JOB OPPORTUNITY // TECHNICAL MANAGER

Strike A Light; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 9,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Strike A Light is seeking a Technical Manager to lead the technical and production aspects of its year-round programme of events in Gloucester. You’ll play a hands-on role, managing production schedules, equipment hires, budgets and logistics, and ensuring venues are safe and accessible.

Working closely with the Senior Producer, you’ll support artists and community producers to realise creative visions and troubleshoot on the ground. This is a freelance, hybrid role starting January 2026.

Qualifications

• Experience across theatre, dance, music, or festivals.
• Solid technical knowledge and understanding of theatre production.
• Calm under pressure and solution-focused.
• Confident in budgets and logistics.
• Enjoy working with diverse people and communities.

Responsibilities

• Lead on technical planning and delivery of events.
• Manage production schedules and equipment hires.
• Ensure venues are safe and accessible.
• Support artists and community producers to realise their visions.
• Troubleshoot on the ground.

Skills

Live events

Theatre production knowledge

Budget management

Logistics coordination

Independent work

Team collaboration

Stakeholder engagement

Community engagement

Job description

We’re looking for a Technical Manager to join the Strike A Light team. You’ll take the lead on all technical and production aspects of our year round programme of events in Gloucester.

• 20 days per year (Hybrid - remote & Gloucester)
• Additional fees available for in-person technical work (at an average of 12 - 15 day-long technical shifts at £250 per day)
• Deadline for applications: Monday 10 November
• Interviews will be held on: Monday 17 November & Thursday 20 November

THE BRIEF

The Technical Manager will play a key role in bringing Strike A Light’s year round programme of events to life. You’ll be responsible for the technical planning and smooth delivery of all our events - from managing production schedules and equipment hires to ensuring our venues are safe and accessible. Working closely with the Senior Producer, you’ll support artists and our community producers to realise their creative visions and troubleshoot challenges on the ground. It’s a hands-on role for someone who loves live events and wants to help us deliver banging experiences for the people of Gloucester.

• You’ll be someone who loves live events and has experience working across theatre, dance, music, or festivals.
• You have solid technical knowledge and a good understanding of theatre production, with the confidence to lead on the practical side of events.
• You’re practical, calm under pressure, and great at finding solutions when things get busy.
• You’re confident managing budgets and logistics, comfortable working independently, and happy to muck in as part of a small, supportive team.
• You’re approachable and enjoy working with a wide range of people - from artists and community members to venues and partners.
• You enjoy working on projects with communities, and you’re passionate about the work Strike A Light does in Gloucester.
• 20 days per year (Hybrid - remote & Gloucester)
• Additional fees available for in-person technical work (at an average of 12-15 day-long technical shifts at £250 per day)
• This is a freelance contract

We plan for the Technical Manager to start in January 2026

Gloucester is a diverse city and we value having a range of experiences and perspectives to make things better. Everyone is welcome to apply. However, owing to the underrepresentation of these identities and characteristics across our sector at large, we are particularly interested in hearing from people who identify as D/deaf and/or disabled, those from low socio-economic backgrounds and Global Majority* candidates.

*In using the term 'Global Majority' we refer to people who identify as Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or have been racialised as 'ethnic minorities'. (Rosemary Campbell-Stephens, 2020)

Deadline for applications: Monday 10 November

THE INTERVIEW

If you are shortlisted for interview, we will contact you via email by Thursday 13 November If you are not shortlisted we will let you know by email that week.

Where possible, interviews will happen in person, in our office in Gloucester. The interview questions will be provided in advance. We may also give a short unseen task if we decide it is important to the process - we will inform you of this before this interview. Reasonable travel expenses will be covered.

Interviews will take place on: Monday 17 November & Thursday 20 November

ACCESS

• Strike A Light aims to be an inclusive organisation, and we welcome applications from people who identify as D/deaf, disabled or neurodivergent
• Access provision and reasonable adjustments will be made available (both at interview and employment stages) for any candidates that require it
• Please indicate any access requirements you have in your application (this information will not be used as part of the shortlisting process)