Festival Overview
Kilkenny Arts Festival is Ireland’s oldest multi-disciplinary arts festival and has been bringing artists of world stature to Ireland’s medieval city since 1974, including Victoria de los Angeles, Seamus Heaney, Peter Brook, Steven Isserlis, Natalie Stutzmann, Sir Andras Schiff, Jordi Savall, Joshua Bell and Dawn Upshaw; it has premiered co-productions of Shakespeare’s plays in site specific locations with Rough Magic Theatre Company, Shakespeare’s Globe and Druid; hosted opera premiere productions with Irish National Opera and Opera Collective Ireland; and welcomed a dizzying array of artists to perform and collaborate during the Festival. It is governed by a voluntary Board of Directors and managed by a professional executive team led by the Director, who combines the roles of Artistic Director and Chief Executive. In 2023, for its 50th edition, the Festival welcomed over 500 artists from countries around the world, and staged almost 150 events in locations across Kilkenny.
In a crowded national and international festival landscape, Kilkenny Arts Festival has achieved for over 50 years, a rare sense of artistic excellence and rigour in its programming. Artistic residencies form a key part of the Festival’s identity and programme, as will commissions and world premieres by leading and emerging Irish and international artists, continuing a long Kilkenny tradition of commissioning new work. The Festival engages with as wide an audience as possible (local, national and international) seeking particularly to link the core, its local community, with an artistic platform of international calibre.
The Festival is core-funded through the Arts Council’s as a ‘Strategic Organisation’ under Multi-Disciplinary Festivals; and is also funded significantly by Fáilte Ireland and Kilkenny County Council, and is made possible by substantial sponsorships and donations from local businesses and key partners. With a strong track record in financial management, the company is in a healthy financial state.
The company currently employs two full-time staff, the Festival Director and Festival Producer. The Marketing and Development Manager, Production Manager, Box Office Manager and Volunteer Coordinator are engaged on seasonal, fixed-term, fixed purpose contracts.
The Role and Responsibilities
The Festival seeks to appoint a Festival Administrator who is highly motivated, hardworking and ambitious, with a central role in all activities at Kilkenny Arts Festival.
Reporting to the Festival Director, the Festival Administrator occupies a central role in the Festival Team throughout the year, alongside the Festival Producer. The role-holder will be a key point of contact for third parties involved with the Festival and central to the administration of the summer festival operation each year.
NB: The post is a full-time contract position.
Full responsibilities, terms and conditions are outlined in the job description.
How to apply
To apply for this position, please send a CV and a covering letter of no more than three pages, in a single document, outlining your interest in and suitability for the role to: info@kilkennyarts.ie. Should you have any queries, please contact Céline Reilly at the same address, or +353 56 776 3663.
Deadline for applications: 31/03/2025 17:00
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