A Head of Culture at Curro Holdings Ltd

Key performance areas

Culture activities and programme and management   

• Create annual culture activities plan across the high school based on cultural organizing bodies schedules.
• Liaise with cultural organizing bodies.
• Registration of leaners with relevant bodies.
• Plan and set up culture roster and extramural programme for the year, and per term.
• Create and manage communications to parents regarding cultural activities. 
• Arrangement of transportation to schools for cultural activities where required.
• Create and manage the process of indemnity and permission slips for all events.
• Provide input into marketing process including providing of content and writing of newsletter inserts / extracts.
• Oversee and manage all cultural activity processes. 
• Assign and plan staff duties roster for educators who wish to coordinate and facilitate.
• Plan and order cultural equipment.
• Manage service and repairs of equipment.
• Cultural budget management. 
• Represent school on district planning committees.
• Setting of awards criteria and management of the awards process.
• Relationship building with neighbouring schools.
• Source and invite adjudicators for all events.
• Source and manage outside coaches for cultural activities as required.
• Liaise with the music center and ensuring that quality service is given to our learners.
• Drive excellence in all cultural activities presented by the school. 

Qualifications, experience and skills

• An Honours’s degree in Arts
• Must be able to teach Dramatic Arts to Grade 10 to 12. 
• Certificate in Events Management.
• IEB experience is essential
• SACE Registered.
• Experience in coaching and organizing cultural events.
• The suitable candidate must have a passion for the ARTS and to instill this passion to the learners to understand the contribution of studying towards the ARTS can be beneficial to their future.
• A person who has a clear vision, is able to continue to develop the Culture department within Curro Aurora and work incredibly closely with the Curro Create.

Closing date: 31 March 2026.