About Museums & Galleries of NSW

Museums & Galleries of NSW (M&G NSW) helps small and medium sized museums, galleries and Aboriginal cultural centres create exciting and engaging experiences for communities and audiences, and through this, thriving local NSW communities.

We don’t run museums, galleries and cultural centres, but our organisation cares about those who do. We develop their skills, connect them with others in the industry, provide funding, point visitors their way and give them access to ground-breaking exhibitions and program opportunities. We have a special allegiance to volunteer run community museums and have several programs which address their needs.

As an organisation, we’re involved with program delivery, professional development, small grant funding and Aboriginal cultural development projects. Put simply, everything we do is designed to improve the visitor experience.

About the Role

We are looking for the next CEO of our organisation to lead the development of the museums and galleries sector in NSW. You will have the opportunity to shape the sector’s path into the future. Driving the achievement of M&G NSW’s strategic goals as set out with the M&G NSW Board in line with Create NSW funded KPI’s.

M&G NSW works with volunteer run community museums, regional galleries and equivalent professionally staffed museums, and Aboriginal cultural centres across metropolitan, regional and remote NSW. We enjoy strong ties with local and state government stakeholders. Given an additionally diverse range of program partnerships and national reach, it is integral that you will be able to build on strong relationships, balancing the different needs of the sector we serve. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong capabilities and a vision to maintain and develop sector wide strategies for the sustainability and improved capacity of the sector.

Selection Criteria

We are looking for a CEO who will have:

  1. Experience in a not-for-profit art or cultural organisation, with a preference for someone with a strong and detailed understanding of the sector, its diverse make-up and different needs
  2. Demonstrated experience in a leadership role within a high-performing team
  3. Bold ideas for developing and implementing strategies to drive forward the organisation and sector
  4. Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to maintain and form relationships across a broad range of stakeholders
  5. Strong skills in business planning and development, as our organisation has a history of disciplined spending and has have fostered strong relationships with our funders.
  6. Demonstrated understanding of governance, HR and financial management skills needed

Application process

Please submit a cover letter addressed to the Chair of the M&G NSW Board, your written response to each of the above selection criteria, along with your CV and contact details for two current referees.

Albury City Council is managing the recruitment process on behalf of M&G NSW.

For more information or to apply visit the M&G NSW website.