Senior Manager

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

National Gallery Singapore is a leading visual arts institution which oversees the world’s largest public collection of Singapore and Southeast Asian modern art. Situated at the birthplace of modern Singapore, in the heart of the Civic District, the Gallery is housed in two national monuments - City Hall and former Supreme Court - that have been beautifully restored and transformed into this exciting 64,000 square metre venue. Reflecting Singapore’s unique heritage and geographical location, the Gallery aims to be a progressive museum that creates dialogues between the art of Singapore, Southeast Asia and the world to foster and inspire a creative and inclusive society. This is reflected in our collaborative research, education, long-term and special exhibitions, and innovative programming. The Gallery also works with international museums such as Centre Pompidou, Musée d'Orsay, Tate Britain, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT) and National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), to jointly present Southeast Asian art in the global context, positioning Singapore as a key node in the global visual arts scene.

In 2020, the Gallery was the only museum in Southeast Asia that received a ranking in The Art Newspaper’s annual global survey of attendance at art museums, taking 20th place. It was the first museum in Asia to receive the Children in Museums Award by the European Museum Academy and Hands On International Association of Children in Museums in 2018. The Gallery also won the awards for “Best Theme Attraction” at TTG Travel Awards 2017, “Best Attraction Experience”, “Breakthrough Contribution to Tourism” and “Best Customer Service (Attractions)” at the prestigious Singapore Tourism Awards in 2016 for its role in adding to the vibrancy of Singapore’s tourism landscape.

We offer job opportunities in our dynamic organisation. Working at the Gallery enhances and cultivates your love for the arts, and offers you a chance to be part of the Gallery's vision.

DESIGNATION : Senior Manager (Outreach & Learning)

RESPONSIBILITIES

This role has a strong collaboration and programme delivery focus, which involves working with internal and external stakeholders to design and present meaningful art experiences and encounters beyond the Gallery walls to community spaces and public areas.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES but not limited to the below**:

- To plan, calendarise and work in collaboration with strategic partners to implement the Gallery’s outreach engagement plans to take the art experience beyond the physical museum walls and into public and community spaces, with a vision to create awareness, enhance accessibility and develop meaningful connections between individuals and communities who may be new to art and the Gallery, its exhibitions and collection
- To keep pace with developments in arts-based community engagement practices and strategies, access and inclusion practices, psychographic profiles of local arts audiences, and social impact of the arts.
- To identify key stakeholders within the eco-system as strategic partners with similar shared objectives and shared stake in the outreach outcomes, who can also ensure that the outreach impact remains sustainable beyond the initial engagement. This portfolio requires an ability to work closely with and develop relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders including artists, arts producers, academic researchers, social service agencies, members of the public, government agencies, and corporates to co-design the programme around shared and sustainable outcomes.
- To plan, coordinate, deliver and evaluate outreach programmes which are relevant and effective in engaging a broad-based audience with visual art through participatory and collaborative approaches, that also considers the innovative use of technology and its deployment in creating the experience.
- To adapt textual and visual content for broad-based audience groups, as well as different audience groups and publicity platforms, e.g. website, print collateral, social media, etc.
- To work with other internal divisions such as the Programmes, Curatorial, Partnership Development and Marketing teams to provide content to maximise opportunities for programme content development, partnership and promotion respectively.
- To work closely with the Gallery’s internal Museum Research team from the onset to develop and define evidence-based impact measures and an evaluation plan to assess the efficacy of the mode of outreach engagement, and monitor/track the on-going evaluation of the programmes and services and implement improvements as necessary. To conduct regular reporting and sharing of key observations and learning points internally.
- To work closely with other members of the Gallery’s learning team to enhance outreach experiences of museum based learning programmes and assets that travel to schools.
- Responsible for building a trav