Join the Operations team at Melbourne Recital Centre!
ABOUT US
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.
Job Description
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
We are seeking a stand-out Technical Supervisor with strong audio and sound systems (SX) experience to support the technical team and venue systems at Melbourne Recital Centre.
The role supports the delivery of concerts and events through the planning, operation and maintenance of technical production equipment and systems. While audio-focused, the position also includes broader technical operations duties across lighting, staging, venue infrastructure, WHS, compliance, maintenance, training, procurement, administration and project work.
The Technical Supervisor will oversee technicians and casual crew during event delivery, with key responsibility for safe and efficient bump-ins and bump-outs, WHS compliance, and crew coordination. Strong communication, leadership and adaptability are essential, particularly in supporting operational delivery across both Melbourne Recital Centre venues.
We are looking for someone who has:
Demonstrated expertise and transferrable skills in a technical production role for a performing arts venue or performing arts sector organisation (essential).
Demonstrated experience of working in a stage management or event management role for a performing arts venue, a performing arts sector organisation or in a seasonal or touring capacity (desirable).
A specific expert knowledge and high level of competence in one or more technical production fields i.e. audio, lighting, projection, audio-visual, staging (essential).
A broad general knowledge across a variety of technical production fields including audio, lighting, projection, audio-visual, rigging, staging (desirable).
Demonstrated ability to problem solve and use initiative (essential).
A specific knowledge of the presentation of music, including a range of classical and contemporary genres, and production requirements (essential).
Demonstrated capacity to manage and direct people, be highly organised, determine workloads, set priorities, work independently and under pressure in a multi-task environment and complete tasks within specified timeframes (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).
Well-developed written and verbal communication skills in English. (essential).
Knowledge and experience at using IT programs, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook and contemporary technical production systems – LX, SX and/or AV (essential).
Ability to work at heights, good colour vision/hearing and a good level of fitness (essential).
This is a full time, ongoing role and will involve irregular hours including evenings and weekends and considerable flexibility will be required.
Classification is Melbourne Recital Centre Enterprise Agreement 2025 Grade 3.2.1 ($87,177) + superannuation.
Then, click "Apply" to upload your application. Your application should include a cover letter and your resume. You do not need to respond to the key selection criteria in your application.
Applications close at 11:55pm Wednesday 3 June.
We will be looking at applications on a rolling basis.
ANY QUESTIONS?
If you have any questions about this position, would like the position description in a different format, or require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us via recruitment@melbournerecital.com.au.
Applications are open to those with full working rights in Australia.
Employment at Melbourne Recital Centre is conditional upon the satisfactory completion of a National Police Check and on having and maintaining a valid Working with Children Check.
We are an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ages, and religions, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, LGBTQIA+ people, those with a disability, women, and people with culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds. We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.
Melbourne Recital Centre acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work, live, perform and learn. We pay our respects to people of the Kulin nation, their Elders past and present and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.
For more information about who we are and what we do, we encourage you to visit our website at https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/(If this link doesn't work, please copy and paste into your browser.)
We respectfully request that Recruitment Agencies do not submit applications for this position.
