Purpose
The Archives Manager is responsible for leading and managing the implementation of the Market Theatre Foundation Archival Strategy, ensuring the systematic collection, preservation, digitisation, and promotion of archival materials both tangible and intangible that records the organisation’s artistic, social and institutional history. The role manages archival workflows, develops procedures, ensure condition assessment and appropriate upkeep of archival objects, and ensures legal and ethical compliance, including copyright and intellectual property permissions for use of archival materials. The Archives Manager plays a key role in enabling consolidation of archives, access for research, publications, exhibition, heritage projects and public storytelling, while ensuring the long-term protection and care of the collection (e.g audio visual materials, historic documents and scripts, posters, photographs, paintings, sculptures, set designs).
Purpose |
In terms of the Cultural Institutions Act, 1998 (Act 119 of 1998), the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Mr G Mckenzie invites members of the performing arts (Playhouse/Theatres) fraternity and the public to nominate persons to serve as members of Council of the following Performing Arts Institution (Cultural Institution):
- The Market Theatre Foundation (Johannesburg, Gauteng)
Nominated candidates should possess a broad understanding and experience in the field of performing arts; managerial; financial expertise; legal; marketing and liaison; fundraising; education and cultural/social research; corporate governance, as well as a willingness to render community service. The remuneration of the appointed nominees is in line with the remuneration scheme of the National Treasury guidelines as prescribed in the Cultural Institutions Act as amended.
Anyone wishing to nominate persons to serve as members of Council of the aforementioned Performing Arts Institution (Cultural Institution) should submit the following:
- A letter containing full names, address, and telephone numbers of the nominee, giving reasons for nomination.
- Recently updated Curriculum Vitae of the nominee, including three contactable references.
- A brief statement signed by the nominee accepting the nomination and explaining his/her suitability for appointment.
- Certified copies of qualifications and ID document.
