Head of Arts, Colombia - San Vicente Ferrer, Colombia - British Council

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Head of Arts, Colombia

Date:6 Mar 2024

Location:
Bogota
, Americas, CO

Company:
British Council

We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide.

We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK.

We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications.

Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In we reached 650 million people.

Salary:
$12' COP ordinary salary (according to Colombian law)

Contract Type:
Indefinite

Location:
Bogota

Department:
Cultural Engagement

Closing Date:
advert will close on
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024 at 23:59 Colombia time.

Role Purpose

The Head of Arts, Colombia, plays a pivotal role as a representative of the arts sector in the Americas region, overseeing our arts portfolio in Colombia.

They are responsible for leading the planning and implementation of all arts activities in Colombia, through some or all of the Arts' four global programs:
Culture Connects, Spotlights on Culture, Creative Economy, and Culture Responds to Global Challenges.

They will report to / have regular contact with country leadership teams and the Global Arts management team, collaborating with colleagues in the region to influence decision-making across regional Arts and regional Cultural Engagement.

Main accountabilities but not limited to the following

Uses their own expert knowledge on the arts and creative industries, intelligence and insight from other sector stakeholders, opinion formers and funders to support the ongoing development of global arts programmes that will meet the specific needs of the country/cluster while also providing value to a diverse range of UK arts and creative industry organisations.
Through ongoing relationships with the Global Arts team and Art Form Directors, builds and maintains good understanding of UK arts and creative industry sector priorities as well as FCDO and other HMG priorities.
Represents British Council in country as a recognised, credible authority in Arts and the creative industries to external stakeholders and audiences.
Actively works across the matrix in the Arts network, empowering and enabling colleagues to collaborate on programmes, while promoting equity, diversity and inclusion.
Is responsible for assuring quality and impact for Arts global programmes.
Manages Arts portfolio daytoday ensuring global standards on programme and contract management are achieved.
Direct line management and matrix management support provided to Arts teams in country/across the region as required
With the support of Regional Arts Director and the country leadership team, leads on planning process for country arts portfolio within region.
Contributes to regional business strategy.
Management of design, development, delivery and closure of projects and or programmes as needed.
Builds and maintains a broad, diverse and dynamic network of key creative and cultural sector representatives in country, including artists, creative professionals, creative hubs, arts organisations, arts advocacy groups, intermediary and sector bodies, etc.
Builds and maintains the sector institutional relationships that will help open doors for artistic collaboration, cultural exchange and creative economy work.
Represents British Council Arts externally and internally.
Promotes and positions the diversity of the UK arts and creative industries sector in country.
Ensures British Council's value proposition and support to the UK arts sector in country is clear, agreed and communicated.
Ensures that British Council's reputation for quality and as a valued notforprofit partner remains high and contributes to our organisational mission of building trust between the UK and other countries.
Contributes to business and partnership development for the portfolio, aligning with country/regional and corporate priorities, systems and processes.
Leads on country portfolio planning working closely with operational programme management colleagues.
Leads on ensuring agreed activities delivered through the Arts global programmes are tailored to the specific needs of country and in alignment with global and regional sector strategies.

Requirements of the role

Specialist knowledge and understanding of current trends and practices in arts and creative industry in the country.
Experience of managing national arts/ creative industry projects.
The British Council systems and global processes operate in English. Written and verbal proficiency in English at level B2 is required. C1 in Spanish is also required.

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