IHME Helsinki is seeking an event producer

The contract is for the period 29 July to 30 September 2024 and working time is 37.5 hours/week – except for week 38, when the award ceremony for the Maaleipä Challenge will be held on Saturday 21 September. We will also produce the programme for the Climate Security Festival, which will take place at the Finnish Meteorological Institute’s Kumpula campus from 19 to 20 September.

The event producer will work at IHME Helsinki’s office (Kalevankatu 4) and at the above-mentioned venues. The salary is €2700–3200/month, depending on the employee’s experience.

The IHME Helsinki Event Producer will produce the main event for IHME Helsinki Commission 2024 at Kellohalli on 21 September 2024 following the plan drawn up by the artists and the IHME Helsinki team. The final highpoint of the Maaleipä Challenge will include a bread exhibition, a small-scale farmers’ market, a workshop, and musical performances. The producer will also be responsible for organising the judging event for the Maaleipä Challenge and our programme at the Climate Security Festival on 19 September 2024.

Examples of the producer’s tasks:

• familiarising themselves with the planned event and IHME Helsinki’s working culture
• cooperating with the venue’s staff and partners so as to successfully make the preparations for, execute, and dismantle the events at Kellohalli and the Finnish Meteorological Institute.
• working with the finalists in the Maaleipä Challenge to ensure smooth evaluation of the breads and organisation of the bread exhibition
• cooperating with market vendors to organise a small-scale farmers’ market
• producing a musical programme for the event and cooperating with the event host

You have experience of organising cultural productions with a wide range of partners. You are systematic and possess the fine art of planning and anticipation. You are fluent in English (other language skills are an advantage) and have good planning and management skills. You are approachable and quick to absorb information, alert and friendly, and enjoy working with people and contemporary art. Excellent interpersonal, problem-solving and stress-tolerance skills are required to succeed. It is important that you see yourself in this role and are inspired by it.

An interest in environmental issues – in particular, the green transition in agriculture, ecologically sustainable practices, and/or experience in contemporary art – would be an asset.

We welcome applications from people of different ages and genders, as well as from people belonging to linguistic, cultural or other minorities. In your application, you can mention if you belong to one of these groups. As an equal-opportunity employer, we may apply positive action measures in the selection process. All information will be treated confidentially.

You should include a CV with a list of relevant studies, work experience and language skills. Your application should also include your motivation for doing the job, your relationship with the environment and contemporary art, and your ability to work within the above-mentioned timeframes.

Please send your application by 7 June 2024 to: rekry@ihmehelsinki.fi Please write in the subject line: IHME 2024 Event Producer. Those invited for interview will be contacted personally. All applicants will be informed of our decision by email by Midsummer.

For more information:

Paula Toppila, Executive Director, tel +358-45-1240096, calling hours: Wed 22 May, 15:00–16:00; Mon 3 June, 10:00-11:00; and Thurs 6 June, 11:00-12:00.