Program Administrator

Overview

Twin Cities Opera Guild Program Administrator Job Description

Twin Cities Opera Guild (TCOG or the Guild) is a Minnesota non-profit corporation, tax exempt under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3), and was established in 1952. The Guild’s mission includes raising funds for the purpose of distributing grants to nonprofit performance organizations and schools that bring opera and music performance, education, and appreciation to students or bring the students to the performance.

The Guild invites applications for grants twice a year. TCOG is an all-volunteer membership organization. Since its early years, TCOG has been administered by a volunteer board of directors, volunteer executive committee, and volunteer standing committees (collectively the “Governance”). Volunteer efforts and member dues support our administrative costs. Charitable donations from members and the public provide the funding for the grants we distribute.

Each year, TCOG holds five or six events that are open to members and the public; two of which are fundraisers. All events feature musical performance and a meal. TCOG members, their guests and members of the public are welcome to attend. The proceeds from TCOG’s fundraising events, an annual donor letter campaign, and other charitable gifts fund grants to TCOG’s grant recipients.

For the first time, TCOG now seeks to hire a part-time employee to work remotely in assisting the Governance in administering TCOG’s activities. TCOG anticipates that the program administrator will work a variable schedule of approximately 10 hours per week, with some weeks requiring fewer hours and some requiring more (such as those preceding and following the fundraising events in May and October).