Business Director/Manager

About Festival Tweetakt

Every year, the Tweetakt Festival allows a wide audience to experience just how meaningful, surprising, accessible, and powerful contemporary (performing) arts for children and young people can be. With a multidisciplinary program selected for its artistic innovation and accessibility, we reach toddlers, teenagers, and young adults. At the same time, the festival invites adults to experience just how engaging and fulfilling youth art can be. Festival visitors include children with their families or caregivers, teenagers, students, pupils, and professionals from elementary, secondary, and vocational schools in Utrecht and the surrounding area, as well as theater makers, critics, programmers, and other interested adults. Through collaboration with local (neighborhood) organizations, Tweetakt succeeds in involving residents of Utrecht’s culturally diverse suburbs in the festival as well. Tweetakt is the only multidisciplinary youth arts festival in the Netherlands. As one of Europe’s largest festivals for youth performing arts, Tweetakt attracts international programmers every year who praise the high artistic quality of the festival’s program and its emphasis on innovation.

Festival Tweetakt is included in the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science’s Basic Cultural Infrastructure (BIS) 2025–2028. In addition, Tweetakt will receive funding from the Province of Utrecht during the upcoming cultural policy period.

The management team jointly oversees a small team of programmers, production staff, technicians, education, marketing, and communications staff, and a financial officer.

Tweetakt adheres to both the Cultural Governance Code and the Cultural Diversity Code. The collaboration and responsibilities of the executive board are set forth in the executive board regulations. Tweetakt is a foundation with two Executive Directors and a Supervisory Board (RvT), consisting of five experts in the fields of finance, law, politics, the arts, and social affairs.

Tweetakt is looking for:

• A leader and networker with experience in financial management and policy.
  
• A leader who is able to inspire and lead a small team and work collaboratively with them.
  
• Someone with an affinity for the Utrecht region and a relevant network there is a plus.
  
• Someone who can translate strategy and artistic goals into clear, concrete actions in day-to-day practice.
  

Your role as Business Director/Manager

The new Director/Manager will be responsible for, among other things, Tweetakt’s financial and organizational policies. This leadership role involves both financial and operational responsibilities. You will inspire and motivate both your internal team and external stakeholders.

What will you be doing?

• Together with the artistic director, you will form the executive board, which reports to the Board of Trustees;
  
• Together with the artistic director, you will determine the organization’s strategic direction;
  
• You are responsible for the financial and organizational management of the business.
  
• You will help shape the HR policy;
  
• You will maintain working relationships with various external parties, such as funding agencies;
  
• You are responsible for developing plans and grant applications, as well as raising funds and securing sponsors;
  
• You are responsible for internal and external reporting and for financial accountability. This includes, among other things, financial statements and the annual financial statements.
  

What do you bring to the table?

• Business, financial, and analytical acumen;
  
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
  
• An affinity for the performing arts and visual arts, as well as their production;
  
• A relevant degree at the associate's degree level or higher, or equivalent experience;
  
• Creativity, innovative thinking, a proactive mindset, a sense of humor, and the ability to build connections both within and outside the cultural sector;
  
• A smooth and clear writing style.
  

What does Festival Tweetakt have to offer?

• An inspiring workplace in the heart of Utrecht, with strong local roots and a national and international focus.
  
• A position of 0.6 to 0.8 FTE, with terms and conditions of employment in accordance with the Collective Labor Agreement for Theater and Dance, scale 9B, step 6; €6,789.56 on a full-time basis. Salary based on knowledge and experience.