Arts Development Consultant - Film & Video

Role Responsibilities

The Arts Development Consultant in Film & Video is guided by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) Act, and applies advanced knowledge and experience of provincial arts infrastructure to ensure public grant programs and funding opportunities meet the mission, goals, and vision of the AFA. This position develops and maintains ongoing relationships within the arts sector and with individuals and organizations engaging with the sector.
 

The Arts Development Consultant provides consultative services to individual artists, not-for profit organizations, and the general public on grant writing and grants management, artistic development, provincial and other resources available to artists and arts organizations, arts-related organizational policy, financial reporting and administration, and current trends and issues impacting the sector.

Your main responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Ensuring program delivery and grants management provides Albertans with access to grant funding in support of the AFA mandate and mission.
• Ensuring business operations are managed efficiently and with maximum effect to deliver on AFA mandate and mission.
• Engaging in ongoing daily interaction with external individual artists, arts organizations, not-for-profit organizations and the general public for the purposes of providing information as requested.
• Building capacity for individual artists, arts organizations, and other AFA clients to support sustainability and long-term growth.
• Researching, recruiting, and moderating expert panel adjudication on the deliberation and assessment process to inform funding recommendations.
• Frequent preparation of funding opportunity grant recommendations, program summaries, policy recommendations and other documents for internal senior leadership and/or AFA review and approval.
• Ensuring financial administration complies with government and AFA policies and applicable legislation to ensure equity and transparency in funding and grants management.
• Engaging in ongoing daily interaction with external AFA grant applicants and/or recipients on grant status and grants management, including post-award procedures and reporting.

Please click on this link https://mydocs.wfd.alberta.ca/media/wydaptxn/jd-arts-development-consultant-64677.pdf  to view the job description for this position.

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:

https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf

• Agility: As arts sector needs adapt to changing environment, this position must anticipate the impacts on clients and stakeholders to best inform decision-making on sector support.
• Build Collaborative Environments: As a member of team of specialists, the ability to share knowledge amongst team members is vital in supporting group learnings and informing standing practices and procedures.
• Develop Self & Others: As part of the Arts Development Team, this position supports team learnings by providing access to, and expertise in, a specific arts sector, drawing parallels, and offering conclusions to support  others' decision making. 
• Creative Problem Solving: As a member of a team of arts specialists, this position is often called upon to identify unique solutions to issues or provide resolution by drawing upon best practices evident in multiple disciplines or arts sectors to form conclusions and impact decision making. This requires the requisite ability to engage with multiple resources and assess impacts on the position's portfolio.
• Systems Thinking: This position requires current knowledge and ability to anticipate emerging trends impacting the arts sector to inform decision-making and formulate conclusions on efficacy of program delivery and/or future enhancement.

Qualifications

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Arts, Fine Arts, or Arts Administration with a specialization in Film studies or Film and Video production is mandatory in order to provide theoretically sound advice and guidance to grant applicants, grant recipients, and other parties in accessing AFA funding.
• Minimum four years' prior experience working in arts administration or grants management.
• Knowledge of issues, trends, and research in key subject areas appropriate to the business of the AFA in order to provide appropriate grant funding recommendations and policy and guideline recommendations for approval and use of the AFA Board in executing its mandate.
• Knowledge of general accounting practices, board governance, and not-for-profit operational and administrative practices to determine applicant eligibility, funding recommendations, and grant recipient compliance throughout the grants management cycle.

Assets

• Knowledge of AFA Act, Societies Act, Municipal Government Act, School Act, Part 9 Companies Act, Part 21 Corporations Act, FOIP Act. 

Equivalency

Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of:

• 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or 
• 1 year of experience for 1 year of education

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. 
Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.

Notes

This is a temporary full-time position-Up to 30 months

Hours of work 36.25 hours weekly.

Days of work Monday to Friday.
Occasional weekend and evening work may be required, as well   as occasional travel.

Candidate must be eligible to work in Canada. A current work visa is required.

Please ensure you provide a current email address in your resume.

To accurately reflect your related experience/education, in your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience.

For any Post-Secondary Education: Please specify your major and length of program, the educational institution, and the year you graduated

Cover letter is required. Your cover letter and resume will be used as a screening tool to assess your written communication.

Presentations may be used as part of the interview process.

Final candidate will be required to undergo a security screening.

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in. 

Links and information on what the GoA has to offer to prospective employees

• Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) - https://www.pspp.ca
• Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) - https://www.mepp.ca
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits
• Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance
• Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreement
• Leadership and mentorship programs.