Committee Member with Contract Expertise

Victorian arts organisation Cinespace is a non-profit incorporated association registered with Consumer Affairs Victoria. Cinespace works in screen arts, supporting emerging filmmakers and screen creators from diverse cultural backgrounds, both at a grass-roots community level, and also as emerging and early-career creatives move toward becoming industry professionals.

Cinespace is seeking a professional, Arts Law student or graduate with Legal (Contract Law, ideally arts law) experience and with a passion for the creative arts, and ideally with experience in the not-for-profit sector, to join our Committee.

This role shares responsibility and decision-making with other members of the Committee. This role will support our organisational governance activities with legal and risk, compliance oversight and advice to the Committee on legal and contracting matters. The role will also assist with checking and monitoring contracts for the many projects we undertake. 

We require a Criminal History check of an applicant for this role.

About Cinespace Inc.

Established in 2016, Cinespace Inc. is a non-profit incorporated association that supports the Victorian screen industry and Australian screen culture, ensuring that it is representative of the broader inter-cultural community. We work to create greater cultural diversity on screen and behind the scenes, working predominantly to offer skills, networks and opportunities to emerging creatives from culturally-diverse (including refugee and asylum seeker) and First Nations backgrounds.

Our vision is for a more representative screen culture, and through our work to contribute to social cohesion, opportunity and well-being.

We have an organisational residency at Footscray Community Arts Centre for two years.