Chief Executive
- Rare opportunity for inspirational arts leaders
- Build on a strong foundation and make you mark
- Diverse and globally recognised festival
About the Role:
This is a rare opportunity to lead a globally recognised celebration of arts and culture.
Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki / Auckland Arts Festival (AAF) provides Aucklanders and visitors with a programme that crosses a range of New Zealand and international art forms, and has diversity at its heart. The Festival takes place each year in the largest city in Aotearoa each March, Tāmaki Makaurau.
As Chief Executive - Kaiwhakahaere Matua, you will lead a talented and experienced team focused on the development and success of the Auckland Arts Festival. This will involve providing guidance and leadership around financial management and systems, programme viability, risk management and external relations. You will work closely with the Artistic Director to ensure the organisation meets its strategic objectives to enhance the Festival’s brand and reputation, and help drive sponsorship activity. Securing funding grants from local/regional government and other non-corporate and private sector funding sources will be a key focus, together with fostering close and effective relationships with other international and national festivals.
Skills and Experience:
Candidates will possess an impressive track record of inspirational senior leadership in the global festival or arts industry sector, with substantial local and international networks. An in-depth understanding of the arts industry and a commitment to the diverse communities that make Tāmaki Makaurau unique will be pivotal to success, together with sound commercial and financial management skills.
The role requires an influential communicator with astute relationship and commercial savvy, high levels of pragmatism and agility in what can be a dynamic environment, together with a sensitivity and appreciation of the Festival’s bi-cultural remit.
It is envisaged the appointee will be in place to lead the organisation for 2023 and beyond.
About the Company:
Auckland Arts Festival (AAF) - Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki has been in its current incarnation since 2003 and provides Aucklanders and visitors with a programme that crosses art forms and has diversity at its heart.
The Festival’s reach is broad and is widely acclaimed for featuring unique New Zealand and international content across theatre, dance, music and visual arts. Distinctly Auckland in style, the celebration takes place each March in Aotearoa’s largest city Tamaki Makaurau and will be presented for the 14th time in 2022.
To apply in strict confidence now, email your CV and cover letter to [email protected]. Applications close midday 21 March 2022. Emails will be electronically acknowledged and further correspondence may be by email.
To receive a Candidate Briefing document please indicate your interest by contacting [email protected] who will be happy to email this to you in due course.
For more information please phone Rhonda Maxwell on +64 27 500 4726 or Rebecca Jamieson on +64 21 983 176.