About the Company:

Ndere Troupe was founded by Rwangezi Stephen in 1984 as a cultural organisation for universal unity through music, dance and drama. The troupe is among over 1600 Uganda development theatre association groups entertaining and educating people through music , dance and drama. The word ‘endere’ means ‘flute’, the Ndere Troupe therefore means Flute Troupe.

Job Summary: The Museum Curator will be responsible for assembling, cataloguing, managing and presenting/displaying artistic and cultural collections at Ndere cultural centre.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• The curator will develop ways in which objects, archives and artworks can be interpreted, through exhibitions, publications, events and audio-visual presentations.
• The curator will be responsible for buying exhibits, organising exhibitions, arranging restoration of artefacts, identifying and recording items, organising loans and dealing with enquiries.
• Developing and organising new collections to expand and improve educational and research facilities
• Extensively researching, negotiating prices on and buying items such as sculptures, statues and paintings that can add value to the collection
• Maintaining records and cataloguing acquisitions
• Researching, compiling and preparing written information about catalogues and publishing it on the institution’s website
• Collaborating with other institutions
• Ensuring that collections are properly preserved
• Raising funds and grants
• Interviewing, hiring and training staff and managing volunteers.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• This position is open to graduates of all disciplines, but particularly relevant subjects include: anthropology, archaeology, art, art history, arts administration, event/exhibition management, history.

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to organise, present and communicate messages effectively through design
• Excellent project management and organisational skills
• Knowledge of fundraising for cultural projects
• Knowledge of working with museum databases and IT issues
• Good teamworking skills
• Excellent research and IT skills.

All candidates should send their updated CVs via Email to info@ndere.com or hand deliver it to Ndere Cultural Centre