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About the Role
The Associate Director, Exhibitions and Programs is a key member of the executive leadership team, reporting directly to the Director of Collections and Exhibitions. This role leads the Exhibitions, Programs, Design, Editorial, Rights and Image Licencing, Registration, Learning, Access and Regional Engagement departments. It provides expert strategic advice and support to the Director, Director of Collections and Exhibitions, the Board of Trustees, and the Art Gallery’s Foundation board. The role oversees the care and strategic direction of the Art Gallery’s exhibitions, registration, and learning initiatives, including the permanent collection, commissions, the temporary exhibition program, and publications, all managed in alignment with budget parameters and timeframes. The incumbent is expected to remain alert to national and international trends, proactively respond to emerging opportunities, and lead innovative initiatives that foster collaboration across teams.
Responsibilities
- Leading the Exhibitions, Programs, Design, Editorial, Rights and Image Licencing, Registration, Learning, Access and Regional Engagement departments.
- Providing expert strategic advice and support to the Director, Director of Collections and Exhibitions, the Board of Trustees, and the Art Gallery’s Foundation board.
- Overseeing the care and strategic direction of the Art Gallery’s exhibitions, registration, and learning initiatives.
- Managing the permanent collection, commissions, the temporary exhibition program, and publications within budget parameters and timeframes.
- Remaining alert to national and international trends.
- Proactively responding to emerging opportunities.
- Leading innovative initiatives that foster collaboration across teams.
Requirements
- Tertiary level qualifications in art history, or equivalent work experience and significant exhibitions and revenue generating program experience.
- Extensive leadership experience within a large art museum of international standing.
- Proven expertise managing major exhibitions and art collections, including exhibition development and delivery, collection management, and financial oversight.
- Strong team and change leadership skills.
- Experience fostering a culture of collaboration and driving the achievement of strategic outcomes.
- Demonstrated stakeholder engagement, building strong networks and securing support for institutional priorities.
- Accomplished communicator and public speaker, skilled in representing the organisation to diverse audiences locally and internationally.
- Resume (maximum five pages).
- Covering letter addressing the technical/soft skills.
- Willingness to participate in additional online capability testing, skills testing or work samples.
- Successful completion of pre-employment checks, including reference checks, working with children checks, criminal history checks, and medical assessments.
Skills
- Leadership
- Team leadership
- Change leadership
- Collaboration
- Strategic outcome achievement
- Stakeholder engagement
- Network building
- Communication
- Public speaking
- Exhibition development
- Exhibition delivery
- Collection management
- Financial oversight
Location
- Sydney CBD - The Domain
Work Type
- Ongoing
- Full time
Experience Level
- Senior Executive Band 1
- Public Service Senior Executive (PSSE)
Education Level
- Tertiary level qualifications in art history, or equivalent work experience
Salary/Compensations
- $208,400 to $297,250 per annum
Benefits
- Annual performance reviews
About the Company
- 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 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 www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au.
Equal Opportunity
- 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 recruitment@ag.nsw.gov.au. You can also view our diversity and inclusion strategic framework here.