Caetani Cultural CentreExecutive Director
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About the Caetani Cultural Centre
The Caetani Cultural Centre Society (CCCS) is the steward of one of British Columbia's most unique cultural and heritage assets. Operating from the historic 125-year-old Caetani House—a 6,000-square-foot designated heritage home situated on 1.3 acres in Vernon's Lower East Hill—the Society preserves and shares the extraordinary legacy of the Caetani family while fostering creativity, learning, and community engagement through arts, culture, and heritage programming.
Owned by the City of Vernon and operated by the Caetani Cultural Centre Society, the Centre welcomes hundreds of visitors each year through guided and self-guided tours, exhibitions, artist residencies, educational programs, workshops, festivals, and community events. At the heart of the collection is Sveva Caetani's internationally significant Recapitulation series, permanently returned to the Centre after more than 35 years with the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, along with archival collections and artifacts that tell the remarkable story of the Caetani family.
Today, the Caetani Cultural Centre stands at an exciting and pivotal moment in its evolution. With a renewed commitment to organizational sustainability, governance excellence, collections stewardship, and community impact, the Society is embarking on its next chapter. Significant opportunities exist to strengthen operations, expand partnerships, diversify revenue, grow audiences, and further establish the Centre as a leading cultural destination in the Okanagan and beyond.
The Board of Directors is seeking a visionary, collaborative, and entrepreneurial Executive Director to lead the organization through this period of growth and transformation. This is an exceptional opportunity for an innovative leader who is passionate about arts, culture, heritage, and community building, and who is excited to shape the future of a treasured cultural institution while honouring its remarkable history.
About the Role
Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director is responsible for providing strategic leadership and operational oversight of the Caetani Cultural Centre Society. Working collaboratively with the Board, Operations Manager, staff, volunteers, artists, members, donors, and community partners, the Executive Director will lead the implementation of the Society's Strategic Plan while ensuring the organization remains financially sustainable, operationally effective, and true to its mission.
This is a unique opportunity to lead an organization entering an exciting new phase of growth. The successful candidate will help strengthen internal systems and governance, build organizational capacity, expand community engagement, and position the Caetani Cultural Centre as a leading arts, heritage, and cultural destination in the Okanagan.
Strategic Leadership and Organizational Development
The Executive Director will work closely with the Board to translate the Strategic Plan into measurable operational priorities and organizational outcomes. The role requires a leader who can balance long-term vision with day-to-day execution while fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing organizational culture.
Key responsibilities include ensuring financial sustainability, strengthening organizational systems and policies, supporting staff and volunteer development, leading change initiatives, and ensuring that the Society has the people, processes, and resources necessary to achieve its mission. The Executive Director will champion innovation while respecting the unique history, collections, and values of the organization.
Operational Excellence
The Executive Director provides overall leadership for the daily operations of the Society, ensuring that programs, exhibitions, events, visitor experiences, collections stewardship, and facility operations are delivered to a high standard. Working with staff and volunteers, the Executive Director will establish efficient systems, monitor organizational performance, manage risk, and ensure compliance with applicable legislation, policies, and funding requirements.
A strong focus on operational planning, continuous improvement, and organizational effectiveness will be essential as the Society continues to grow.
Financial Sustainability
The Executive Director is responsible for the financial stewardship of the Society, ensuring income targets are met, sound budgeting, financial planning, reporting, and resource management. Working closely with the Board the Executive Director will develop annual operating budgets, monitor financial performance, and ensure appropriate financial controls are maintained.
A key priority of the role will be strengthening the Society's long-term financial sustainability by diversifying revenue sources through grants, fundraising, sponsorships, memberships, earned revenue, and strategic partnerships.
Community Leadership and Partnerships
As the public face of the Caetani Cultural Centre, the Executive Director will cultivate meaningful relationships with artists, cultural organizations, Indigenous communities, government agencies, educational institutions, donors, sponsors, members, volunteers, and the broader community.
