Director of People and Culture

Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Ashland (OR); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, seeks a Director of People & Culture to lead a team and reimagine the employee experience in a complex, collaborative theatre environment.

As a senior leader, you will shape a people-centered culture, partner with artistic leadership, and help support both staff and the art. This is a moment of transition and renewal for OSF.

Job description

Description

Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) in Ashland, OR seeks a Director of People & Culture to join the team at one of the nation’s leading cultural institutions at a moment of meaningful transition and renewal. The Director of People & Culture will lead a team with the goal to help stabilize, strengthen, and reimagine the employee experience, supporting both the people and the art at the heart of the organization. The Director of People & Culture will serve as a key member of the senior leadership team, responsible for shaping and stewarding a people-centered culture within a highly collaborative and uniquely complex theatrical environment.

OSF was founded in 1935 and has grown from a three-day festival of two plays to a nationally renowned theatre arts organization that presents a rotating repertory season of up to 10 plays and musicians, including illuminating interpretations of Shakespeare, other enduring classics, and new works. OSF productions have been presented on Broadway, internationally, and at regional, community, and high school theatres across the country. OSF received the 1983 Special Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre and is one of the largest nonprofit theatres in the nation with three stages, including an outdoor Allen Elizabethan Theatre.

The search is being led by VP of Executive Search Cynthia Fuhrman, in consultation with and support from the TOC Arts Partners search team.

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