Technical Coordinator (Full-time, Ongoing)
Melbourne Recital Centre EA 2021 3.2.1 + 11% Superannuation guarantee.
As the Technical Coordinator, you will support the Technical Manager and Head of Operations in affecting the delivery of the MRC’s schedule of concerts and events to the highest international standard. They will provide production and technical related services, advice and administrative support as well as roster and coordinate the work of the technical team.
The successful candidates will have experience and skills in the following:
- Demonstrated expertise and transferrable skills in a technical production role for a performing arts venue or for a performing arts sector organisation (essential).
- A specific knowledge of the presentation of music, including a range of classical and contemporary genres, and production requirements (essential).
- A broad knowledge and experience across a variety of technical production fields including audio, lighting, projection, audio-visual and staging (essential).
- Highly developed interpersonal and negotiation skills, as well as high standards of personal presentation and the ability to maintain good working relationships with a wide range of people both internal and external to the organisation (essential)
- Demonstrated capacity to oversee staff and coordinate the workflow of others (essential).
- Demonstrated ability to problem solve and use initiative (essential).
- Demonstrated capacity to be highly organised, determine workloads, set priorities, work independently and under pressure in a multi-task environment and complete tasks within specified timeframes (essential)
- An ability to build and maintain relationships with people at all levels, forge partnerships and build trust across business areas, functions and organisations (essential).
- Knowledge and experience at using IT programs, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook and the ability to become a highly skilled user of the Melbourne Recital Centre’s venue management, and rostering systems for which training will be given (essential).
- A specific expert knowledge and high level of competence in one or more technical production fields i.e. audio, lighting, projection, audio-visual, rigging, staging (desirable).
- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills in English (essential)
- Ability to work at heights, good colour vision/hearing and a good level of fitness (essential)
In this position, you will also come into contact with a large amount of information, interact with various stakeholders and be privy to a range of commercial-in-confidence issues that must be treated with strict confidentiality and sensitivity. The incumbent must have the ability to exercise a high level of judgement and maintain confidentiality when dealing with these issues.
About Melbourne Recital Centre
Melbourne Recital Centre is an award-winning live music venue; where artists and audiences build a lifetime of experiences. We strive to create wonder for everyone, in and beyond the Centre and inspire our community through music.
With a unique focus on music, the Centre presents and hosts hundreds of concerts each year, representing the pinnacle of the art form as practiced by local and international performers traversing all genres of music. And our impactful learning and access activities provide opportunities for Victorians of all ages and backgrounds to experience and engage with music and the Centre in new and exciting ways.
We acknowledge the traditional owners on whose land Melbourne Recital Centre stands – we pay our respects to Melbourne’s First People, to Elders past and present, and to our shared future.
How to Apply
Please email a cover letter, a separate document addressing the essential key selection criteria and your resume to Annabel Storey, Human Resource Manager at recruitment@melbournerecital.com.au.
We will be looking at applications on a rolling basis.
Applications close on Tuesday 17 October 2023, 5pm.Any Questions?
If you have any enquiries about the recruitment process or the position, please email Jy.Hildred@melbournerecital.com.au.
We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds, Disabled and Deaf people, members of the LGBTQIA+ community and people of all ages.
Employment at Melbourne Recital Centre is conditional upon the satisfactory completion of a National Police Check. Team members in this role will need to hold and maintain a valid Working with Children Check. Applications are open to those with full working rights in Australia. Melbourne Recital Centre is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
