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Job Description / Duties

➢ Are you committed to values that infuse growth in a company?
➢ Are you an advocate for the arts in Saskatchewan and beyond?
➢ Do you place community as a high priority in your value system?
➢ Are you courageous, with the capacity to learn and evolve as an artistic leader?
➢ Are you able to lead a diverse team that is based on transparency, communication, and adaptability?
➢ Are you invested in the continued education around social justice and equity?
➢ Do you thrive on collaboration, creativity, innovation and the ability to propose unique ways to enhance and identify new opportunities?
➢ Are you an effective decision maker driven by deadlines in a productive and healthy manner?
➢ Are you rooted in a positive working style and able to invigorate the rest of the team?
➢ Are you able to motivate, inspire, and enable others to deliver on the strategic priorities of the company?
➢ Are you excited to work in partnership with the General Manager and work together to report to the Board of Directors, as well as be accountable to the community?

Qualifications / Required Skills

Though we don’t expect you to be an expert in everything, the ideal candidate(s) will be able to identify strengths in several of the following areas:
● Canadian Theatre
● The Performing Arts
● Summer Festivals
● An area of theatre making including but not limited to one or more of the following: playwriting, devised creation, designing, acting, directing, technical arts, producing
● Shakespeare and/or related literary and/or non-literary traditions
● The non-profit sector
● Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

In the cover letter, applicants should speak to their suitability as outlined in the Job Description, in addition to addressing the following:
● Your approach to leadership, using examples of other models that speak to your values
● Your approach to managing a team of staff and understanding of wellness-based workplace practices
● Your practice of theatre, knowledge of Shakespeare and related works and their impact and relevance in modern day Canada
● Your approach to the role the arts can play in building strong communities and relationships with multiple stakeholders
● Your understanding of socially-engaged art, and/or art for social change
● Your understanding of decolonization, including alternative leadership and organizational models that challenge existing theatre models
● Your experience with anti-racism work and/or 2SLGBTQ+ communities

We encourage you to reference specific examples pulled from your experiences in your responses.
SOTS values experiences from both paid and unpaid work, including training, education, volunteer work, activism, and arts practice.
We encourage you to address as many of these points as possible in your cover letter,We encourage you to address as many of these points as possible in your cover letter, preferably referencing specific examples pulled from your experiences.

Additional Information

Compensation
● Salary range is $58,000 to $62,000 for full time position (to be split if a job share).
● Modest benefits package
● Flex time
● Paid professional development leave
● Access to modest professional development fund

Application Process
The position will remain open until filled. Applicants are encouraged to apply by April 1, 2022 and will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
This is a full-time year-round position with a target start date of June 1, 2022 (negotiable). Though working remotely can be considered, it is expected that the successful candidate(s) will reside primarily in Saskatoon. Candidates are encouraged to apply on their own, as a team, or express interest in a job share arrangement as suits their individual needs/artistic practice in their cover letter.

Please view the full job description on our website at https://www.shakespearesask.com/pages/careers.html.

Salary: $58,000-$62,000

Contact Information

Applicants are asked to provide a single PDF submission of a cover letter and CV which can be sent via email to boardchair@shakespearesask.com. Please put in the email subject line: Your last name followed by 2022ADsearch. For example, Jones2022ADsearch

Please contact us if you require any accommodations or supports for the submission process.
For more information about SOTS, please visit and explore our website shakespearesask.com and/or contact our General Manager, Melanie Rogowski at 306-653-2300.

Employer Profile

Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival (SOTS) is a vibrant part of the Saskatoon theatre community. Our festival has been a staple of summer in Saskatoon since 1985, attracting over 10,000 visitors annually. Each year, our audience joins us to enjoy dynamic interpretations of classic Shakespeare plays, as well as other works by Saskatchewan artists all on the backdrop of the beautiful South Saskatchewan River and our brand-new festival site on the Meewasin Trail.
SOTS has a long and exciting history of innovation and cutting-edge arts programming. In 2015, the company’s 30th year, we began plans to finally make our temporary home a permanent venue. In 2019-2020, thanks to the success of our $7 million dollar Staging the Future Capital Campaign, we were able to transform our festival site from a gravel lot into a beautiful park. New infrastructure includes a permanent amphitheatre base, box office, walk-up bar with riverside deck, dressing rooms, storage building, Contemplation Circle, beautifully landscaped courtyard, and more. The site itself is now open to the public year-round to enjoy. SOTS was instrumental in changing the landscape of Saskatoon through connections with many partners and community members.

This substantial shift on the site has opened doors to new projects and prospects for the company to grow and connect to the community around it.

The 2021-22 season has been a year of change and reflection for the company as Will Brooks, Artistic Producer, made the decision to move on in November of 2021 after seven years of tremendous leadership that was instrumental in shaping SOTS into what it is today. Two local artists, Yvette Nolan and Skye Brandon, have been shepherding the company for a 1-year limited term to fulfill the requirements of the artistic director, while the organization used this time to reflect and consider how they move forward.

Paramount in our thoughts is how our organization can change now that we inhabit a public space 365 days of the year. In many ways, this is a rebirth phase for the festival as we look to what the next 35 years will be.

MORE ABOUT US
Vision: To make the experience of Shakespeare enriching and accessible to all.
Mission: To mount professional productions of plays by William Shakespeare and other related works, and to celebrate the skills and talents of Saskatchewan artists, in a manner accessible to all.
SOTS strives for a welcoming and inclusive environment where each team member can have a voice and be heard. In the search for Artistic Leadership, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, and beliefs. We encourage submissions from candidates of Indigenous and diverse backgrounds, as well as individuals who identify as having a disability.