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NOTE: To be considered for this position, candidates must include a cover letter specifying their interest in and qualifications for this position. The cover letter should be the first page of your resume, please include 3 references and upload materials as one PDF document. The compensation noted in the job description reflects an associate level position, final salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.
As a comprehensive performing arts school set in one of the world's best public institutions of higher education, the School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD) is deeply engaged in the creation, practice, scholarship, and pedagogy of music, theatre, and dance. We aim to provide leadership, nationally and internationally, in all three fields. We assert and celebrate the value of the arts to the mission of the University of Michigan. SMTD is committed to sharing values of diversity and inclusion, especially regarding historically underrepresented individuals and groups, in order to achieve goals and sustain excellence. In our theatrical venues, this work includes fostering an inclusive space welcome to all and enabling users and patrons to safely use, visit and enjoy our spaces.
University Productions manages the five main performance halls on behalf of the University of Michigan. This office maintains the official calendar, contracts with groups using these halls, sends work orders to other university units which service these events, enforces life and fire-safety regulations, maintains the theatrical equipment in the building, and ensures an orderly succession of events. The venues to be served are Arthur Miller Theatre, Hill Auditorium, Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, Power Center for the Performing Arts, and Rackham Auditorium.
Basic Function and Responsibility:
Duties to be Performed:
Supervision to be Received: The Lead Backstage Operations Manager is the immediate supervisor for personnel issues. The Facilities Manager is the immediate supervisor for budgets and venue scheduling, as well as the arbiter for equipment uses, maintenance, and specifications.
Supervision to be Exercised: This position has the authority to make independent decisions on matters of significance for all aspects of house theatrical equipment, spaces, and life-safety and fire-safety codes. Functional supervision is exercised over temporary employees.
Candidates for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
A pre-employment background check must be conducted before a candidate may receive a firm offer of employment to a staff position at the University of Michigan.
Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.
The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
246757
Backstage Operations Manager
Performance Hall Ops Manager
Ann Arbor Campus
Ann Arbor, MI
Full-Time
Regular
Exempt
School Music
SMTD University Productions
3/25/2024 - 4/28/2024
$50,000.00 - $55,000.00
The Arts
Full Time
Colleges & Universities
$110k-138k (estimate)
03/27/2024
04/28/2024
umich.edu
ANN ARBOR, MI
15,000 - 50,000
1817
CAROL SENNEFF
$5B - $10B
Colleges & Universities
The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future.