Program Consultant

SK Arts provides funding and support to the arts for the benefit of all people in Saskatchewan. The agency offers grants, programs and services to individuals and groups whose activities have an impact on the arts in Saskatchewan and ensures that opportunities exist for Saskatchewan residents to experience all art forms. SK Arts considers equity, diversity, and inclusion as advantages and strengths that enhance our perspective, strengthen our work, and contribute to our innovation.

The Program Consultant - Equity and Inclusion Focus works in an environment that is mission

**Responsibilities**:

- Develop and deliver strategies, policies, programs, and services that are available to:

- Serve as primary contact for SK Arts’ Accessibility Fund, working with other members of the program team and the SK Arts staff to ensure that the agency’s programs and services continue to become more equitable.
- Participate in ongoing training activities related to work with people from marginalized communities, and work with SK Arts leadership to make such learnings available to other staff members.
- Identify changes in the eco-system of agencies and people working within marginalized communities, and work with the program team and/or other agency teams to develop action plans and determine potential partners and programs so the changes may be appropriately addressed.
- Identify changes in the arts eco-system such as emerging trends in relationships, changes in art practice and/or arts organizations’ needs or structures, rising demands for funding for activities in the arts in new or remote communities and work with the programs team to develop action plans and determine potential partners and programs so the changes may be appropriately addressed.
- Research programs and policies of other funding bodies, emerging art forms and the needs and practices of artists and arts organizations; identify program outcomes; monitor, review and evaluate programs and services; and implement revisions, as necessary.
- Collaborate in establishing plans for public consultations occurring in conjunction with a review of grant or other SK Arts programs.
- Collaborate with other members of the program team in the regular review of grant programs in accordance with the mission/vision of the agency and the schedule established by the agency’s CEO and Board of Directors.
- Plan, develop, and coordinate special projects and programs, and provide advice, expertise, and leadership on identified projects and initiatives.
- Manage and participate in advisory processes, committees and/or focus groups that solicit advice from artists, communities and the public about SK Arts programs and services.
- Explore, initiate, and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with arts and community stakeholders including funding partners, recipients of SK Arts funding, individual artists, non-governmental and non-profit organizations, government ministries and agencies (federal and provincial), boards, the public and agency staff.
- Fulfil the requirements for program funding partners by collecting necessary information and statistical data and providing written reports.
- Represent SK Arts through relationships with individuals, organizations, and communities; with the media through print, video, television, or radio interviews; electronic and telephone communications; and public speaking opportunities.
- Attend identified events, conferences, seminars, workshops, etc., to build awareness of the agency and its programs and services, and to inform program development and project evaluation.
- Collaborate with administrative staff to ensure that documents, files, and grants database are accurate and up-to-date, and material that is to be distributed is properly compiled and timely.
- Support other Program Consultants, particularly during periods of heavy workload or during vacations, and contribute to a process of continuous improvement within SK Arts.

**Requirements**:
The Program Consultant - Equity and Inclusion Focus requires:

- Direct experience working with and/or delivering programs to people from one or more of the following marginalized communities: Indigenous, Black or Peoples of Colour, disabled, d/Deaf, members of the LGBTQ2S+ community, people living with chronic and/or mental illness, immigrants, and/or other marginalized communities or groups.
- Post-secondary education, preferably in an arts discipline, arts management, or related to working with marginalized communities supplemented by a minimum of five years’ experience that may include:
a record of success working with:people from traditionally marginalized communities;
artists, collaborative arts programming, and/or in a program or management position within an arts organization or festival; and/or
the development and delivery of arts funding programs, arts research, or policy development or strategic planning; and
a proven ability to produce positive results, to ensure achieveme