practice
- Group health plans: medical, dental & vision at shared cost
- Paid holiday, vacation & sick leave
- Retirement match
- Writing, publication & conference opportunities
- Advocacy & community leadership opportunities
Current Job Opportunities
Senior Manager/Programs Director
Luna seeks to hire a Senior Manager or Programs/Program Director to assure high-quality program delivery and contractual compliance in all Luna Program Areas: Studio Lab, Professional Learning, and Community Partnerships.
Apply for this position if
You Enjoy
- Managing dilemmas involving multiple variables that include people, programs, capacity, budget, community, and values and may not have a sole answer.
- Manifesting high-quality work by fitting parts into wholes and holding a vision for how wholes fit into systems
- Being responsible for and responsive to the needs of diverse individuals
You Value
- Equity and inclusion
- Creative Process
- Learning and growing in collaboration with colleagues
You have some of these
- Experience teaching children’s dance over multiple ages and situations
- Workshop facilitation, coaching, mentoring, or program development skills
- Familiarity with Luna’s pedagogy and practice
- Leadership or management experience
- Excellent communication and time management skills
- Openness to receiving feedback and confidence to ask questions
Over a typical semester, you might
- Develop a Scope of Work and evaluation plan for a new or renewing partnership
- Review, analyze, and summarize program documentation for quality assurance and grant reporting and work with program leaders to plan, evaluate, and evolve offerings
- Teach a class, facilitate a workshop, or coach teaching artists
The right candidate for this position will start as a Senior Manager with the intention of developing into a full-fledged Programs Director as confidence and skills manifest.
Luna is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We seek to expand our capacity to serve by hiring faculty from previously underrepresented communities and diverse backgrounds.
Compensation: $75,000-84,000, commensurate with experience & pro-rated to FTE percent.
Deadline to apply: This is a rolling application process with the position remaining open until filled. The first batch of applications will be reviewed January 16, 2026.
To apply: Full job description can be found here. Please send a cover letter indicating why you wish to work for Luna now and what you will uniquely bring to the position. Submit cover letter with work history and qualifications (resume, CV, or other document) as a pdf to Kimiko Guthrie: kg******@*****************ty.org.
Equal Opportunity
Luna is an equal opportunity employer. We value a diverse team and inclusive culture. Luna encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, and veteran status.