PLACEMENT HOST APPLICATION FORM

Interested in joining the HARAMBEE project as a workforce host organisation? 

  • Support trained and mentored POC arts workers in 2026, 2027, & 2028

  • Contribute to strengthening cultural knowledge in the arts sector

  • Skills available include: stage and production management; artistic production; creative and event management

  • Become part of a supportive network of organisations, education institutions, local government, artists and communities improving culturally safe practices

ABOUT HARAMBEE:

HARAMBEE is an Ausdance Vic project in partnership with Kwabo Events, as part of VicHealth’s Shifting The Playbook program.

By creating opportunities for artists and communities to lead, contribute and be visible, we aim to strengthen cultural representation while ensuring that the arts sector better reflects the diversity of the communities it serves. People from POC backgrounds remain significantly underrepresented across Victoria’s dance and performing arts sectors. Too often, programs, policies and employment pathways have not been designed with the cultural knowledge, aspirations and lived experiences of these communities in mind. This can contribute to exclusion, culturally unsafe environments and reduced opportunities for participation and career progression. HARAMBEE Creative Futures directly responds to these systemic challenges through a combination of organisational capacity building, community-led programming and workforce development initiatives.

ABOUT HOSTING:

We are looking for host organisations who have volunteered or paid opportunities available for trainees in their own projects or events. This can be within large or small public festivals, managed events such as conferences or media launches, or events you are partners in with others that require staff. Recognition of the host’s role will be on the project’s website, social media and reports.