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Date Post­ed: Jan­u­ary 26, 2026
Appli­ca­tion Dead­line: Feb­ru­ary 28, 2026
Start Date: ASAP 2026
Orga­ni­za­tion’s Field/Discipline: The Arts — Music and sound
Term: Min­i­mum one year as of start date
Career Lev­el: Upper man­age­ment

ABOUT CNMN/RCMN — New name RCMSN

The Cana­di­an New Music Net­work (CNMN) / Réseau cana­di­en pour les musiques nou­velles (RCMN) con­nects cre­ative music and sound com­mu­ni­ties across Cana­da. We val­ue cre­ativ­i­ty and inno­va­tion, and devel­op our pro­gram­ming through a lens of arts activism. We wel­come cre­ators, per­form­ers, writ­ers, arts pro­duc­ers, arts work­ers, ensem­bles large and small, pro­duc­tion com­pa­nies, pre­sen­ters, record labels, music edu­ca­tors, music media and tech work­ers and cre­ators, musi­col­o­gists, and listeners.

With­in the next year, CNMN will com­plete its tran­si­tion to a new name and bilin­gual acronym:  RCMSN. This name reflects both the French name (Réseau de créa­tion musi­cale et sonore), and the Eng­lish (Cre­ative Music and Sound Net­work).  A new inter­ac­tive web­site is also in devel­op­ment; these changes offer scope and breadth to our com­mu­ni­ty, inclu­sive of prac­ti­tion­ers and advo­cates for music and sound in many dif­fer­ent forms.  Mov­ing away from the in-per­son Forum mod­el of pre­vi­ous years, our focus now will be on the strength­en­ing of our online hub, encour­ag­ing man­i­fold sound prac­tices, offer­ing prag­mat­ic resources to our mem­bers, and fea­tur­ing new ways to stay in touch across our vast and diverse country.

Since 2005 CNMN has sup­port­ed com­mu­ni­ty build­ing and net­work­ing, offer­ing edu­ca­tion­al and com­mu­ni­ty resources for pro­fes­sion­als and non-pro­fes­sion­als alike. CNMN mem­bers sup­port each oth­er and share oppor­tu­ni­ties and ideas, includ­ing how artists can col­lab­o­rate and advo­cate for social jus­tice and envi­ron­men­tal resilience.

RCMSN is com­mit­ted to a diverse and inclu­sive nation­al cre­ative music and sound com­mu­ni­ty. Diver­si­ty in all its forms (race, cul­ture, gen­der iden­ti­ty, sex­u­al ori­en­ta­tion, reli­gion, lan­guage, phys­i­cal abil­i­ty, age, and aes­thet­ic) is a guid­ing fac­tor in achiev­ing its goals.

CNMN’s activ­i­ties include: a bilin­gual web­site — with a search­able list­ing of mem­bers and resources; the PCM Hub, show­cas­ing cre­ative com­mu­ni­ty music projects; and reg­u­lar events focussed on arts activism and aware­ness, knowl­edge shar­ing, com­mu­ni­ty build­ing, and networking.

RCMSN rep­re­sents its mem­ber­ship and cre­ative music and sound arts to fed­er­al fund­ing bod­ies, oth­er arts organ­i­sa­tions, and the media.

CNMN is a ful­ly bilin­gual organ­i­sa­tion, com­mit­ted to com­mu­ni­cat­ing with its mem­bers in both offi­cial lan­guages. CNMN is com­mit­ted to pro­mot­ing diver­si­ty with­in the com­mu­ni­ty and seek­ing rec­on­cil­i­a­tion with Indige­nous Peo­ples in Canada. 

JOB DESCRIPTION

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

• Direct­ing and over­see­ing all admin­is­tra­tive aspects of the organization. 
• Work­ing close­ly with the Board of Direc­tors to artic­u­late the organization’s vision, mis­sion and goals.
• Main­tain­ing RCM­SN’s strong com­mu­ni­ty con­nec­tion through com­mu­ni­ty engage­ment, net­work­ing with nation­al arts organizations.
• Over­see­ing the cur­rent major project of re-mak­ing the web­site accord­ing to the pre-deter­mined vision estab­lished by the pre­vi­ous direc­tor, board of direc­tors and staff. You would be work­ing close­ly with a web­mas­ter, bring­ing your spe­cif­ic exper­tise and expe­ri­ence to con­tribute to and over­see the process. 
• Man­ag­ing all fis­cal mat­ters includ­ing bud­get devel­op­ment, fore­cast­ing, and man­age­ment of oper­a­tional and project budgets.
• Lead­ing and sup­port­ing grant writ­ing and fundrais­ing efforts with staff and/or grant writ­ers to secure fund­ing through arts coun­cils and foundations.
• Imple­ment­ing the Google for Non-Prof­its sys­tem, and over­see­ing the pro­to­cols asso­ci­at­ed with Québec’s Loi 25.
• Work­ing close­ly with the com­mu­ni­ca­tion’s man­ag­er and admin­is­tra­tive assis­tant as a col­lab­o­ra­tive, inter­de­pen­dent unit.
• Hir­ing and man­ag­ing extra con­tract staff as required.
• Avail­abil­i­ty to work on week­ends, evenings and stat hol­i­days as need­ed to par­tic­i­pate in sig­nif­i­cant events.

YOU BRING TO THIS ROLE

• Train­ing in arts admin­is­tra­tion or equiv­a­lent experience
• Knowl­edge of and excite­ment about cre­ative music and sound prac­tices and com­mu­ni­ties in Cana­da and abroad
• Inter­est in and gen­er­al under­stand­ing of web-devel­op­ment is a strong attribute, though not required.
• Strong com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills. Flu­en­cy in both French and Eng­lish would be an asset
• Lead­er­ship expe­ri­ence and the abil­i­ty to man­age a team of 2 members
• Capac­i­ty to com­mu­ni­cate effi­cient­ly and report back to the board of directors.
• Strong finan­cial man­age­ment skills, espe­cial­ly in the non-prof­it cul­tur­al sector
• Excel­lent inter­per­son­al skills and abil­i­ty to work with indi­vid­u­als and groups in decision-making
• Expe­ri­ence and com­mit­ment in fos­ter­ing a cul­ture of inclu­sion and diversity
• Famil­iar­i­ty with dig­i­tal tools includ­ing Excel, Word, Word­Press, Adobe Suite, Face­book, YouTube, Insta­gram as well as col­lab­o­ra­tion tools such as Google Suite

WE OFFER

• Flex­i­ble scheduling 
• Remote work environment

POSITION DETAILS

• Report­ing to: Board of Directors
• Con­tract terms: half-time con­tract (20 hours per week for 48 weeks), 1 year term with pos­si­bil­i­ty to renew as fund­ing allows — this is also sub­ject to mod­i­fi­ca­tion by poten­tial­ly increas­ing the amount of bill­able hours 
• Com­pen­sa­tion: $30-$35/hr based on expe­ri­ence and skills of the cho­sen candidate.

Note: This is a remote work posi­tion. The two part-time staff are locat­ed in Montréal.

HOW TO APPLY

Please email your resume and cov­er let­ter by Feb­ru­ary 28 to the fol­low­ing two addresses:

ATTN: CNMN Board Search Com­mit­tee + CC Lib­erté-Anne Lym­be­ri­ou (board co-pres­i­dent) assistant.cnmn@gmail.com cc l.a.lymberiou@gmail.com

Inter­views will be held by videoconferencing.

To learn more about CNMN/RCMN, please vis­it our web­site: www.newmusicnetwork.ca | www.reseaumusiquesnouvelles.ca