Call for applications: Business and Arts South Africa membership officer

The position is a fixed contract and the successful incumbent will service, maintain and grow BASA’s membership base, providing day-to-day administrative and operational functions.

Duties and responsibilities will typically include:

• Leading on all aspects of membership benefits delivery, member events planning and producing, administration, financial, budgetary, and/or other associated transactions, member programme implementation and administration, internal and external operational/administrative liaison, members marketing, communication and reporting.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required include:

• The ability to make administrative/procedural decisions and judgments.
• The ability to coordinate and organise meetings and/or special events, administrative, word processing, and relevant office skills, proven experience in organising resources and establishing priorities, strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• The ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community, the ability to train assigned staff, knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control procedures, knowledge of communication principles, media, and marketing technique.
• The ability to gather and analyse statistical data and generate reports, as well as demonstrable writing skills.

The role requires:

• Independent coordination of all day-to-day aspects of a members activity; programme planning, implementation, and monitoring; implementation of effective operational/administrative policies and procedures specific to the achievement of identified objectives; writing, editing, and publication of marketing, promotional, and/or educational materials and integrated reports; day-to-day team interaction with, liaison between, and coordination of a wide range of internal and external constituencies involved in member activities; assistance with planning, preparation, and management of budgets and expenditures.

Minimum requirements:

• Experience in arts management/administration.
• Valid driver’s licence.
• Conversant in multiple South African languages.
• At least three years’ experience in a similar role.
• Passion and commitment to the development of the cultural sector.
• Excellent work ethic and great project management skills.
• Willing to travel.
• Able to work effectively in remote settings.

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and a one page motivation letter together with a detailed CV (including certified copies of any relevant qualifications) to recruitment@basa.co.za by no later than 15 June.