Te Papa’s mission is to understand the past, enrich the present and meet the challenges of the future. Te Papa is more than just the national museum that houses New Zealand’s treasures. It is a meeting place, a place for lifelong learning, and a place that inspires a sense of wonder and connection.
The Audience & Insight Directorate has been established to lead an integrated approach across the organisation to how our visitor-facing activities connect people, taonga and stories. Audience-centric and strongly collaborative, the directorate brings together the activities of programme development, audience research and evaluation, marketing and communications, digital strategy, and content and exhibition design.
We have an exciting opportunity to join this mahi in the new role of Head of Programming & Evaluation.
The Head of Programming & Evaluation provides confidence and insight for decision-making and planning. Using our knowledge of our visitors as a foundation for decision-making, the position brings together expertise and leadership from across the museum to work collaboratively on the development and delivery of the programme. In this role you’ll draw on experience designing, planning and delivering significant exhibition / events programming to bring a dynamic, coherent and exciting rolling five-year programme to Te Papa.
Supported by a Programme Coordinator, the Head of Programming & Evaluation:
- Ensures the programme delivers our vision of connecting people, taonga and stories in order to achieve a sense of wonder, belonging and purpose
- Champions audience development goals, and identifies strategies to achieve these
- Ensures the expression of Te Papa’s collections and research through the programme’s content
- Ensures Te Papa’s commitment to biculturalism and serving the many diverse communities of Aotearoa New Zealand shape the programme
- Maintains a holistic view of Te Papa’s operations, onsite and online, to inform the planning and prioritisation of the programme
- Oversees continuous evaluation of the delivery and impact of the programme to improve future planning and delivery
To be successful in the role, you’ll bring:
- The skills and insight required to lead programme planning and prioritisation in a museum or similar creative environment
- Experience creating and implementing audience-centric strategies and programmes
- An understanding of how activities such as exhibitions and sizable event programmes need to be planned and project-managed for successful delivery
- Commitment to Te Papa’s bicultural kaupapa
- A strongly collaborative approach to your work
- Highly effective planning, communication, negotiation and influencing skills
The position requires strong analytical, creative, motivational and problem-solving skills. It combines pragmatic understanding of the museum’s spaces, channels, processes and resources with creative and imaginative leadership. There is significant scope for the person in this role to show organisation-wide leadership, and a rich and rewarding environment in which to work.
We hope to interview in November, with the successful applicant starting in the New Year, though there is flexibility in this timeline.
All applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand.
For more information or to apply visit: JobsTePapa.
