Employment: Art Starts Managing Director (Interim)
Job Posting: Managing Director (Interim)
Position Type: Contract
Job Region: Toronto
Deadline: Sep 3rd by noon
Hours per week: 32
Interviews: Sep 9th – 15th Start Date: Sep 28th, 2010
Commitment: Sep 28th/10 – Sep 23rd/11
Salary: Commensurate with
experience
Art Starts is an award-winning charitable, not-for-profit organization committed to artsbased
community development in the city of Toronto. Our mandate is to build healthier
communities using the arts. We are a growing organization currently operating five sites
across the city. We understand that the arts are a medium for engaging residents,
creating a shared sense of identity, identifying challenges and collectively working to
overcome them.
Art Starts uses the arts as a vehicle to encourage social change in underserved
neighbourhoods by offering high quality, responsive and relevant creative opportunities
to those who do not have access. We bring together professional artists with people
from various neighbourhoods and create projects and programs in all artistic media,
with all ages, with artists and participants from various ethnic backgrounds. We reflect
the cultures of the neighbourhood and build bridges among them. We also function as
an advocacy and referral organization for the artists with whom we work.
Position Summary: The Managing Director is responsible for overseeing and managing all
operations related to Art Starts successfully using the arts to build healthy communities.
This is a one-year contract to cover a maternity leave.
Responsibilities:
-Managing the overall strategic direction of Art Starts’ programming and
administration, in partnership with the Board and staff
-Supervising the Program Director, Director of Development and
Administration Manager
-Cultivating, developing and facilitating new relationships and
partnerships that support Art Starts’ growth and mandate
-Researching and pursuing new funding sources in collaboration with the
Director of Development to support our desired growth
-Continuing to nurture existing funding sources/bodies
-Developing annual budgets and program plans with the Director of
Development and the Program Director
-Overseeing funding applications (including government, foundations,
corporate, etc.) and writing reports
-Overseeing the development of a new social enterprise initiative at the
Yorkdale Community Arts Centre
-Writing and/or overseeing the production of all communications including
website, marketing materials, press releases, social media, print and
email newsletters
-Overseeing all systems related to running Art Starts in a prudent,
responsible manner (e.g. record-keeping, final reports, financials etc…)
-Reporting to the Board of Directors
Job Requirements:
-minimum 3 years management experience
-exceptional HR skills
-experience in and a profound understanding of art-making in a community
context
-outstanding written, verbal and communication skills
-demonstrated communications experience (web, social media, press
releases)
-expertise and experience managing a charitable, not-for-profit
organization
-demonstrated success in management
-artists are encouraged to apply
-experience with social enterprise an asset
Send resume & cover letter to: hr@artstarts.net
We regret that only those applicants to be interviewed will be contacted.
No phone calls please.
Categories: Community Engagement, Employment Opportunities
