JOB POSTING II Canadian Actors' Equity Association - Executive Director

JOB POSTING II Canadian Actors' Equity Association - Executive Director

The Executive Director (ED) is the chief executive officer and senior administrator responsible for all Equity staff operations.

POSITION: Executive Director

POSITION DETAILS: Full Time, Permanent

REPORTS TO: Board of Directors

DIRECT REPORTS: Director of Finance & Administration, Managers of Business Representative Services, Communications Director, Executive Assistant

Canadian Actors' Equity Association (Equity) is the national association of 6,000 active performers, directors, choreographers, fight directors, intimacy directors, and stage managers who are engaged in professional live performance in theatre, dance, and opera. Equity supports the creative efforts of its members by seeking to improve their working conditions, protections, and opportunities.

The business of Equity is to:

1. Negotiate and administer collective agreements and engagement policies on behalf of theatre, dance, and opera professionals;
2. Provide benefit plans, information, and support;
3. Act as an advocate for its membership and the live performance sector.

Equity strives for fairness, integrity, and compassion in all its endeavours. It is a democratically structured organization run by artists for artists. It is entirely self-supporting, funded by artists working on its contracts, through a structure of member dues and fees, and non-member filing fees.

THE POSITION

The Executive Director (ED) is the chief executive officer and senior administrator responsible for all Equity staff operations. This position presents the opportunity to lead a professional association of artists working in Canadian live performance who are united within a vital and evolving national arts community. The mandate of the ED is unusually wide-ranging, and the challenge is unique – to serve an organization whose members are both owners and clients.

The position involves a great deal of visibility, with extensive interaction with all levels of cultural, labour, and funding entities across Canada as well as internationally. Above all, this position presents the opportunity to make a real difference to the well-being of live performance artists and, ultimately, to the fabric of Canadian culture and society.

THE MANDATE

Council provides direction to the Executive Director in such a way as to preserve Council accountability while maximizing the Executive Director’s flexibility, creativity, and freedom to respond to evolving situations.

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