Associate Producer, Rose

**Introducing the National Arts Centre**
The National Arts Centre (NAC) is Canada's bilingual, multi-disciplinary home for the performing arts. The NAC presents, creates, produces, and co-produces performing arts programming in various streams-the NAC Orchestra, Dance, English Theatre, French Theatre, Indigenous Theatre, and Popular Music and Variety-and nurtures the next generation of audiences and artists from across Canada. The NAC is located on the traditional, unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Anishinabe Algonquin Nation.

At the National Arts Centre, we believe the performing arts are vital to the human experience. A house of dreams for the Canadian performing arts, we work with artists and arts organizations from across this land to revitalize our sector.

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**Equity, Diversity, Inclusio**

**NAC Indigenous Theatre: Our stories are medicine**

**The Indigenous Theatre Department at the NAC nurtures, develops and showcases Indigenous stories at the NAC and in communities all over Canada. Our mission is to honour our storytellers and thereby aid in the retention, resurgence and resilience of the multiple and diverse Indigenous cultures of this land.**

Job Number: J0125-0675

Job Title: ASSOCIATE PRODUCER, ROSE - INDIGENOUS THEATRE

Employment Type: Part-time Term

Job Category: Production

Open Positions: 1

Posting Date: January 17, 2025

Closing Date: February 17, 2025

**Salary**: $40.47 - $50.54/Hour

Working Hours: Part-time, Term (more then 6 months). 20 hours per week.

Job Reports To: Producer, Indigenous Theatre

**Key Activities**:

- As a member of the Indigenous Theatre team, reporting directly to the Producer, the Associate Producer will support a broad range of programming for in-house productions, presentations and external tours. Active participation in internal and external activities and committees, decision-making, and financial control of certain project budgets are key elements of this position. The Associate Producer will provide administrative and production support within the department, liaise with other NAC departments, and a variety of external partners in the course of their work.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Works with the Artistic Director, the Managing Director, the Producer, and the production department in planning, scheduling and executing season activities, including assisting on season budgets and ongoing budget management;
- In collaboration with the IT team, Project Manages specific projects, overseeing all elements, including but not limited to, outreach; partnership negotiations; contracts; budget management; marketing; coordination with other NAC teams as necessary;
- Assists the Cultural Resident with the execution of corollary outreach activities;
- Along with the Producer, maintains strong working relationships with co-producers, presenters; and the local, provincial and national theatre community, including national associations such as IPAA, PACT and CAEA;
- Along with the Producer, assesses, communicates and monitors safety protocols;
- Works with colleagues at the NAC to implement and promote company-wide practices to ensure physically, emotionally and culturally safe spaces as part of a healthy and welcoming environment for all who work here, including visiting artists;
- Assists the Producer in liaising with other NAC departments including Production, Administration; and Marketing, as well as visiting artists, and co-production partners;
- Assists Producer to create and execute all contracts on presentations, including agreements with co-producing partners;
- Assists Producer with tour planning, coordination and management, including regional, national and potential international opportunities;
- Provides company management, including but not limited to, artist liaison & care; payroll; travel and accommodation arrangements and hospitality; opening night receptions and invitations; comp requests and management; preparation of Company Handbook and in-house documents for incoming productions;
- Liaises, and offer care for Elders for all events and assists other departments with the same.

**Skill Requirements**:

- Strong administrative and communication skills with strong attention to details
- Strong knowledge of producing professional live theatre
- Strong knowledge and understanding of First Nations, Metis and/or Inuit, culture and protocols
- Proficient in budgetary preparation and management
- Facility in both official languages is an asset
- Facility in an Indigenous language is an asset

**Who Can Apply**:
Persons residing in Canada and Canadian citizens residing abroad. Preference will be given to Canadian citizens.

**Important Notice**: