Managing Director - Urgent Role

We are searching for an enthusiastic Managing Director to join our awesome team at Aeriosa Dance Society in Vancouver, BC.
Growing your career as a Full Time Managing Director is a terrific opportunity to develop useful skills.
If you are strong in creativity, teamwork and have the right mindset for the job, then apply for the position of Managing Director at Aeriosa Dance Society today!

Organization:

Aeriosa Dance Society

Deadline:

Apr. 14, 2023

Organization Description:

Aeriosa Dance Society is an artist-driven dance production company that has been a BC non-profit since 2005 and a federal charity since 2009. The mission of Aeriosa is to dance on earth in air. Under the direction of Ucluelet-based choreographer, founder, and Artistic Director, Aeriosa combines art, environment, and adventure, making dances on buildings and mountains, in the tree canopy, and on stage, finding new movement perspectives in the realm of suspension.
Aeriosa produces dance and movement-based performances for the public, provides specialized vertical dance training for professional artists, and offers educational programming in dance and other art forms to the community. Vertical dance is an emerging and growing art form using rope and harness rigging systems to suspend dancing bodies in air and stage performances in high-angle terrain. Aeriosa creates dance in non-traditional surroundings, proposing unusual performance scenarios to artists and audiences alike. Aeriosa presents many free and low-cost performances and workshops, which outreach to underserved communities and new audiences, believing that open access to dance and other arts programming strengthens our social fabric thus enriching all our lives. Aeriosa has long-established relationships and co-led artistic collaborations with a close circle of diverse, underrepresented artists and groups.
Location: Aeriosa maintains two home bases in BC. We operate on the ancestral unceded territories of xwməθkwəy̓ əm, Skwxwú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ First Nations (Vancouver) and Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ, ƛaʔuukwiiʔatḥ First Nations (Ucluelet, Tofino and Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks).

Website:

http://aeriosa.com

Job Description:

Reporting to the Artistic Director, the Managing Director is Aeriosa's administrative leader and provides highly skilled, effective, ethical management of administration and financial tasks. This enables the Artistic Director to dedicate the majority of her time to leading Aeriosa’s artistic development, research, creation, production, training, and educational programming. The Managing Director should enjoy doing hands-on productive work as well as thoughtful analysis and strategizing. This position is suitable for remote work. The successful candidate will primarily work- from-home and provide their own office equipment.

Responsibilities:

The Managing Director collaborates with Aeriosa’s executive team, workers, volunteers, and community partners, maintaining and promoting a safe, healthy, and respectful workplace; applying Aeriosa’s policies and commitments to reconciliation, equity, diversity and inclusion in all actions and communications. The Managing Director also tracks the organization’s financial health ensuring fiscal sustainability and integrity.This is an independent contractor position. Aeriosa is active year-round, with production programming often peaking between May and September.Administrative• Annual and Multi-year Planning: Developing organizational plans and timelines with key milestones and dates.
• Grant Writing: Preparing funding applications to relevant funders at all government levels and writing special project proposals.
• Administrative Systems and Document Management: Developing and maintaining complete, well-organized records, backups, and working documents in Aeriosa’s G-suite. Ensuring document retention aligns with best practices.
• Business Communications: Preparing and distributing written information to key staff, contractors, board members, partners, volunteers, funders, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
• Public Communications: Supervising the development of marketing objectives, plans and timelines. Assisting the Marketing Coordinator with preparing and editing marketing and promotional content.
• Insurance Management: Researching and maintaining all relevant insurance coverage.
• Memberships and Subscriptions Management
• Fundraising: Researching innovative approaches to fundraising diversification (private and
earned sources).
• Data Collection and Reporting
• Human Resources Support: Coordinating agreements and related HR documents for/with
staff and contractors, ensuring clear communication throughout the work term.
• Health and Safety Support: Assisting the Safety Director and Site Manager with recording
and retaining health and safety information.
• Board of Directors Support: Preparing board meeting and AGM minutes, documents for
Board approval, etc.Financial

• Budget/Financial Management: Preparing annual forecasts and quarterly updates of operating, program, and project budgets; monitoring and updating budgets; maintaining appropriate records (invoices, contracts, grant notifications, receipts); invoicing agreement documents, monthly bank and credit card reconciliations, payments processing, day-to-day banking requirements; preparing official tax donation receipts.
• Bookkeeping: Working with Sage Accounting Online software, review, track, input, and export financial data and maintain accurate bookkeeping records.
• Financial/Reporting: Compiling and submitting financial reports including: CRA, Charities, GST Return, BC Societies, WorkSafe BC, CADAC; all required grant/funder reporting; ensure financial policies are applied in all contract terms, bank accounts, transactions, and investment decisions; preparing T4A forms; providing needed information and records to external auditors for year-end statements.

Qualifications:

KEY COMPETENCIES
• Commitment to working within Aeriosa’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusionary principles.
• Excellent collaborator and communicator.
• Experience with budget preparation and managing expenses within project budgets.
• Experience managing various concurrent tasks.
• Ability to be a team player but can also work independently.
• Experience with project management and related skills.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
• At least five years of progressively responsible and successful experience in a performing arts environment, preferably dance.
• Strong technical acumen and computer literacy; knowledge and experience with common programs is preferred, but not required in all cases (i.e. Microsoft Word and Excel, Google Suite, Sage Accounting Online, CADAC, government funding platforms, MailChimp, Zoom). Supplemental professional development will be provided.
• Strong not-for-profit financial literacy and budget management skills, including project (fund) accounting, budget preparation and analysis, decision-making, and reporting.
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills characterized by the ability to listen, speak, and write well.
• Proven experience in grant writing and reporting.
• Knowledge of fundraising strategies and donor relations unique to the not-for-profit sector.
• Strong work ethic and team-building skills and the ability to establish and maintain positive
working relationships within the organization and community.
• Ability to work well under pressure, stay organized, motivated, and focused with strong time
management skills.

How to Apply:

Submit your resume, cover letter and two (2) references to View email address on allianceforarts.com with the subject line “Managing Director Application - (First & Last Name)”. Please note we will only be contacting candidates shortlisted for an interview at this time.
Aeriosa encourages all qualified candidates to apply. If you require special access accommodations to interview for this position, please indicate this in your cover letter.

Remuneration:

Annual compensation will range from $50,000 to $60,000 (plus GST if applicable), commensurate with qualifications, work experience and deliverables. Renewal of the initial contract after Dec 31, 2023 will be dependent on a successful performance review and completion of the probationary period. ENGAGEMENT TERMS The Managing Director will be engaged under a Consulting Services Agreement outlining the term of the contract, the services to be performed, the schedule of deliverables to be completed and the aggregate fee. Consulting invoices will be paid monthly. PERKS • Flexible work environment including the option to work from home or remotely; • Access to shared work-space and internet at the Aeriosa production studio in Vancouver; • Paid time and financial support, to attend training sessions and professional development workshops supporting the job requirements.

Contact Name: Julia Taffe
Contact Email: View email address on allianceforarts.com
Contact Phone: View phone number on allianceforarts.com

Benefits of working as a Managing Director in Vancouver, BC:

● Excellent benefits
● Advancement opportunities
● Advantageous package

● Remote Work opportunity