Art Centre Manager – Indigenous Visual Arts

Lead a nationally significant Aboriginal-Owned Art Centre in remote NT. Relocation assistance provided to support your move to Maningrida!

Role Based in Maningrida, NT: Lead Indigenous Visual Arts at One of Australia’s Most Significant Aboriginal-Owned Art Centres

• Competitive Salary of $100,000 – $120,000 PLUS Super

• Relocation Assistance & Rent-Free Furnished Accommodation

• Salary Packaging Up to $18,550 Tax-Free

• 6 Weeks’ Annual Leave, 17.5% Leave Loading & MORE!

• Dry-Season Road Access to Darwin and Kakadu National Park

About the Opportunity

Whether you’re a gallery or museum manager, an arts or cultural program leader, or a senior leader from the community or not-for-profit sector, this is a rare chance to lead Indigenous visual arts in a remote community. Bawinanga Homelands Aboriginal Corporation is seeking an Art Centre Manager to lead Maningrida Arts & Culture in Central-West Arnhem Land, with flexibility to consider more senior candidates.

You’ll take strategic and operational leadership of a nationally significant art centre, guiding artists across 12 distinct language groups and working alongside a stable, experienced team, many of whom have been with the centre for over 20 years. Reporting to the COO, you’ll balance genuine commercial performance with deep respect for cultural protocols and community ownership.

Living and working in Maningrida is part of the role. We’ll support your move with relocation assistance and rent-free, furnished accommodation, so you can focus on settling into community life.

Duties

• Implement the Art Centre’s strategic plan, including an enhanced commercial strategy in line with BHAC’s broader strategy

• Lead the production, presentation, exhibition and sale of artwork through the Art Centre, gallery and retail partners

• Protect artists’ intellectual property, copyright and Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP)

• Manage artwork records, cataloguing and stock control using the SAM database

• Develop exhibition proposals and manage relationships with galleries, museums and art fairs

• Pursue grant and funding opportunities, including applications and acquittal reporting

• Lead, mentor and supervise a team of up to 10 staff

• Oversee Art Centre budgets and maintain compliance with financial delegations and procurement requirements

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualification in arts, arts management, art history or a related discipline (or equivalent relevant experience)

• Good commercial acumen and strong people management and organisational skills

• Genuine cross-cultural competency and a sound understanding of the Australian Indigenous visual arts sector

• Current manual driver licence, Ochre Card, National Police Check and First Aid Certificate (or ability to obtain)

• Transferable experience from gallery, museum or arts and cultural program management, or senior leadership in the community or not-for-profit sector, highly regarded

• Experience within an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation or remote community setting highly regarded

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.

Benefits

This is more than a management role, it’s the chance to lead a centre with genuine national and international standing. Alongside a competitive salary of $100,000 to $120,000 + Super, you’ll receive:

• Relocation Assistance and Rent-Free, Furnished Accommodation

• Generous Salary Packaging of up to $18,550 tax-free

• 6 weeks’ Annual Leave plus 17.5% Leave Loading

• Dry-Season Road Access to Darwin and Kakadu National Park

• A stable, experienced local team and genuine community-led governance

Community-Led. Nationally Recognised.

Maningrida Arts & Culture is one of Australia’s oldest Aboriginal community-controlled art centres, with major projects underway alongside the National Museum of Australia and the ASEAN-Australia Centre. If you’re ready to lead Indigenous visual arts in a remote community, APPLY NOW!