An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced enthusiastic individuals to join our Arts and Culture Team as a Supervising Technician at the City of Boroondara on a casual basis.
Your role with us
This is an exciting opportunity for you to provide effective technical service to internal and external users of the stage and function rooms of the Hawthorn Arts Centre and Kew Court House.
You will be responsible for:
- Supervising all aspect of the venues operations and process to satisfy and meet the hirers needs, including technical operations, staff, volunteers, contractors and performance staff
- Assisting the Coordinator of Cultural Facilities in planning and staging events in both venues, including reporting and maintain amenity and safety of all events
- Organising staffing and equipment according to clients’ requirements
- Assisting in the development and review of new and current plans, policies and procedures, monitoring their effectiveness and for reshaping them if necessary
- Liaising with Council staff, and other community groups to provide an integrated approach to the delivery of Arts and Cultural services
- Contribute to the monitoring of venue functionality, furniture and fittings to ensure safety and security, and carry out minor maintenance as assessed by the Coordinator Cultural Facilities.
- Delivering excellent customer service by engaging and welcoming all hires of the venues and responding positively to all enquiries and requests
About you
To be considered in this role you will bring practical experience and specialist technical knowledge in staging venue productions. You will demonstrate your ability to manage a team, meet deadlines and be able to work cohesively in a team environment. Your customer service, written and verbal communication skills must be well developed. To be successful in this position you will need to hold a venue technical training certificate from an accredited organisation or equivalent technical experience in a professional venue environment. You will have a good level of physical fitness to perform manual handling tasks required in function/meeting/performance supervision settings.
Want to know more?
To be considered for this role, please submit your application online via our website, by 5pm, Sunday 15 April 2018.
For any further information please refer to the position description, or contact Miriam Paul, Coordinator Cultural Facilities on 9278 7882.
