• Multiple casual roles available
• $26.20 per hour plus casual loading
• Ongoing training and development opportunities will be provided.

About the Role

As we begin to reopen our doors, we are seeking multiple casuals to join this fantastic team. As a General Hand within the Staging team, you will deliver effective services to ensure optimum efficiency and success in the presentation of productions across all of Arts Centre Melbourne’s performance spaces. You will participate in the pre-production, rigging, rehearsal, performance, and de-rigging of shows and events in line with presenters’ requirements.

Casual role. Base hourly rate of $26.20 plus casual loading.

Your Skills and Experience:

• A relevant trade qualification, Diploma or equivalent experience working within the entertainment industry. (Desirable)
• Some knowledge of all aspects of theatre staging, including the relevant needs of opera, drama, dance, concert production including the repertory format.
• Some Knowledge and understanding of staging procedures and techniques including manual handling, cloth tying, folding and rolling, dance floor rolling and handling, basic theatre rigging, toggling, floor laying and flat carrying.
• The ability to work under pressure,
• Some understanding of other technical departments work practices in Production, to ensure smooth delivery of events and services
• Some experience and knowledge in the use of basic hand and power tools including the appropriate safety requirements of their use

 For more details, please read the  Position Description - Staging General Hand

 About Arts Centre Melbourne

The land on which Sidney Myer Music Bowl and Arts Centre Melbourne sits has long been a place of gathering, storytelling, song, ceremony, celebration and commemoration for First Nations people.

The People of the Kulin Nations have gathered on the site for thousands of years and continue to do so today. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging.

Beneath our iconic Spire, in Hamer Hall and at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, we showcase the best of Australian and international performing arts.  

Together with our own program of performances, events and activities we offer a diversity of audiences a distinctly multidimensional approach to participation, education and entertainment.

We are now focused on Reimagining Arts Centre Melbourne as part of the Victorian Government’s commitment to transforming the Melbourne Arts Precinct into a thriving, connected creative and civic space over the coming years.

For a glimpse into working at Arts Centre Melbourne click here.

Enjoy Team Member Benefits

As a valued member of our ensemble, you will enjoy: 

• Complimentary tickets
• Discounts at food & beverage outlets
• Discounted commuter benefits and onsite-parking 
• Access to wellbeing activities and learning and development programs, and the Smiling Mind app.  
• Free access to Employee Assistance Programs which includes specific support to our First Nations team members via their I-CARE program and providing specific counsellors for members of the LGBTQIA+ community and People of Colour.  

Apply Now!

Arts Centre Melbourne welcomes 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.

Please submit your resume together with a cover letter addressing the key criteria. Early applications are encouraged as suitable candidates may be invited to attend an interview prior to the closing date.

We seek to provide workplace adjustments at all relevant stages of the recruitment process such as interpreters, alternative formats or other access supports. You can specify in the application form if you require any adjustments or please ask us at any stage. If you need to contact us about making workplace adjustments during the recruitment process, please send an email to peopleassist@artscentremelbourne.com.au

Employment at Arts Centre Melbourne is conditional upon the satisfactory completion of a National Police Check.

Applications are open to those with full working rights in Australia. Arts Centre Melbourne is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.