Restorative Arts & Equity Manager

Salary: $80,810.37 – $97,139.27 Annually

Location : Nashville, TN

Job Type: Full-Time Civil Service

Job Number: 24013E

Department: Arts Commission

Opening Date: 07/07/2023

Closing Date: 8/15/2023 11:59 PM Central

Position Description
The Racial Equity & Restorative Arts Manager will support the operations, development and expansion of Racial Equity and Restorative Arts programs for Metro Arts.

Metro Arts is the city of Nashville’s office of arts + culture. Our mission is to drive a vibrant and equitable community through the arts. Our work encompasses a wide range of public programs, grant funding and the management of the public art program and collection for the city. We believe that all Nashvillians should have access to a creative life. Our values statement and strategic plan can be found at and our equity statement can be found
Typical Duties

• Serves the Nashville and Tennessee’s Native American Communities with knowledge, practice, and background in supporting these indigenous communities from a Restorative Arts framework.
• Focuses on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and African, Latine, Asian, Arab, and Native American (ALAANA) communities from a Restorative Arts lens.
• Determines the impact of funding and programs serve all communities to engage in the arts with specific attention to previously underserved communities in Nashville.
• Leads the operations, development and expansion of existing and new agency-led Racial Equity, Restorative Arts and Youth Development programs; including but not limited to: Racial Equity in Arts Leadership (REAL), Restorative Arts, Opportunity Now (or other youth employment initiatives) and Community Arts Leaders of Nashville internship programs (or other development programs).
• Leads administration and staff support for the Committee for Antiracism and Equity (CARE) of the Arts Commission; through CARE, collaboratively leads policy review and design and supports change management for the agency.
• Supports existing and new strategic partnerships toward innovation and creative program design centered around equity diversity, inclusion, and access including facilitated workshops, equity audits.
• Leads opportunity and capacity analysis and makes recommendations on resource allocations.
• Develops and pursues external and internal Metro funding support for programs.
• Seeks, develops, and administers external funding opportunities through partnerships and re-granting opportunities.
• Gathers key data points and narratives to share the impact of agency programs and initiatives.
• Works with other staff to prepare presentations, communications and data reports for Metro Council.
• Attends Council meetings and Committee meetings as requested.

Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree plus five (5) years of professional experience in an administrative, technical, restorative practice or racial equity, public policy, or related field.

*Substitution for education and/or experience (1:1 ratio) may be considered*

Candidates with accreditations earned in a foreign institute are encouraged to apply.

Note: Per Metro Ordinance No. SO94-1078. All employees of the Metropolitan Government shall be residents of the State of Tennessee or become residents of the state within six (6) months of employment as a prerequisite to employment with the Metropolitan Government.
Preferred Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience within arts, racial equity or restorative justice fields
• Experience navigating structured organizations, such as governments, universities, or large organizations and obtaining buy-in on potentially challenging ideas
• Project management skills, including the ability to produce, track and manage multiple deliverables with overlapping deadlines
• Experience building collaborative and productive relationships with community members, institutions, and organizations, particularly with communities of color, immigrant and refugee communities and other historically marginalized communities
• Experience with online proposal systems such as Submittable

We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at all levels. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.

Metro Nashville Government respects the religious beliefs and practices of all employees and will make, on request, an accommodation for such observances when a reasonable accommodation is available that does not create an undue hardship on business operations.

Requests for ADA accommodation for the recruitment process should be directed to Human Resources at 615-862-6640.

Full-time, Civil Service positions –
10 Vacation Days per year (increasing after 5 years of service)
1 Sick Day per month
12 Paid Holidays per year