Work at CAP
The arts have the power to inspire, unite and create change. Join the CAP team to support its mission to provide arts education that impacts children and young adults for the rest of their lives.
Voted one of the best places to work in Jacksonville, CAP offers a culture of creativity and collaboration in the heart of Downtown Jacksonville.
Core Values
These values guide and drive CAP’s board, staff and teaching artists as they make decisions in their day-to-day work, both collectively and as individuals. They remind us what we hold as core to who we are at CAP, and help us work better together.
Color outside the lines.
Lead with purpose, act with courage and create with passion
- Listen to understand all voices.
- Challenge the status quo and embrace change.
- Deliver our best in all we do.
Sing out loud.
Honor individual expression
- Value authenticity.
- Celebrate varied perspectives and ideas.
- Ensure safe and welcoming spaces where everyone belongs.
Maintain your creative spark.
Cultivate joy
- Find fulfillment in all you do.
- Express gratitude for each other.
- Prioritize curiosity and growth.
Inspire every creative spirit.
Create lifelong transformation
- Honor each other’s creative process.
- Cultivate openness to ideas and outcomes.
- Foster time and space for discovery.
Benefits
Full-Time Staff
CAP offers a flexible, family-friendly work schedule and generous time off, including 21 days of PTO and 24 paid holidays. All employees are eligible for an annual raise of up to 3% and bonus of 3%, as well as a professional development allowance to foster lifelong learning.
We prioritize employees’ health and wellness by offering health, vision and dental insurance, an FSA plan and a monthly wellness credit to be used toward the fitness program of your choice. Employees are also eligible to participate in 403(b) – with a matching contribution of up to 3% – and student loan repayment/tuition reimbursement plans.
After five years, and again after 10 years, employees are eligible for additional benefits. These include Free Fridays off each month; employer contributions to student loan repayment/tuition reimbursement plans; and increased wellness credits, dental and vision coverage, and professional development allowance.
Benefits
Part-Time Teaching Artists
CAP’s part-time teaching artists are part of an engaged and supported student-centered team with vast educational experience. Teaching artists receive competitive hourly rates as well as paid planning, prep and meeting time. Teaching artists are also eligible for annual pay increases. In addition, every teaching artist has autonomy over their curriculum, following Florida School Standards.
Full-Time Staff Openings
Creative Arts Therapist
The Creative Arts Therapist is centered in strong artistic and clinical practice and has the desire to share their skills and knowledge for the benefit of students and community members. In this pivotal role, you’ll help expand CAP’s therapeutic services, implementing evidence-based creative arts therapy interventions and building strong partnerships within our school communities.
Curriculum Writer
The Curriculum Writer will be the voice behind CAP’s lessons, curricula and professional development content across various program expertise. This is a generalist role, not a content-specialist role. It’s a role for someone who can sit with a teaching artist, fellow or therapist, draw out what they know and turn it into high-quality writing that is engaging and classroom-ready. Reporting to the Director of Professional Development, you will partner closely with program staff, CAP’s graphic designer and the philanthropy team to shape CAP’s curriculum and training content into a package other schools and districts will want.
Data Analyst
The Data Analyst will have the opportunity to build the evaluation backbone behind high-quality arts education for thousands of Northeast Florida students. Through data systems and analysis, you’ll show exactly how arts education changes children’s lives.
Reporting to the Vice President of Advocacy & Community Engagement, you’ll design and lead an organization-wide evaluation framework, serve as CAP’s primary analytical capacity and partner with the Research Assistant so that together you cover CAP’s full data pipeline.
Director of Professional Development
The Director of Professional Development will build and lead the training infrastructure that keeps CAP’s teaching artists, fellows, therapists and program directors performing at the highest level across Arts Ignite, Art Smarts and CAPabilities programs. This is not a content-specific role. It’s a role for someone who has mastered the craft of adult learning: designing PD that sticks, facilitating sessions that change practice and building systems that let CAP deliver excellent training with CAP’s own teaching artists, fellows, therapists, program directors and staff learning from one another along the way.
Music Therapist
As a member of CAP’s Music Therapy team, you’ll have the unique opportunity to create meaningful change in young lives through the therapeutic application of music. Through your expertise and compassion, you’ll guide students on a journey of inspiration and growth, using music as a powerful tool for emotional expression, development and academic learning.
Research Assistant
As a member of CAP’s Advocacy & Community Engagement Team, the Research Assistant will have the opportunity to gather the data that proves the power of free, high-quality arts education for thousands of Northeast Florida students. This role uses site visits to collect feedback, with an eye for accuracy, and supports teaching artists and fellows to ensure CAP’s impact is captured completely, correctly, and on time.
Teaching Artist Fellow in Music
As a full-time Teaching Artist Fellow in Music, you’ll have the power to profoundly impact young lives by igniting their passion for music. Through your artistry and mentorship, you’ll guide students on an inspirational journey through singing, movement, rhythm and classroom instruments, unlocking their creative potential and instilling a lifelong love for musical expression.
Teaching Artist Fellow in Theatre
As a full-time Teaching Artist Fellow in Theatre, you’ll have the unique opportunity to blend your artistic passion with a commitment to educational excellence, fostering creativity and expression. You’ll impact the lives of students across multiple sites through theatre instruction and arts integration programs.
Teaching Artist Fellow in Visual Arts
As a full-time Teaching Artist Fellow in Visual Arts, you’ll have the unique opportunity to blend your artistic passion with a commitment to educational excellence, fostering creativity and visual expression. You’ll impact the lives of students across multiple sites through theatre instruction and arts integration programs.
Part-Time Openings
Music Therapist
As a member of CAP’s Music Therapy team, you’ll have the unique opportunity to create meaningful change in young lives through the therapeutic application of music. Through your expertise and compassion, you’ll guide students on a journey of inspiration and growth, using music as a powerful tool for emotional expression, development and academic learning.
Teaching Artist in Strings
As a CAP Teaching Artist specializing in strings, you’ll inspire young lives by providing instruction in violin, viola, cello and/or bass in afterschool settings across Northeast Florida. You’ll create and utilize engaging, standards-aligned curriculum and lead enriching educational experiences that ignite students’ creative spirits and foster a lifelong appreciation for music. This position offers the opportunity for one program/contract or multiple, depending on candidate availability and program needs.
Teaching Artist
As a CAP Teaching Artist, you’ll inspire young lives by providing instruction in your field of specialty (dance, media arts, theatre, music or visual arts). You’ll create engaging, standards-aligned curriculum and lead enriching educational experiences that ignite students’ creative spirits and foster lifelong appreciation for the arts.
For other job inquiries or interests, please submit your resume and a general application below.
CAP is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran status.