The Executive Director will actively promote the Centre's programs, heritage, and collections while seeking collaborative partnerships that increase the organization's visibility, relevance, and impact throughout the region and beyond.
Stewardship and Innovation
The Caetani Cultural Centre holds a unique place within British Columbia's cultural landscape. The Executive Director will provide leadership that honours the Centre's heritage while embracing innovation and new opportunities for growth. This includes supporting excellence in collections stewardship, expanding public access and engagement, strengthening arts programming, and exploring new ways to tell the Caetani story.
The successful candidate will be an entrepreneurial and collaborative leader who is excited by the opportunity to build organizational capacity, inspire others, and help shape the future of one of British Columbia's most distinctive cultural institutions.
Qualifications
The Executive Director will demonstrate unwavering dedication to the mission of Caetani Centre. They will possess a track record of successful leadership and adept relationship management.
The Ideal Candidate
- Revenue Generation and Financial Sustainability: Proven success developing and implementing diversified revenue strategies through grants, sponsorships, philanthropy, earned revenue, memberships, partnerships, and fundraising initiatives.
- Visionary and Strategic Leadership: Demonstrated ability to think strategically, identify emerging opportunities, and translate long-term vision into measurable organizational outcomes.
- Arts and Cultural Sector Experience: A strong understanding of the arts, culture, heritage, and non-profit landscape, particularly within Vernon, the Okanagan, and British Columbia. An appreciation for the role cultural organizations play in building vibrant communities.
- Relationship Building and Community Leadership: Exceptional ability to build trust and cultivate productive relationships with municipal, regional, provincial, and federal governments, Indigenous communities, artists, donors, sponsors, community organizations, and other key stakeholders.
- Negotiation and Partnership Development: Demonstrated success negotiating agreements, developing strategic partnerships, and creating collaborative opportunities that advance organizational goals.
- Governance Experience: Experience working effectively with a Board of Directors, with a clear understanding of governance best practices and the respective roles of the Board and Executive Director.
- Innovation and Organizational Growth: A forward-thinking leader who embraces change, identifies new opportunities, and fosters a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and organizational excellence.
- People Leadership: Experience leading, mentoring, and inspiring staff and volunteers while building a collaborative, inclusive, and accountable organizational culture.
- Operational and Financial Acumen: Strong business management skills, including strategic planning, budgeting, financial oversight, risk management, and organizational development.
- Education and Experience: A post-secondary degree in business, arts administration, public administration, non-profit management, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and senior leadership experience.
- Other Requirements: A valid BC driver's licence, access to reliable transportation, the flexibility to work occasional evenings and weekends, and the successful completion of a criminal record check.
The Caetani Centre’s Commitment to Equal Opportunity and Diversity
The Caetani Centre is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workplace. We celebrate the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all individuals and believe that diversity strengthens our team and enhances our ability to serve our community.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic.
Remuneration
This is a full time, on site position. The salary range for the Executive Director position at the Caetani Cultural Centre is $65,000 to $72,000 annually. Starting salary depends on experience and commitment to meeting income targets, a budget and strategic priorities will be provided to shortlisted candidates for review.
The Executive Director may be eligible for an annual performance bonus based on the Centre’s achievement of its Board-approved income and expense targets.
In lieu of a traditional benefits package, the Caetani Cultural Centre offers a predetermined annual health spending account for the Executive Director. This account provides flexibility and autonomy for the Executive Director to manage their health and wellbeing needs according to their preferences and priorities.
Application Process
Applications will be accepted until Friday, October 16, 2026.
To be considered for this opportunity, please submit your resume to [email protected].
We thank all applicants for their interest in the Caetani Cultural Centre Society. Only those selected to move forward in the recruitment process will be contacted. Short listed applicants will receive an email by October 30, 2026 inviting them to participate in the next stage of the selection process.
Pay: $65,000.00-$72,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Store discount
- Wellness program
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Work Location: In person
