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Current vacancies
Manager, International Services & Initiatives (Fixed term until June 2023)
- Unique opportunity to work with New Zealand arts and artists internationally
- Te Tautoko i ō tāngata
- Te Whanganui a Tara or Tāmaki Makaurau
The International Services and Initiatives team develops and delivers internationally focused programmes, projects and initiatives that position New Zealand arts and artists internationally. This includes working collaboratively with key national and international partners to develop audiences in target markets, facilitate relationships and offer opportunities for New Zealand artists. The team also manages specific cultural exchange projects including those with an Indigenous or Pacific focus.
Ko tā mātou mahi – The role
The Manager International Services and Initiatives leads and manages the team to deliver Creative New Zealand’s internationally focused programmes.
The team is also responsible for providing international audience and market development advice to key internal and external stakeholders and for assisting New Zealand artists, practitioners and organisations to build their international profile and capability across the art forms.
Ngā pūmanawatanga ōu – What you will bring
- A track record of managing and delivering large, complex events or projects to a high standard, ideally in an international context
- An understanding of the issues affecting international audience and market development for New Zealand artists and arts organisations
- Excellent stakeholder management experience – able to build and develop mutually beneficial partnerships and relationships with key influencers
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills including giving high-quality presentations and writing effective reports for decision-makers
- Experience in managing a diverse, high performing team
- A solid understanding of the principles and practice of the Treaty of Waitangi and the implications of this for the work of Creative New Zealand.
Ngā tāpaetanga kei a mātou – What we offer
We offer a positive, supportive, collaborative, and flexible working environment with colleagues who are passionate and caring, as well as an enviable opportunity to work with and for Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique arts sector and ringatoi every day.
We are committed to the hauora of our people, and we support the growth and development of our whānau in flexible, mana enhancing ways. We offer Wellbeing Days (4 per year), additional leave over the Christmas/New Year period, Southern Cross Health Insurance, Life Insurance, a Hauora Allowance and genuinely flexible working arrangements.
Applications close Friday 9 September 2022
Position description - Manager, International Services & Initiatives (pdf. 267KB)
Further enquiries: recruitment@creativenz.govt.nz
Ko wai mātou? (Who are we?)
Creative New Zealand (the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa) is the national arts development agency. We encourage, promote and support the arts in New Zealand for the benefit of all New Zealanders. We do this by investing in, developing, advocating for and providing leadership in the arts for the benefit of all New Zealanders. We’re funded by the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board and directly from the Government through Vote: Arts, Culture and Heritage.
We’re advancing strategies to support and develop ngā toi Māori and Pacific arts and are committed to ensuring the preservation of heritage ngā toi Māori and Pacific arts knowledge. It’s an exciting time for us as we’re exploring what Te Tiriti o Waitangi means for us as an organisation and our work with the arts sector.
Creative New Zealand is an equal opportunities employer and committed to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
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