Gallery Leader

Permanent Full Time | 9 day fortnight

$95,258 pa + 12% super (level 4)

72.5 hour fortnight

Location: Caboolture

Join City of Moreton Bay as a Gallery Leader and help shape and enrich our communities for today and tomorrow through inspiring arts and cultural experiences.

As part of the Cultural Services department, you will lead the operation of a dynamic gallery space that delivers high-quality exhibitions and public programs to connect with our diverse community. You will provide leadership and direction to a small team, ensuring the gallery is a welcoming, inclusive and engaging environment for all visitors. This role also plays a key part in fostering relationships with local artists, community groups and stakeholders, ensuring programming is locally relevant and impactful, while maintaining a well-presented and efficiently operated facility.

You will:

Supervise the daily operations of a gallery delivering a continuous exhibition program and a range of public programs

Lead and manage team members

Ensure the gallery is presented as a welcoming, safe and engaging space, including identifying and addressing general facility maintenance matters

Build and maintain relationships with local community stakeholders to inform exhibitions and programs

Prepare and maintain venue performance reports and statistical data to support operational insights and improvements

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This position requires the successful applicant to be available to work any 5 out of 7 days as part of the ordinary hours. Your standard roster will be Tuesday to Saturday, with a Saturday RDO.

We’re seeking a natural leader with a genuine passion for the arts, who equally combines the experience of developing engaging, exhibition-led programs that foster community connection and support individual wellbeing with the operation of a cultural facility.

You will be innovative and collaborative in your approach to building community engagement and positive experiences and have effective leadership and communication skills to actively engage with our stakeholders, including our residents, creative practitioners and tourists.

You will have the ability to uphold our values to provide effective leadership and strong experience and knowledge in the operations of a visitor-focused cultural facility. The successful applicant will be required to provide the following:

Tertiary qualification in Cultural Services and/or equivalent experience

Current C class drivers’ licence

What you do with your life matters. It’s the same with your career.

We’re the third-largest council in Australia and one of the fastest-growing areas. As Australia’s newest city, we’re building something that’s never been done before: a new kind of city, inspired and empowered by a new kind of council.

This is your opportunity to develop skills and experience in a truly unique place, at a truly unique point in time.

At City of Moreton Bay, we’re focused on the vital work we do today. But we’re also focused on the future. On what can be – for our city, our Council and your career.

Here’s what you’ll love about a career with us:

See it. To build a city of the future, first, you have to see it . The polycentric city we’re building will bring greater prosperity, sustainability and affordability to our city. This is your chance to contribute to something that’s never been done before.

Shape it. You’ll get hands-on in a rewarding career, serving and strengthening our communities for today and tomorrow. Our work is diverse, interesting and it matters – and it’s yours to shape and own.

Live it. Contribute to the city you and your family want to live in and enjoy the lifestyle you deserve. And if you don’t live here, you’ll still find pride and connection in so many ways with our successful, resilient team.

You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits:

Find a better work-life balance with a nine-day fortnight.

Negotiated salary increases locked in through our EBA - 4% in July 2027 (or CPI capped at 4.5%, whichever is greater).

Advance your skills and career through our Study, Training And Research Scheme (STARS).

Make your pay go further with salary packaging options on novated leases, superannuation payments, smartphones and devices.

Prioritise your health and wellbeing with discounted health insurance, free annual flu vaccinations and our Fitness Passport Program.

Get support when you and your family need it most with our 24/7 confidential counselling service, leader support hotline and Mates in Construction program.

Join City of Moreton Bay, and help shape our city of the future.

Click on the 'Apply Now' button below to complete your online application. Please upload a current resume that demonstrates how you meet the requirements for this role. You will also have the option to add a cover letter should you wish.

As part of the recruitment process, applicants will be required to undergo a National Criminal History Check.

Any questions - please contact our Careers team at [email protected] .

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Your Future City. See it. Shape it. Live It. City of Moreton Bay extends across the traditional lands of the Jinibara, Kabi Kabi, and Turrbal peoples, and we acknowledge and pay respects to Traditional Custodians. We believe diversity of thought, background and experience creates better outcomes for our people and communities, and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all ages, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.