General Manager

Wonderlust Productions is a community-driven arts ensemble that has grown steadily and consistently over the course of its 10-year history. Now, after a careful strategic planning process with the ensemble, board, and other stakeholders, Wonderlust is growing both our programs and administrative team.We are a multicultural, multidisciplinary, St. Paul-based community-centered art innovation lab. We use creative expression, rooted in true community stories, to shift the narrative and center humane relationships within systems. We cultivate art, curiosity, and creativity as containers for belonging, stories, place, and expression-towards empowering community activation. We work in collaboration with communities who are essential to society, but whose stories are misunderstood or ignored. Wonderlust's startup and steady growth have been made possible by the diverse skills and experience of its Co-Artistic Directors, who have essentially served as Artistic, Managing, Development, Marketing, and Community Relations Directors all in two people. Meanwhile, the impact of our work and the diversity of our artistic output has earned us a growing base of community partners and collaborators across sectors who are interested in seeing our work reach more people. Last year we added a Community Outreach and Evaluation Coordinator. This year, we are delighted to be adding two additional part-time roles, General Manager and Project Producer. (We would consider one full-time role for the right candidate.) We are seeking collaborative, capable individuals motivated to grow with us.GENERAL MANAGERWe are seeking an experienced, detail-oriented General Manager to oversee our internal operations. Your primary responsibilities in this position will be bookkeeping, managing payroll, financial reporting, donation tracking, hiring and onboarding, HR compliance, and managing back-end systems like our website, contact management database, online payment platforms, and accounting software as well as office management including supplies. Additionally, all members of our small team contribute to ensuring universal access in all of our work.Experience with nonprofit financial management and Quickbooks is required. An aptitude for systems thinking, creative problem solving, and clear communication across a collaborative team are essential too.Locations of work and environmentThe majority of this work can be done remotely. However, Wonderlust is a small organization with two equal co-Artistic Directors who you would be working with closely along with an additional staff member who supports communications, development, and evaluation. We like to support each other as a team. A positive attitude, curiosity, and appreciation for process are necessary to work so closely together and succeed.JOB DUTIESSystems managementOrganizational bookkeeping and data entry in QuickbooksFinancial reporting and tracking budgets for projects and the organization overallContact database managementOnline payment platform managementDonation tracking and acknowledgementWebsite updating and accessibilityHuman Resources managementManaging, hiring, and onboarding processes for staff and project contractorsEmployee manual tracking and updatingPayroll management for regular staff and project contractorsOffice managementEnsuring systems and registrations are kept up to dateTracking systems access and securityManaging and ordering office suppliesQUALIFICATIONSRequired:Detail-oriented individual with operational experienceExperience with nonprofit financial managementExperience with QuickbooksAptitude for systems thinking and creative problem solvingClear written and verbal communication skillsWe value:Flexibility and problem-solvingOpenness to active learningJoy and humorInitiative and driveDiversity - a different perspective/life experience from the rest of our companyRespect for quality and the attempt to achieve quality in the artsHours and compensation$25-30/hour. Approximately 15-25 hours per week.Depending on the candidate's interest, ability, and growth, this role could grow over time into more hours and/or a salaried, full-time position.Reach out to if you have questions.To apply:Click "APPLY NOW" at the top of this page and submit a cover letter and resume. In the cover letter, please explain why you are interested. No later than March 24, 2025.More about Wonderlust ProductionsFounded in 2014, Wonderlust Productions is a company of professional artists working to activate imaginations and illuminate community stories through performance and multimedia creativity, mixing community members from across generations, ethnicities, and perspectives, alongside an ensemble of professional actors, designers, writers, and directors.Together, we create new art experiences based on high-quality dramatic storytelling craft; inspired by community experience; embracing the inherent conflict of opposing perspectives within a community; epic enough to encompass diversity and inspire transformative experience.Our mission is to activate imaginations and illuminate community stories to build a more inclusive world. Our method is to listen, wonder, create, share, and repeat.Communities we have worked closely with include military veterans, people affected by adoption, people who work behind the scenes in state government, overachievers, people in education, people affected by Minnesota's incarceration system, and caregivers.Visit wlproductions.org for more information.#J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-03-07