Monday, 28 June 2010

Tulca Administrator now seeking tenders

Tulca Festival of Visual Arts is an annual festival taking place in Galway each year. Running since 2002, Tulca features dynamic and exciting work from national and international visual art practitioners.

Job Description
Tulca Festival of Visual Art is seeking to contract a temporary part time administrator from late July – December 2010. The administrator will liaise with the Curator, Project Manager and Board to deliver a high quality festival. Duties include: accounts, Marketing & PR, liaising with the team on accommodation, transport, insurance, hospitality and production. Excellent Communication Skills, Computer Skills and Project Management skills essential.
Formal qualification in Art or Art Administration advantageous, administrative experience in the arts essential.

Please apply with a CV and cover letter to tulcafestival@gmail.com by 5pm 30 June 2010, with the Subject Header: TULCA ADMIN
We would appreciate it if you could pass this on to interested parties.

Work activities of the TULCA administrator may include:
  • Planning and organising logistics related to events, buildings, performers/artists and other personnel;
· Liaise with treasurer & curator on budget
· Work closely with the curator and production manager on delivering the festival
· Working with curator and graphic designer on programme, website and other publicity materials.
· Taking responsibility for operational management issues such as venue accessibility, and health and safety issues.
· Developing a marketing plan with the Tulca sub-committee on PR & Marketing.
· Planning and managing accounts and budgets.
· Work with Board & curator to secure venues
· Working with the Board to secure funding.
· Recruiting and managing interns and volunteers
· Liaising with artists, galleries and curator on all administrative needs
· Liaising with graphic designers, and transporters an other non-technical contractors.
· Liaising with sponsors for accommodation, venues and other in kind sponsorship


Salary: €6000
Hours:
July – August 1 day per week
September 2 days per week
October – November 5 days per week, plus weekends & late evenings (extra 5 days pay)
        December 1 day per week (3 days)
Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC009201