The Wantok Musik Foundation is a not-for-profit music and social impact organisation who, for more than two decades have engaged with artists, musicians and communities from First Nation Australia, and across the Pacific to record, release and provide an avenue for the music, unique stories and traditional sounds of our region to have a global platform.

For 20+ years, Wantok Musik has been recognised as the preeminent label that focuses on platforming artists from First Nations across Australia and the Torres Strait and within the broader Pasifika region.

The Role

The General Manager role is a dynamic position that encompasses all aspects of label, media, project and financial management. It requires a professional with an eye for detail, a strong project management skillset, and someone who can pivot effortlessly and has flexibility to adapt to changing priorities.

It’s a hugely rewarding role that provides the essential functions for all administrative aspects of running a record label, alongside end to end project management of our social impact work. The role requires a sound knowledge of the music industry, from booking and promotion to scheduling and distribution.

Underpinning success in this role is a solid suite of skills and the abilities including:

• Project and budget management
• Grants and funding
• Licensing and publishing
• Governance and advocacy
• Day to day administration
• Media, publicity and digital content

We strongly encourage applications from Pasifika and First Nations people, people of colour and from diaspora communities, people with lived experience of Disability, and people from LGBTQIA+ communities. We are dedicated to developing safe and flexible working environments, and are committed to a cultural of continuous improvement, learning and unlearning.

The Wantok Musik Foundation acknowledges the vast history, connection to country and cultural knowledge of First Nations communities across Oceania and strives to provide an environment that is spiritually, socially and emotionally safe.

We pay our respects to elders past and present, acknowledging the traditional owners of the lands on which we work and live.

Please email [email protected] using the subject line: General Manager - Remote / Work From Home enquiry via EthicalJobs for a full Position Description or if you would like to discuss this role in more detail.

A position description is attached.