Stage Manager - Event Venue (FTC)

Live Recruitment; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A major events and venues organisation is looking for a Stage Manager to join their Event Services team on an 18-month fixed-term contract. This role focuses on delivering world-class events by overseeing technical services, managing staff, and ensuring compliance with operational standards. Ideal candidates should have significant experience in venue settings and a strong understanding of technical operations, including rigging and staging systems. Shift work is an expected requirement.

Benefits

Excellent career progression

Company bonus

Flexible working

Additional leave options

Company Culture

Qualifications

• Significant practical experience in a similar role within a venue or theatre setting.
• Demonstrable staging knowledge and practical experience of technical services.
• Strong working knowledge of retractable seating systems and seat tribunes.

Responsibilities

• Act as the central point of contact for technical event operations.
• Manage and develop Stage Technicians and casual staff.
• Oversee the scheduling of people and resources.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and legislative requirements.
• Maintain operational standards for staging, rigging, lighting, sound, and AV systems.

Skills

Communication skills

Resource management

Technical knowledge

Supervisory skills

Job description

1 Are you a technical operations expert with significant experience in a fast-paced venue or theatre environment? Do you want to be at the heart of delivering world-class events, ensuring all technical services are executed to the highest standards of safety and efficiency?

• Excellent career progression
• Company bonus
• Flexible working
• Additional leave options
• Company Culture

The Company

This major events and venues organisation is renowned for hosting an enviable list of international and national events, from concerts and exhibitions to sporting fixtures.

They pride themselves on providing safe, exceptional, and memorable experiences for millions of visitors every year. With a continuous focus on operational excellence and a passionate team, there has never been a better time for a dedicated Stage Manager to come on board.

The Role

Due to the continuous delivery of a dynamic event schedule, they are now looking for a Stage Manager to join their expert Event Services team on an 18 month fixed term contract. This role is central to the preparation and delivery of all event and non-event technical services, focusing on resource deployment and operational standards across all sites.

Shift work, including night work, is an expected requirement of this role.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as the central point of contact for technical event operations, liaising with internal teams, external partners, and clients.
• Managing and developing Stage Technicians and casual/agency staff, ensuring performance standards are maintained.
• Overseeing the scheduling of people and resources, considering financial and customer implications.
• Ensuring compliance with all health, safety, and legislative requirements.
• Maintaining operational standards for staging, rigging, lighting, sound, and AV systems.

The Candidate

Candidates should have significant practical experience in a similar role within a venue or theatre setting.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrable staging knowledge and practical experience of all aspects of technical services. Crucially, this includes a strong working knowledge of retractable seating systems and seat tribunes (Concert Staging systems).

You will also need:

A good understanding of Rigging requirements and operations.

Excellent communication and resource management skills with a proven track track record of supervising staff and controlling costs.

Experience of working anti-social hours in a fast-paced environment.

Most importantly, we are looking for an ambitious Stage Manager with effective supervisory skills and a willingness to learn and develop within this fantastic organisation!

As a specialist events recruitment agency we help our clients build the most talented and diverse teams in the UK. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, embracing diversity across all intersecting dimensions, including ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, well-being, abilities, and neurodiversity.

We are dedicated to ensuring a supportive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations for any reason, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Vacancy Ref: MR16329