ICH Interpretation & Public Engagement Section Head JOB
Full time
at دائرة الثقافة والسياحة – أبوظبي
in
UAE
Posted on January 12, 2025
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ICH Interpretation & Public Engagement Section Head JOB
Company: Department of Culture and Tourism Job Purpose: To manage and establish strategies, plans and objectives for ICH Interpretation & Public Engagement Section, aiming to illustrate interrelationships and connections between ICH practices. The Section Head role will manage the overall planning and execution of ICH public engagement programmes, aiding to increase awareness and to extend outreach to targeted audiences. Also, the Section Head role will manage and monitor all aspects of developing innovative and creative ICH content and interpretations in line with defined projects’ objectives and specifications. Also, the role will manage ICH activations and operations, ensuring that all activations are delivered in line with ICH Activations Calendar and in accordance to defined budgets and expected standards. Strategic Plans and Partnerships- Establish the strategy, plans and objectives for ICH Interpretation & Public Engagement section, aiming to illustrate interrelationships and connections between ICH practices.
- Ensure that continuous research is conducted on public engagement, interpretations, and activations to identify best practices and to develop creative ideas for various ICH elements.
- Manage and guide the development of ICH public engagement platforms and projects, ensuring diverse and targeted outreach with the aim of raising awareness and building dialogue.
- Review marketing briefs and monitor marketing content delivery, ensuring that all content raise awareness and promote ICH elements in liaison with Culture Sector Marketing Department.
- Provide direction and guidance on the design of ICH outreach activations, events and participations detailed strategy plan that aims at engaging younger generations locally and foreign audience groups internationally.
- Manage the planning and delivery of ICH content and initiatives to be embedded in schools in liaison with Education & Outreach Department.
- Monitor and manage the development and execution of interpretation plans for ICH elements, including crafts, traditional performing arts, culinary heritage and other practices and expressions.
- Manage and direct the planning and delivery of innovative ICH interpretation schemes and designs, ensuring that developed interpretive productions and materials meet creative standards and experience expectations.
- Strengthen and enhance partnership with Culture Festivals & Platforms Department to ensure that key ICH platforms are incubated through content development.
- Oversee and manage the overall selection, production, and evaluation of content per project, while ensuring alignment of content with project’s objectives and needs.
- Direct the section on the sensitive nature of ICH and potential challenges and ensure that deliverables take account of the sensitive nature when working with heritage practices.
- Proactively monitor the representation of ICH elements, including history and current social practice in order to ensure their accurate representation.
- Foster relationships with subject-matter experts and approve profiles of subject-matter experts and specialised heritage interpretation professionals, ensuring their alignment with required expertise and heritage interpretation demands.
- Oversee operational and financial aspects of activations and public engagement programmes, while ensuring alignment with defined timelines, budgets and objectives.
- Direct and manage the planning and execution of ICH activations and operations, while ensuring that all activations are delivered in line with ICH Activations Calendar.
- Manage the day-to-day operations of the section providing some guidance in the related area, encouraging teamwork and facilitating related professional work processes in order to achieve high performance standards and ensure that employee activities are performed in timely, efficient, and effective manner.
- Ensure all relevant environment, health and safety policies, procedures and controls are adhered to so that employee safety, legislative compliance, and a responsible environmental attitude can be guaranteed.
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