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PROGRAM AND OPERATIONS COORDINATOR (Calgary, AB)
Help bring new plays to life across Alberta.
Alberta Playwrights’ Network (APN) is seeking a creative, organized, and community-minded Program and Operations Coordinator.
This is an opportunity to bring your artistic and organizational skills into a salaried role that combines creative collaboration with hands-on arts administration. Working across programs, membership services, and organizational development, you’ll help connect playwrights with opportunities and contribute to an exciting new chapter of a province-wide arts organization.
This position is particularly well-suited to theatre artists, educators, emerging arts leaders, or professionals looking to deepen their organizational experience while nurturing their own artistic or outside practices.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Reporting to Executive Director Louise Casemore, the Program and Operations Coordinator plays an important part in keeping APN’s programs, services, and day-to-day operations running smoothly. You’ll work across a broad range of responsibilities, from supporting programs (including dramaturgy, workshops, and competitions) to managing our membership system, assisting with funding applications, and helping develop new strategies to serve playwrights throughout Alberta.
Working closely with a small but passionate inter-provincial team, you’ll have opportunities to contribute ideas, take initiative, build new skills, and learn how a busy arts service organization operates.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Membership Management
Oversee APN’s membership services, including maintenance of the membership database, tracking renewals, and responding to member inquiries.
Help strengthen relationships with playwrights by providing a welcoming, community-connected place for them to reach out with questions or concerns.
Program Coordination and Delivery
Support APN programs, including processing competition submissions, sourcing jurors/facilitators/instructors, preparing invoices, assistance with casting for workshops/readings.
Assist with the coordination of play readings, community gatherings, and script workshops around the province.
Contribute to program development and help identify strategies to better serve members and the broader provincial arts ecology.
Administrative and Organizational Support
Assist with administrative processes, including Canadian Actors’ Equity Association (CAEA) contracting, grant writing, fundraising initiatives, and casino-related activities.
Manage the day-to-day operation of the APN office, including monitoring supplies, space bookings, maintaining records, filing documents, and overseeing data backups.
Help keep APN’s information systems organized, responsive, and effective.
Collaboration and Growth
Work collaboratively to deliver programs and advance organizational priorities.
Bring curiosity, initiative, and fresh perspectives to the ongoing development of APN’s services and activities.
Identify opportunities and potential partners related to new play development, community-building, and arts advocacy.
POSITION DETAILS AND COMPENSATION
Position: Program and Operations Coordinator (Permanent)
Location: Calgary, Alberta, working on-site at the APN office with the option for some hybrid/remote activity
Hours: 20-25 hours per week, on an employee-determined weekly schedule
Salary: $25,000 annually, paid biweekly
Benefits: Access to health spending account / benefits plan (following an initial probationary period)
Vacation: Two weeks of vacation earned annually, plus an office closure over the December holiday period
Professional development: Dedicated budget support for courses, training, and other professional development opportunities
Start date: January 4th, 2027, with opportunity to begin paid onboarding in December if available
WHO YOU ARE
You’re a collaborative, resourceful, and results-driven professional who understands the value of supporting artists and the arts as a whole. You enjoy building sustainable ways of working, and balancing the details of administration with the bigger picture of artistic impact.
You bring:
Experience: A minimum 3 years of experience in arts administration. A related degree or certificate in Arts or Culture Management is an asset in addition to work experience, but not required.
Interest: A passion for play development or theatre making, community building, and supporting Alberta’s arts ecology. *Dramaturgs and individuals with experience in directing are particularly encouraged to apply.
Grant writing skills: Demonstrated efficiency in grant writing and familiarity with municipal, provincial, and federal arts funding streams.
Organizational strengths: The ability to manage multiple projects and priorities, maintain strong attention to detail, and keep administrative processes on track.
Flexibility and initiative: Comfort working independently, taking ownership of tasks, and collaborating with colleagues in a remote environment. This includes planning taskflow based on capacity and program demand, generating timesheets to report on hours, and use of task management systems.
Care: An enthusiastic willingness to be part of an organization prioritizing equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility within our artistic processes, hiring, and day-to-day work.
We recognize that no two career paths are alike. If you bring relevant or related experience from outside fields, a strong interest in new play development, and a willingness to learn, we encourage you to apply!
WHY JOIN APN?
Alberta Playwrights' Network is a not-for-profit provincial organization dedicated to playwrights at all levels of experience, as well as dramaturgs, organizations, and supporters of playwriting.
In operation for over 40 years, our members represent a wide cross section of age, creative focus, and backgrounds, coming together as part of APN from rural and urban communities across the province. We strive to be a truly province-wide organization, with representation from all corners of geography and experience.
If you care about new plays and are excited by a role that combines creativity, administration, and meaningful service, we’d love to hear from you.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates are invited to complete their application using the Google Form below. Applications will include submission of a resume or CV, names and contacts for two references or professional endorsements, and written or video response to questions related to experience, interests, and goals.
Applications open: October 21st, 2026
Applications accepted until: November 18th, 2026 at 11:59pm
Submit applications to: https://forms.gle/Xh7PKY6N7JS3G8d16
Anticipated start date: January 4th, 2027
Applications will be reviewed by a Hiring Committee made up of APN leadership, Board, and community members, with candidates selected for an interview to be contacted within ten days of the closing date.
We enthusiastically invite applications from individuals who self-identify as being from under-represented communities. If you require accommodations during any part of the application process, or have questions about the position, please contact louise@albertaplaywrights.com
We thank all applicants for taking the time and effort to apply, and look forward to connecting with you!
Call for Board Members
Want to have a big impact on the arts in Alberta? Alberta Playwrights' Network is a not-for-profit provincial organization of emerging and established playwrights, dramaturgs, and supporters of storytelling in all its forms. APN is currently looking for volunteer Board Members, including a Treasurer, to join our team. We are especially looking for representation in Northern Alberta.
DUTIES WILL INCLUDE:
o Attend and participate in monthly board meetings
o Review the agenda, minutes, reports and budgets to prepare for meetings
o Question budgetary or report inconsistencies to ensure strong financial oversight
o Volunteer time (as available) for events, outreach, and fundraising efforts
o Learn APN’s mission, policies, programs, and needs to ensure they are fulfilled
o Offer ideas that will help us move forward with our goals
o Evaluate the performance of executive leadership
o Participate in strategic and organizational planning
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
o Energetic and goal-oriented professionals, and/or,
o Entrepreneurial individuals, and/or,
o Community organizers willing to engage their peers, and/or,
o Members of the organization wishing to become more involved, and/or,
o Philanthropic leaders looking to invest in the arts, and/or,
o Executives interested in learning more about the industry
To apply, contact Executive Director Louise Casemore at louise@albertaplaywrights.com
APN is committed to removing barriers; fostering an environment of opportunity; upholding the values of equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility; and supporting diverse storytelling. We actively encourage nominations and applications from members of groups with historical and/or current barriers to equity.
APN acknowledges the many First Nations, Metis, and Inuit people who are the original storytellers and knowledge keepers of this land.
APN Is a signatory to the 35/50 Initiative and is committed to those principles and goals in the work we do now and our work in the future.
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Please fill out the form below to let us know if you’d like the opportunity to volunteer with us.