Summary:

The AfrikaBurn Art Portfolio is looking for a full-time Art Administrator, who can appreciate a spreadsheet as much as a sunrise in the desert, to join our team in Cape Town.

We’re looking for a young professional with a background in the arts, ready to grow with the ever-evolving work that is to stay relevant and cause impact in the world through community-driven art within the South African context.

AfrikaBurn is the strategic driver of Burning Man culture in the Southern African region and plays a significant role in the arts and culture sector of South Africa. Most known for its flagship event in the Tankwa Karoo, as a public benefit organisation, AfrikaBurn is the human scaffold that helps a diverse creative community propel numerous arts and development projects.

Key Responsibilities:

Administrative Support:

• Creative Projects Documentation: Record, track, and follow-up on project registrations;
• Segment and compile project and artist’s information;
• Archive appropriately all portfolio’s related information;
• Assist with day-to-day operations.

Volunteers Liaison and Coordination:

• Wrangle and coordinate the various Art teams and committees (e.g., ArtCom, Structural Safety, Arteria);
• Facilitate collaborations between projects and volunteers;
• Maintain the art volunteers database and knowledge base;
• Handle all art portfolio volunteers related matters – Communicating, Calling, Scheduling, Recording, Filing, Assisting, Guiding, etc.

Communications & Reporting:

• Monitor and respond to art-related email correspondence;
• Ensure the distribution of up-to-date art information across AfrikaBurn’s channels;
• Take note and flag any publishing of any AfrikaBurn art related content that poses a risk to the AfrikaBurn Ethos and Culture;
• Contribute to reporting and reflection;
• Protect the Art and the Artists, and act to ensure fair and equitable radical-self-expression.

Requirements:

• A diploma or degree in Arts, Humanities, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Google Suite and Workspace (specially Sheets and Docs), willingness to experiment with new tools, and system-driven curiosity.
• Time and travel flexibility:
  • Working with volunteers means that often we work weekends and evenings;
  • Ability to work within an online environment; and a minimum of 3 days a week from our office in Salt River;
  • Availability to travel to the Tankwa Karoo when necessary outside of the annual event time
• Bonus Points for:
  • Have attended the annual AfrikaBurn event in the Tankwa Karoo at least once.
  • Have volunteered at any AfrikaBurn event at least once.
  • Multilingual skills in one or more of the South-African languages, besides English.
  • Driver’s Licence is not mandatory, but it’s useful.