The Ontario Arts Council is a publicly funded agency of Ontario’s Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries. OAC’s primary purpose is to award grants to professional artists and arts organizations.
Competition Number: 08-19
Deadline date for submissions: March 13, 2020 @ 5pm
Contract type: Regular Full-time
Affiliation: Unionized
Remuneration: $57,525 - $86,288
Role: Under the guidance and direction of the Francophone Arts Officer, the Associate Francophone Arts Officer will apply their knowledge of a wide variety of arts practices to administer Francophone Arts granting programs and provide French language support for other grant programs as required. The Associate Officer is also responsible for providing front-line information services and conducting outreach to Francophone artists, and where necessary administer other programs and provide outreach for programs outside of Francophone Arts.
Responsibilities:
- Administer delegated grant programs, includes analysis of grant applications, financial data, and panel selection
- Facilitate the peer assessment of grant requests
- Provide information and consultative advice to francophone artists and organizations
- Support granting programs by administering the francophone component
- Write reports and present grant recommendations in English to Senior Management and the Board of Directors, where required
- Collaborate with program officers on the assessment and development of francophone applicants in their sector
- Conduct outreach and development to increase access to, and awareness of, OAC and its programs
- Contribute to policy development, programs and services that will best support OAC’s on-going commitment to francophone artists
- Provide input to program budget creation, staff supervision and program workflow, as required
- Provide back-up to all granting sectors in the administration of their programs
- Attend events on evenings and weekends and travel throughout Ontario at least 15 days of the year
Summary of Key Qualifications:
- 3+ years of progressively mid-to-senior arts administration experience in support of Ontario’s diverse francophone arts community with one or more of the following arts disciplines - music, visual arts, media arts, literature, theatre
- Superior proficiency in written and verbal French and English
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
- Experienced facilitator with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Prior granting experience as a funder, applicant or peer assessor and knowledge of other sources of funding and support for artists, is an asset
- Sound project planning, organizational and administrative skills, and the ability to multi-task and work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
- Practical financial knowledge and experience analyzing financial information pertaining to project grant applications
- Ability to establish constructive rapport and work collaboratively with a diverse set of individuals internally and externally
- Intermediate computer proficiency in Windows, Outlook, Word, Excel, database and web-based programs
- Ability to work overtime evenings and weekends and travel
Qualified candidates are invited to submit a cover letter and resume by 5 p.m. (please note that applications that do not include a cover letter will not be considered):
https://www.arts.on.ca/about-us/careers-at-oac?lang=en-ca
