Programs and Commissions Manager

Programs and Commissions Manager

• Ongoing
• Full-time 35 hours per week
• Sydney CBD - The Domain
• Clerk Grade 7/8
• Total Remuneration Package up to $142,695
• Salary Range ($113,574 to $125,720)

Established in 1871, the Art
Gallery of New South Wales is located in Sydney's The Domain adjacent to the
Royal Botanic Garden and near the Central Business District, the Gallery
acknowledges the original custodians of this land – the Gadigal people.

The Art Gallery attracts around 2
million visitors annually and runs Australia's largest education program with
over 90,000 student and teacher visits per year.

With our expanded campus the Art Gallery has
a new state-of-the-art building located next to our existing and much-loved
building. Providing us with close to double the exhibition space, the expanded Art
Gallery enables us to share more art with more people and provide more family,
learning and educational programming for all our audiences.

We are seeking diverse, collaborative,
supportive and brilliant individuals to work alongside our existing talent and
build on our rich history to create an even more inspiring Art Gallery for the
future.

For more information about the Gallery and
our future, please visit our website .

About the Role

The purpose of this role is to manage a team to
deliver allocated commissions and programs related to exhibitions, the cinema,
Art After Hours and family programs at the Gallery to increase and extend
audience engagement with the Gallery. 
This role facilitates teams to realise the curatorial concept and
presentation of agreed programs and ensures that human and financial resources
are responsibly managed for each assigned program.  This role negotiates, manages and monitors
the contractual obligations for programs.

For
more information about the role please view the  and
 or call the nominated contact person listed in the
advertisement.

What Technical/Soft Skills you require

1. Appropriate tertiary qualification or relevant, equivalent professional experience.
2. Proven program delivery experience of free and ticketed events including budgeting, negotiating and managing contracts, risk assessments, resourcing and logistical planning.
3. Experience in managing a team to deliver engaging programs.
4. Experience using project management software and museum specific relational databases.
5. High level communication with strong facilitation, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
6. Ability to work
   flexible hours with late night and weekends

Targeted Questions

1. Provide an example of when you have been part of a team working in a collaborative environment that successfully produced a large-scale program, festival or commission. How did you contribute to the team and lead co-ordination? Explain your process and outcome (maximum of 300 words).
2. This position maintains diverse program responsibilities and can be
   faced with challenging time constraints. Please provide an example of a
   situation where you were required to prioritise conflicting tasks involving
   management and/or liaising with artists and musicians within a gallery/museum
   environment or festival context. (300 word limit)

For your
application to be consideredTo submit your
application online, please provide:Your
resume (maximum five pages)A covering
letter addressing the technical/soft skills, as outlined aboveA response to the Targeted
questions, in the text box provided in your application form (max 300 words)

Part
of the assessment process may include additional online capability testing,
skills testing or work samples in accordance with the Government Sector
Employment Act 2013, therefore you may be contacted to participate.

Pre-employment checks
are a critical part of our recruitment process and can include reference
checks, working with children checks, criminal history checks, medical
assessments, as well as various other checks to ensure your suitability for the
role. It should be noted that
discretion may be granted from the Art Gallery for those with a background
check record. This is dependent on the role, its requirements, and the impact
it has on the Art Gallery as a whole. A risk assessment will be carried out before
a determination is made in this regard. Any criminal record information is kept
in the strictest confidence, is not placed on an applicant's personal file, and
is destroyed within very strict timeframes.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and
Inclusion

We are committed to
building a diverse, inclusive and flexible workplace and strongly encourage
applications from Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural and linguistic
backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTIQA+, people with a
disability and other diversity groups.

We strive to
achieve an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates. If you
require any adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please
reach out to the recruitment team via . You can also view our diversity and inclusion strategic framework .

Enquiries

If you require further details about this
role, please contact Charlotte
Cox, Head of Exhibitions at  

Closing date for applications: 17 November 2025 – applications must be lodged electronically. Applications submitted via email will not be accepted.