Call for applications for the position of Managing Director (m/f/x)
— update 1.6.2022 : procedure extended by 4 weeks to 28 June 2022 —
Responsibilities
- responsibility for all studio creation
- responsibility for all production
- responsibility for its own programming (Images Sonores and other concerts)
- awarding of composition grants
- responsibility for communication and image
- responsibility for all promotion and logistics of the festival
- responsibility for monitoring relations with the Royal Conservatory of Liège
- responsibility for the development of activities and partnerships
- responsibility for administration and finance
- responsibility for the daily management of the association
- responsibility for the management of the team (work regulations, occupational health, salary management)
- Responsibility for compliance with the tasks set out in the programme contract and its renewal
- responsibility for all negotiations involving the association (composers, performers, concert organisers, festivals, co-producers)
- drafting of all documents (activity reports, applications for specific financial aid, applications for specific financial aid applications, press kits, etc.)
- preparation and follow-up of the accounts (in collaboration with the accountant)
Function
- Design of the missions included in the programme contract. Definition of an artistic project and implementation of its own productions (composers in residence, programming of the Images Sonores festival, national and international collaboration projects, organization of the Henri Pousseur Prize…)
- Management of the association and its team, of the subsidies it receives and search for sponsors
- Responsibility for all negotiations involving the association. Representation of the association in the main bodies or events
- Production and organisation of concerts and festivals organized by the CHP
- Responsibility for communication and audience development
- Drafting of activity reports, press kits, applications for specific financial aid
Profile
- Belgian or foreign personality,(m/f/x), holder of a university master’s degree or non-university higher education diploma of long duration, with a thorough knowledge of computer music and mixed music and a good knowledge of the contemporary Belgian and foreign musical world as well as the institutions and powers subsidising in the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.
- Have good communication, negotiation, organization and initiative skills
- Have good writing skills for the presentation of artistic projects and files
- Good written and oral skills in French and English
Conditions
- Place of work : Centre Henri Pousseur, Quai Banning 5, 4000 Liège
- Full-time regime
- Starting date at the latest on 12/09/2022
- The letter of application, together with a curriculum vitae and a note of intent (maximum 5 pages)
(maximum 5 pages) should be sent to Stijn Boeve by post and by e-mail to stijn.boeve@centrehenripousseur.be - Deadline for applications: Tuesday 28/06/2022