Recruiting: Production Manager

We are recruiting!

Are you looking for an opportunity to work with one of Australia’s leading arts organisations working in cross-artform practice?

Do you bring at least five years’ experience and enthusiasm to work with a small team, contributing to a vibrant culture of artist-led works and initiatives?

About Chamber Made

Chamber Made cultivates adventurous multi-artform practice to disrupt and rewrite conventions of live performance. A commitment to collaboration, an appetite for innovation, and an ongoing fascination in the intersecting spaces between artforms drives the company through its fourth decade. The company is led by acclaimed performance-maker and director, Tamara Saulwick, whose works are defined by a deep, abiding engagement with sound and music. Chamber Made has presented over 100 performance seasons in Australia, NZ, Asia, Europe, USA and South America, receiving multiple award nominations and wins.The company has commissioned over 56 new Australian works since it was founded in 1988.

Chamber Made is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all people with relevant production management experience, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, those from diverse cultural and regional communities and people with disabilities. If you have any access needs in terms of applying for this position and would like to apply in a different way than outlined here, please email us at info ( at ) chambermade.org

Working with Chamber Made

• Our team is small and friendly
• We value responsiveness, care and good humour
• We understand people have whole lives and that part time work comes with flexibility and understanding
• We offer a balance of in-office and remote working arrangements

About the position

The Production Manager (PM) works closely with the Executive Producer, Artistic Director and Chamber Made team in ensuring the development and delivery of Chamber Made works and programs. An integral member of the CM core team, the PM takes a lead on the technical and production elements for new works and events, liaises with artists as well as partner organisations, presenters, crews and suppliers, ensures a safe workplace via CM’s Workplace Health & Safety Policy and works closely with the Executive Producer in project managing CM’s annual program. You will need to have full Australian working rights and be based in Melbourne.

You can find a full position description as a PDF here.

How to apply

Please read the full position description and send all in one document:

• Cover letter (maximum one page)
• Maximum two pages addressing the selection criteria (outlined in the PD document under Key Responsibilities)
• CV including contact details for two referees (who will only be contacted if you are invited for an interview and after notifying you)

Applications close Wednesday 11 December 2024 at 5.00 p.m. AEDT. 

Email your application to Chamber Made Executive Producer Kylie McRae at kylie ( at ) chambermade.org

Applicants will be notified by the end of that week if they are required for an (in-person) interview on Tuesday 17 December. Interviews will take place at the Chamber Made office. If you are unavailable on this day we will arrange an alternative time to speak with you.

If you have any questions about the role or the application process, please contact Chamber Made Executive Producer Kylie McRae at kylie ( at ) chambermade.org