This role is crucial to the operation of the Potato Shed multi-arts facility (Drysdale). You would be responsible for the delivery of industry-standard technical services across the venue, ensuring that all lighting, sound and staging equipment is maintained and in working order. You will liaise with clients to ensure that their specific event requirements are met and that each performance runs as expected.
Work type: Permanent Part Time (68.4hrs per fortnight – 0.9FTE)
Classification: Band 4 $69,560 – $74,316 (pro rata – plus super)
Key responsibilities include:
- Provide day-to-day technical and production services (sound/AV, lighting, staging) for the Potato Shed including set up and operation of services for theatre, studio and event spaces, including outdoor events.
- Participate in production meetings to successfully implement professional planning for each event, advising on schedules, technical specifications, risk assessments and relevant reporting.
- Supervise and provide on-the-job training for Technical Officers and other staff as required to provide technical and production services for a range of client events and programs in accordance with established production guidelines and venue procedures.
- Identify and deliver technical requirements, including lighting, sound, audio visual and staging for all venue activities, in liaison with internal staff, touring production staff and external hires.
- Conduct inventory checks of equipment and supplies and maintain asset register.
About you
The ideal candidate for this role will have experience working in the Theatre industry, or experience running festivals or music/concert events, along with experience with lighting and audio equipment. You will be confident liaising with a diverse range of people, be willing to go the extra mile to achieve a positive outcome and have the ability to think outside the box when faced with challenging issues.
Essential Experience:
- Demonstrated technical knowledge and practical skills required to deliver technical services for theatre productions, events and exhibitions across a multi-venue facility
- Specialist knowledge of stage operations, including stage management and technical expertise in staging, lighting and audio
- Current Working with Children’s Check
- Ability and willingness to work outside standard office hours, including weekends
- Working Safely at Heights and Elevated Work Platform accreditations are both highly desirable.
- Preferred candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Check as part of the recruitment process.
The health and safety of our people is our highest priority. It is our current policy to ask for your COVID-19 vaccination status. You have the right not to disclose your vaccination status, and successful candidates who are not vaccinated or do not want to disclose will go through a simple risk assessment process.
Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong
At the City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung Country such a great place to live, work and study.
We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we’ve built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.
Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.
We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.
We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse culture and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability.
A career with us
Central Geelong-based City employees are now based in our new Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal. Meaning ‘speak and talk together’ in local Wadawurrung language. Wurriki Nyal sets the benchmark for what a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace can be, including industry leading sustainability standards, a flexible and people-focused design, safe and inclusive spaces and public realm.
We’re committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you.
We offer:
- salary sacrificing and novated lease options
- cultural and ceremonial leave
- study leave
- paid parental leave (16 weeks primary and six weeks secondary) and superannuation payments on all 52 weeks primary parental leave
- IVF, surrogate and miscarriage bereavement leave
- training and career development opportunities
- a healthy and safe environment
- our employee wellbeing program
- corporate membership rates at Swim Sport and Leisure facilities
- unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
Applications and Enquiries
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Applications close: 11:55pm Thursday 1 February 2024
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Enquiries: Lisa Harvey – Operations Manager | 5272 4907 | LHarvey@geelongcity.vic.gov.au
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