Executive Producer Festivals

**Hybrid Working **#LI-Hybrid**:

- **Full time permanent role (based on 38 hours per week)**:

- **Monthly RDO**:

- **Lead the festivals program at one of Melbourne’s leading Councils for the arts**:

- **Salary: $112k - $125k + Super**:

- **Ability to transfer or take LSL (Long Service Leave) within Local Government**

**About Merri-bek City Council**:
Merri-bek City Council is a progressive council of 175,000 residents: one community, proudly diverse. Our council area sits within the banks of the Merri Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek, and includes Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner, Glenroy, Gowanbrae, Hadfield, Oak Park and Pascoe Vale. Our city is vibrant and energetic, known for its active community, cultural diversity, creative industries and the arts. Our long-term vision has ambitious goals for environmental sustainability, social justice, community wellbeing, and creating great places. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food and cafés right at the doorstep.

Merri-bek Council strives to be a contemporary, innovative and collaborative organisation with a deep commitment to engaging and supporting the Merri-bek community. Our organisational vision is to be one team, brave and diverse, making a difference.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and welcoming workplace. We offer flexible and hybrid work options and genuinely care about providing our staff work/life balance. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food, cafés, parks and a cinema right at the doorstep. Merri-bek is a great place to live, work and play.

**About the role**:
We are currently seeking an innovative, passionate and experienced arts leader and festival producer to lead our dynamic festivals team. The Executive Producer Festivals role is a key position within the Arts Merri-bek team and leads the creation and delivery of our festivals program, including Brunswick Music Festival, Coburg Night Market, Fawkner Festa, Glenroy Festival and Carols by the Lake.

In addition to strategic oversight of the program and leadership of the team, the role includes developing and maintaining effective partnerships and relationships with a variety of key-stakeholders, management of contractors including production management, financial management, program development and overseeing marketing for the whole program.

This is a fantastic leadership opportunity for a festival producer that is passionate about community and keen to work collaboratively with a small and dedicated team in a great inner-city Council.

**Skills and experience require to perform the role**:

- Demonstrated ability to develop, deliver and evaluate a diverse and innovative festival program.
- Demonstrated experience working with diverse stakeholders and ability to develop partnerships and attract funding to festivals and events.
- Highly developed skills in financial management and contract management, particularly with relation to production logistics, programming and infrastructure.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong people management experience including motivating and supervising staff and contractors.
- Demonstrated understanding of Child safety and wellbeing requirements and how this applies in the festival context.

**What the role can offer**:

- The opportunity to lead an experienced and collaborative festivals team and create excellent outcomes for the vibrant Moreland community
- A role that is interesting, fast-paced and impactful
- A collaborative working environment
- Monthly RDO
- Extensive opportunities for training & career development
- Salary sacrifice options
- A real sense of work-life balance & flexible work options
- Employer-supported study assistance schemes
- Wellness programs

**Further support offered for our staff**:

- Up to 20 weeks primary & up to 5 weeks secondary parental leave
- Purchase leave
- Ceremonial leave
- Gender affirmation leave
- Family violence leave

**For further information about this position please contact Amber Stuart, Unit Manager Arts and Culture on 9240 2376.**

**Applications close: 11:30pm, Sunday, 20 October 2024.**

**How to apply**:

- Please note that some documents relating to this position may reference Moreland City Council. We are in the process of updating the councils new name of Merri-bek City Council.

Merri-bek is focused on diverse representation of the community we serve. With this we value lived experience that could contribute to the shaping of this role and in turn will continue to provide representation and growth of safe and inclusive work culture.

**Our Commitment**:
In May 2021, Merri-bek Council adopted a revised Statement of Commitment to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of the municipality. The statement recognises