Funding Manager / Kaiwhakahaere Pūtea
Want to work at Vincents? Nau mai haere mai!
Do you have experience in managing funds for non-profit organisations? Are you passionate about helping the creative spaces community thrive?
We are currently looking for a funding manager to work in a part-time permanent role in our vibrant community art space in central Wellington. The role is 16 hours per week, plus staff meetings and training as required.
Vincents Art Workshop Te Whare Mahi Toi is an award-winning, inclusive creative space which recently celebrated 40 years of service to the community. This new role aims to secure our financial future so that we can maintain our kaupapa, continue to grow, and respond to the needs of the amazing artists who attend our space.
You will have the opportunity to work as part of a team in a highly creative environment, and apply your skills in managing funding applications, reporting requirements, and seeking sponsorship. Previous experience working in the non-profit sector would be an advantage.
Please contact our administrator Sarah Morris at vincentsartworkshop@xtra.co.nz We will send you a job description and invite you to send your c.v., and a covering letter that references the job description.
Applications close 5pm Friday 6th November
Changing Lives Through Art
Vincents Art Workshop is an essential social service set up in 1985 in response to Government policies of deinstitutionalisation from psychiatric hospitals. It is the oldest Creative Space in New Zealand. It is a community based initiative providing access to arts and craft facilities, skilled tuition, and materials within a supportive environment. All people are welcome and it is free.
People with disabilities, those moving into the community from institutions, the unemployed, people on low incomes and anyone at all from the wider community are welcome! An average of 30 people use the workshop every day, and all work together to make Vincents an exciting and creative place to be. Vincents has a philosophy of inclusion.
Through the creation of a positive and supportive environment many people have found their involvement in Vincents to be therapeutic. Vincents offers a unique model that uses the creative process to help resolve the internal conflicts a person may be experiencing, enabling the development of self-esteem and individual potential.
We provide an art space, art materials and equipment, together with a high standard of art and craft tuition - and, importantly, supportive structured studio spaces with skilled tuition in particular techniques or mediums.