Senior Manager, National Arts Centre Orchestra

Introducing the National Arts Centre

The National Arts Centre (NAC) is Canada’s bilingual, multi-disciplinary home for the performing arts. The NAC presents, creates, produces, and co-produces performing arts programming in various streams – the NAC Orchestra, Dance, English Theatre, French Theatre, Indigenous Theatre, and Popular Music and Variety – and nurtures the next generation of audiences and artists from across Canada. The NAC is located in the National Capital Region on the unceded territory of the Anishinabe Algonquin Nation.

At the National Arts Centre, we believe the performing arts are vital to the human experience. A house of dreams for the Canadian performing arts, we work with artists and arts organizations from across this land to revitalize our sector.

Curious to learn more? Read our 2023-2026 Strategic Plan, The Journey Ahead.

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Anti-Racism and Accessibility

We are on a journey, committed to ensuring that equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, anti-racism and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples will guide our actions.

The NAC welcomes applications from candidates who can help us meet our vision, and contribute to the diversity of lived experiences, perspectives, and approaches. When you join the NAC, you will be part of an inclusive community working hard to dismantle barriers to employees’ well-being, access, potential, and success. The NAC actively seeks candidates who identify as women, Indigenous, Black, Persons of Colour (IBPoC), members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, and people with disabilities. We encourage you to self-identify in the recruitment process.

Key Activities

• Reporting to the Managing Director, NAC Orchestra (NACO), the Senior Manager of Community Partnerships works with an energetic orchestra administration and orchestra to create and lead the NACO’s community engagement strategy.
• Responsibilities include:
• Develop, manage, and nurture relationships with local organizations and other external and internal stakeholders, including the musicians of the orchestra, to create and implement the NAC Orchestra’s community engagement plan to align with the NAC’s Strategic Priorities, and the NAC Orchestra’s mission and values
• Lead on the discussion and implementation of ideas around community engagement impact at the national level, also in collaboration with other community partnership roles at the NAC, and with the EDI and Arts Alive teams.
• As part of the community engagement plan, working with NACO Administration team to program community engagement weeks with the orchestra.
• Create and implement professional development opportunities for orchestral artists and arts organizations across the country, for example workshops for emerging composers.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with NAC Orchestra to collaborate in the development of community engagement plan partnership opportunities.
• Create and manage budget associated with the community engagement plan;
• Manage Learning & Engagement team, NACO, effectively communicating priorities, setting goals, providing feedback, and managing performance.