Bozar is seeking to hire a new Director Exhibitions.
Reporting to the CEO / Artistic Director, the new Director Exhibitions will be a key figure in the development of the artistic mission for Bozar. The ideal candidate will be a strong artistic accomplice for the CEO /Artistic Director, and will bring surprising and radical ideas. This Director Exhibitions will be unafraid to step out of the conventional path aiming to appeal both to existing and to new audiences. They will have a track record of producing high quality, innovative exhibition programmes, which capture attention both at home and abroad. They will be digitally savvy and cognisant of societal issues such as environment, gender, race and equality.
As a multi-arts centre, Bozar seeks a new Director who has a genuine interest in many genres and will be keen to work with the heads of the other disciplines and think creatively, bringing contemporary content and vision and focused on the excitement this could generate. New perspectives will be at the heart of programming, which is able to navigate between contemporary arts and historical retrospectives. The new director will bring a track record of innovative and internationally recognised high quality and compelling exhibition programmes.
The Director Exhibitions will be very well networked internationally and will be comfortable talking to sponsors, foundations and the media. They will be team leaders, supporting their staff in the delivery of great work.
The Director Exhibitions will have sufficient language facility in English, along with French or Dutch or be willing to follow an immersion course to meet the language requirement.
Bozar welcomes applications from candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds without distinction of gender, religion, skin colour, nationality, sexual orientation or disability, aiming to reflect the diversity of Brussels in both its staff and its visitors.
For more information or to receive an application pack, please contact Debra Young of Purple Light Consulting Limited on +44 20 8458 5460 or email debra@purple-light.co.uk
Closing date for applications: 5 March at midnight