Deadline: Sep 3rd by noon Hours per week: 32

Interviews: Sep 9th ? 15th Start Date: Sep 28
th, 2010
Commitment: Sep 28th/10 ? Sep 23rd/11 Salary: Commensurate with 
experience

Art Starts is an award-winning charitable, not-for-profit organization 
committed to arts-based community development in the city of Toronto. Our
mandate is to build healthier communities using the arts. We are a growing
organization currently operating five sites across the city. We understand 
that the arts are a medium for engaging residents, creating a shared sense 
of identity, identifying challenges and collectively working to overcome 
them.
Art Starts uses the arts as a vehicle to encourage social change in 
underserved neighbourhoods by offering high quality, responsive and 
relevant creative opportunities to those who do not have access. We bring 
together professional artists with people from various neighbourhoods and 
create projects and programs in all artistic media, with all ages, with 
artists and participants from various ethnic backgrounds. We reflect the 
cultures of the neighbourhood and build bridges among them. We also 
function as an advocacy and referral organization for the artists with 
whom we work.

Position Summary: The Managing Director is responsible for overseeing and 
managing all operations related to Art Starts successfully using the arts 
to build healthy communities. This is a one-year contract to cover a 
maternity leave.

Responsibilities:
Managing the overall strategic direction of Art Starts? programming and 
administration, in partnership with the Board and staff

Supervising the Program Director, Director of Development and 
Administration Manager

Cultivating, developing and facilitating new relationships and 
partnerships that support Art Starts? growth and mandate

Researching and pursuing new funding sources in collaboration with the 
Director of Development to support our desired growth

Continuing to nurture existing funding sources/bodies

Developing annual budgets and program plans with the Director of 
Development and the Program Director

Overseeing funding applications (including government, foundations, 
corporate, etc.) and writing reports
Overseeing the development of a new social enterprise initiative at the 
Yorkdale Community Arts Centre
Writing and/or overseeing the production of all communications including 
website, marketing materials, press releases, social media, print and 
email newsletters

Overseeing all systems related to running Art Starts in a prudent, 
responsible manner (e.g. record-keeping, final reports, financials etc?)

Reporting to the Board of Directors

Job Requirements:
minimum 3 years management experience
exceptional HR skills
experience in and a profound understanding of art-making in a community 
context
outstanding written, verbal and communication skills
demonstrated communications experience (web, social media, press releases)
expertise and experience managing a charitable, not-for-profit 
organization
demonstrated success in management
artists are encouraged to apply
experience with social enterprise an asset

Send resume & cover letter to: hr@artstarts.net

We regret that only those applicants to be interviewed will be contacted.