Are you the new principal at Fyrverkeriet cultural school?

The cultural school is organized under the cultural department, which has a good and extensive collaboration with other service areas. The cultural department works collectively for common goals for the municipality's residents in line with the municipality's cultural strategy and municipal plan.

We are looking for you with broad artistic expertise who are passionate about spreading the joy of art and culture to the entire population, and who want to create an environment where students, teachers and all partners thrive and experience mastery.

The administration consists of the principal and inspector who work closely together in a team. Fyrverkeriet kulturskole has 10 employees divided into 5.56 full-time equivalents. The school has approx. 250 ordinary student places, but runs programs for about 1400 inhabitants during the year. The school is located in its own building in Raufoss and offers music, singing, theater, visual arts and digital art, but also has great activity in arenas such as schools, care centers and the cultural center's stage. The rector participates in the culture department's management group, which works strategically with opportunities, challenges and conditions for development. In addition to working closely with voluntary teams and associations, various municipal disciplines, professional cultural actors, DKS and UKM, we are involved in several major projects such as Fargespill.

Since collaboration is important to us, you must thrive on developing new collaborations, actively seeking out new environments and working together with municipal residents.

Awork tasks

• Lead a competent and determined department and ensure relevant professional development and a good working environment
• Personnel and financial responsibility for the culture school, DKS and projects.
• Practical management of DKS, projects and events
• Lead and develop teams, project managers and teaching staff
• Develop the School of Music and Performing Arts in line with the Cultural School for All framework plan and the municipality's plans, where the School of Music and Performing Arts as a learning institution, cultural communicator and professional partner is central.
• Contribute to good and coherent services for the municipality's residents across disciplines, businesses and service areas in the municipality
• Teaching can be added to the position

Qualifications

• Relevant higher education
• Relevant leadership experience, preferably with experience as a cultural school principal. Project management and restructuring and development work are also desirable.
• Education and experience from the arts and culture field, as a practitioner and educator
• Good understanding of the cultural school's role and social mission in the local community
• Knowledge of municipal finances and framework conditions
• Good digital skills
• Good Norwegian presentation skills, both oral and written

Personal qualities

• Good communication and collaboration skills
• Relationship-oriented and good at seeing solutions and opportunities
• Committed, development- and result-oriented
• Fierce and courageous leadership style
• Available in everyday work

We offer

• Interesting and challenging leadership position in a professionally strong work environment.
• A creative, development-oriented and good working environment
• An important role in the development of the cultural department Fyrverkeriet kultur
• Good working hours and flexible working hours
• Good pension and insurance scheme
• Good opportunities for skills development

Personal suitability, relevant experience and references will be emphasized

Other

Salary and working conditions in accordance with applicable agreements

It is recommended that you apply electronically via our recruitment system, EasyCruit
Certified copies of diplomas and certificates will be provided on request, but no later than at the start of employment for the determination of seniority and salary.
If you do not want your application to be published, we ask that you explain why. This is a requirement pursuant to Section 25 of the Norwegian Freedom of Information Act. We would also like to point out that an application may be made public even if the applicant has requested not to be included on the list of applicants. The reason for exempting the application from public disclosure must be approved.

Police clearance must be presented.

Contact person

Elisabeth Lund, Head of Culture, elisabeth.lund@vestre-toten.kommune.no

In this position, you are entitled to one of Norway's most secure pension schemes: public occupational pension. Whereas most occupational pensions are only paid out for ten years, a public sector pension is a payment that lasts from the day you stop working and for life. The pension also includes disability and survivor's pensions if something unexpected should happen. With pension rights in KLP, you get a member price and favorable conditions on a number of banking, insurance and savings products. To read more about public sector occupational pensions, click here