Manager, Community Arts

Organization

City of Surrey

Job Type

Regular Full-Time

Language Required

English

Location

Surrey, BC

Application Deadline

Open until filled

Job Start Date

TBD

Date Posted

21/02/2020 

Email

humanresources@surrey.ca

Website

www.surrey.ca/careers

Salary

Competitive

Job Description

The Manager of Community Arts (Clayton) oversees the programs, services and people that develop and deliver the visual and performing arts programs located in the City’s new Clayton Community Centre, and manages the staff team that supports the City’s cultural grants, cultural development programs and the City’s public art program.
The Clayton Community Centre is scheduled to open June 2020. Architecturally striking, it houses a library, visual and performing arts spaces, childminding and recreation facilities centred around a central open public space. The Centre offers a safe, welcoming and inspiring space for everyone, and a collaborative team environment for its staff. As the City’s newest and most innovative public facility it meets passive house sustainability goals, and its programming is responsive to spectrum of needs identified by residents.
Responsibilities:
This unique position is ideal for someone who deeply understands the benefits cultural experiences provide to create healthy and sustainable communities. The ideal candidate excels at managing a talented creative team, facilitating the development of cultural organizations and is highly skilled and experienced in strategic planning and project management. This position will also play a key role, together with leadership in Recreation and Libraries, managing the new Clayton Community Centre, ensuring its vision contributes to Clayton’s community building, and will establish a cooperative staff team to run its operations.
Reporting to the Manager of Culture, the incumbent will be a peer within the City’s Culture Division leadership that includes the Surrey Art Gallery Manager, Museum of Surrey Manager, Manager of Surrey Civic Theatres, Manager of Heritage and Manager of Special Events and Filming. As the Manager of Community Arts (Clayton), you will be responsible for the following:
• Directing the work of unionized staff who develop and deliver programs including artists in residence projects, public art commissions, visual and performing arts courses and workshops, facility rentals and volunteer programs
• Developing internal and external partnerships to leverage resources to achieve maximum residents’ and community cultural development benefits
• Managing program planning and evaluation processes and implementation strategies to meet budget expectations
• Leading cultural research and planning initiatives aimed to broaden residents’ opportunities to benefit from creative expression and engagement
• Facilitating public and community group consultation meetings, workshops and various planning sessions
• Authoring reports and presenting findings to stakeholders, senior management and elected officials
• Hiring, evaluating, training, developing, and coaching employees.
Qualifications:
Our ideal candidate shares our City values of Community, Innovation, Integrity, Service and Teamwork, and can demonstrate the following qualifications:
• Graduation from a recognized university with a degree in arts administration or cultural planning, and is knowledgeable in the fine arts
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years in progressive leadership positions in the field of arts administration, cultural development or leading a cultural institution, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
• Experience supporting public art commissioning programs and/or management of capital projects
• Experience managing community development initiatives and experience working within a municipal government environment will be an asset
• Actively demonstrates initiative and good judgment, and comfortable working independently to resolve various challenges
• Strong interpersonal skills, and a background with diverse leadership roles and experiences
• The ability to manage a diverse team of contract, union and exempt staff
• Advanced communication skills both written and verbal.

Please apply online @ www.surrey.ca/careers to Job ID 3467.