The Arts Council has a strategic responsibility for developing arts festivals in Ireland. Festivals are key producers and presenters of the arts and are critical to engaging large and diverse audiences. The Arts Council provides financial supports and developmental initiatives to a number of single artform and multidisciplinary arts festivals. In its role as the development agency for the arts the Arts Council provides developmental supports and initiatives for festivals.

The Arts Council now wishes to appoint a Festivals and Events Adviser who will meet the needs of the organisation both from a quality and service delivery perspective. The advice sought is primarily to:

1. appraise and assess funding applications
2. provide critical advice on work
3. assist in considering the scope of the specified funding application assessment work,
4. provide professional advice to the Head of Festivals and Events, including on the ongoing development of Arts Council policy and support related implementation strategies.

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