Career Opportunity - Stage Manager (Casual)

Melbourne Recital Centre; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 66,000 - 90,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Complimentary tickets

Discounts at venues and outlets

Flexible working arrangement

Parking and bike facilities

Wellbeing resources and EAP

Job summary

Melbourne Recital Centre is seeking a casual Stage Manager to deliver concerts and events. The role involves directing rostered technical teams and production staff, and liaising with artists, agents and hirers to ensure smooth performances.

Applicants should have stage management or production experience in performing arts settings, knowledge of music presentation, and strong IT skills (Word/Excel/Outlook). First Aid and RSA are desirable; rolling applications.

Qualifications

• Experience in stage management, event management, or production for performing arts venues (essential).
• Knowledge of presenting music across genres and production requirements (essential).
• Broad knowledge of production fields including audio, lighting, projection, AV and staging (essential).
• Ability to manage people, stay organized, set priorities, and work under pressure (essential).
• Strong problem solving and initiative (essential).
• Excellent interpersonal and written and verbal communication in English (essential).

Responsibilities

• Deliver concerts and events as the primary responsibility.
• Manage, support and direct rostered technical team and production personnel.
• Liaise with artists, agents, tour managers, hirers and other Centre users.
• Ensure tasks are completed within agreed timeframes and quality standards.

Skills

Stage management

Event coordination

Production knowledge

People management

Time management

English communication

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Career Opportunity - Stage Manager (Casual)

Join the Operations team at Melbourne Recital Centre

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.

Your Next Opportunity - Stage Manager (casual)

The primary purpose of the Stage Manager is the delivery of concerts and events. The Stage Manager will manage, support, and direct the rostered technical team and production personnel on concerts and events whilst also liaising with artists, agents, tour managers, hirers, and other users of the Centre.

Classification is Melbourne Recital Centre EA 2025 Grade 3.2.1 plus superannuation guarantee.

Why You'll Love Working with Melbourne Recital Centre

Melbourne Recital Centre offers a competitive hourly rate of $56.80 plus 12% super along with a host of generous employment benefits:

• Complimentary tickets
• Discounts at food & beverage outlets
• Flexible working to support work life balance
• Discounted commuter benefits and parking including bike parking
• Free access to wellbeing resources and Employee Assistance / Coaching Programs
• A caring and culturally respectful team that truly works together
• The opportunity to work in the heart of Melbourne’s iconic arts district within a live music / performing arts environment

Enough About Us, Let’s Talk About You

To be successful in this role, you may have all of most of the following skills and experience:

• Demonstrated expertise of working in a stage management, event management, or (technical) production role for a performing arts venue, a performing arts sector organisation or in a seasonal or touring capacity (essential).
• A specific knowledge of the presentation of music, including a range of classical and contemporary genres, and its production requirements (essential).
• A broad knowledge and experience across a variety of (technical) production fields including audio, lighting, projection, audio-visual and staging (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).
• Demonstrated ability to problem solve and use initiative (essential).
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication 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 as 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 the ability to become a skilled user of the Melbourne Recital Centre’s venue management system, for which training will be given (essential).
• Demonstrated experience of working in an event coordination or production role for corporate events (desirable).
• Certification in the Providing First Aid (essential) and Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) (essential), or willing to undertake (keep red text in or out)
• Language other than English (desirable).

Applications close Wednesday 4 November 2026.

We will be looking at applications on a rolling basis.

Any Questions?

If you have any queries about the role, would like the position description in a different format, or require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us at ***********@melbournerecital.com.au

Employment at Melbourne Recital Centre is conditional upon the satisfactory completion of a National Police Check, and on obtaining and maintaining a valid employee Working with Children Check.

Applications are open to those with full working rights in Australia.

Melbourne Recital Centre is an Equal Opportunity Employer.