• Job Description

  Req#: 23892

  Marylyn Mayo Intern Project Management Assist/ Intern)

  • Gain experience working in Aotearoa’s leading visual arts organisation
  • Play a support role in the Exhibitions and Project Management team
  • 24 hours per week, March - October 2024

  Summary: Part-time administrative support role to the Exhibitions and Projects Manager at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

  He angitūtanga: The opportunity

  Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is a cultural leader in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our purpose is to be a creative catalyst for art and ideas, offering transformational experiences that strengthen and enrich our communities. The Gallery's vision is to be the home of art for Auckland, its people and visitors to its internationally recognised award-winning building. Established in 1888, the Gallery holds a preeminent collection of New Zealand art and a significant collection of international art, and presents a dynamic programme of temporary exhibitions, public engagement and outreach activities.

  An opportunity has arisen for a part-time Project Management Assist to support the Exhibitions and Projects Manager in the successful delivery of the Gallery’s new triennial exhibition of contemporary New Zealand art, Aotearoa Contemporary.

  The position will also support the Curatorial and Exhibitions Coordinator on the delivery of the long-running nationally significant award, The Walter’s Prize.

  This is a fixed term internship from approx. mid-March – 25 October 2024.

  24 hours per week.

  To access the full position description please click here: Marylyn Mayo Intern 2024

  For an outline of this year’s project work please see here: Mayo Intern Project 2024

  He kōrero mōu: About you

  Passionate about contemporary art and artists, you will have excellent administrative and organisational skills. You will be comfortable working with a wider range of individuals and job roles, establishing the critical path and milestones for their deliverables, monitoring progress, and raising issues and risks when required. Calm under pressure, you will have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and be able to use your negotiation and influencing skills to enable a team to achieve deadlines, to a high level of finish, on budget. Strong relationship building skills are essential as you will work on team projects with a diverse range of people within and outside of the organisation. You will take pride in demonstrating professional integrity and maintaining confidentiality.

  You will have:

  • A graduate qualification in visual arts, art history, design, museum studies, or related field.
  • Experience working on collaborative projects in a gallery/museum, or similar environment.
  • Experience managing and monitoring budgets.
  • Experience working with artists, curators, performers, designers, or other cultural sector workers.
  • Experience or a strong interest in project management in the cultural sector.
  • Experience using project management software (Asana, MS Project) is desirable.
  • Experience using accounting software (SAP, Ungerboeck) is desirable.
  • Experience in using Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook)

  Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou: What we offer

  If you have a keen interest in project management in the cultural sector, contemporary New Zealand art, and working with artists, and are looking for an opportunity to work with professional colleagues at a challenging and exciting period of the Gallery's development, then look no further. This is an excellent opportunity for someone building their career to gain experience at Aotearoa New Zealand's leading visual arts institution. This role comes with a fixed-term, part-time contract (24 hours per week until October 25, 2024).

  You will work standard business hours, although you may be required to work on evenings or weekends on an occasional basis to support events.

  (Band D) $52 – 55,000k pro rata per annum based on skillset and experience.

  Tono mo te mahi/To Apply

  Note:

  • Please provide a cover letter
  • No need to add your roles in the non-mandatory fields if your CV is up to date
  • You need to have the right to work in NZ already. We are unable to support visa applications for this role
  • Applications close at 11.59pm on March 1st 2024

  If you have specific questions regarding this role, please contact gina.seward@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz.

  
  Tātaki Auckland Unlimited is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and we are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application to assist you through the recruitment process.

  Tātaki Auckland Unlimited strongly encourages our employees to be fully vaccinated.

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  783 Auckland Council is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand.

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