Company Manager
Description
- To be responsible for the management of the performing ensemble at performance venues in Glasgow and on tour, and for representing Scottish Opera Management in respect of preparation for visits, and for front of house and backstage liaison and support as required during touring periods.
- To ensure appropriate management, support and welfare of guest artists and creative teams, actors and dancers, children, chaperones and audio describers, in respect of contracts, travel and accommodation, ticket and other arrangements as necessary.
- To act as the representative of management at performances in Glasgow and on tour, both in the UK and abroad, to deal with issues in respect of the performing ensemble and front of house, including public announcements, as require/d.
- To be responsible for the management and for the general welfare of visiting guest artists and creative teams, actors and dancers, children, chaperones and audio describers whilst they are contracted to Scottish Opera.
- To be available out of hours where visiting company members have unforeseen urgent need for assistance, sharing on-call responsibilities with the Deputy Company Manager.
- To line manage and to oversee the duties, working time and welfare of the Deputy Company Manager and to share duties as may be required during rehearsal and performance periods.
- To manage and report on Company Management related budgets and expenditure in a timely manner and according to Scottish Opera systems and protocols.
- Together with the Deputy Company Manager, to liaise with providers of accommodation, travel and medical specialists where required on behalf of visiting company members, and to administrate associated bills, payments and accommodation lease agreements.
- To act, when required, as the point of contact when Guest Artists are unable to perform, facilitate arrangements for covers or replacements in close consultation with the Head of Casting, Director of Planning, Music Director/Conductor and Head of Music, communicating arrangements to key colleagues including Assistant or Staff Director, Stage Manager, Wigs & Wardrobe staff, Music Staff, General Director, Press and Marketing and Theatre staff.
- To collaborate with the marketing and fundraising teams to allocate tickets for guests, ensuring the contractual terms of cast and creative ticket allocations are met, aligned with the Scottish Opera ticket policy.
- To provide Front of House information to the marketing team in plenty of time for design and printing of required signage.
- To coordinate the organisation of First Night Parties in Glasgow and other touring venues where appropriate, including catering for pre, interval and post show events for guests of the Company, sponsorship groups etc. and to organise first night cards and gifts as required.
- To recruit children for productions, arranging auditions where required, and to contract and administer arrangements for children and chaperones involved in productions.
- To be fully informed of Child Protection procedures and act as Child Protection Officer in arrangements for children involved in productions.
- To obtain licenses for children and animals in performance, where required.
- To assist with recruitment of actors and dancers for productions and arrange auditions, where required.
- To co-ordinate, contract and make arrangements for Scottish Opera’s team of Audio Describers in conjunction with the Director of Planning
- To support the Deputy Company Manager in their representation of the Planning Department at Health and Safety Action group meetings and to attend where the Deputy is not available.
- To organise travel and accommodation if required, for foreign touring of the performing Company and to compile all relevant information into a foreign tour booklet.
- To make arrangements on behalf of the Company to ensure that cafés/catering facilities and opening times support company activity.
- To input information into the Planning Department system files and to keep information up to date.
- To keep Director of Planning and members of the Planning Department informed of Company Management activity and to attend Department meetings.
- To work beyond immediate responsibilities, if and as advised by the Director of Planning, in order to support the work of the Planning Department.
Requirements
- Previous experience in a company management role, ideally in Opera
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to mix appropriately with a wide range of people
- Proven ability to provide calm leadership when under pressure, communicating with honesty and diplomacy
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and discretion at all times
- Competent IT skills including a comprehensive working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Strong Initiative, organisational and administrative skills
- Willingness to travel and accompany the Company on tour
- Good team working and flexibility
- A proactive approach in regard to making economies, improving process and driving efficient and effective working
- Attention to detail
- Driving licence
- Trained First Aid (training will be provided if necessary)
- Membership of PVG Scheme (can be arranged by Scottish Opera if necessary)
- Previous experience within an arts organisation
- A flexible approach to getting things done:
- Demonstrable energy, enthusiasm and resilience
- A passion for opera and the performing arts
- Foreign language(s)
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Scottish Opera is Scotland’s national opera company and the largest performing arts organisation in Scotland. The 2022/23 Season marks its 60th Anniversary. The Company’s performance repertoire ranges across five centuries, from the earliest operas to newly-commissioned world premieres. Scottish Opera collaborates with the world’s finest singers and creatives, together with The Orchestra of Scottish Opera and choruses for each opera. Recent accolades include a South Bank Sky Arts Award, a Scottish Award for New Music, Sunday Herald Culture Awards, a Herald Angel, and a 2020 RPS Award. In 2021 the Company returned to live audiences with Sir David McVicar’s new production of Verdi’s Falstaff performed in Glasgow and at the Edinburgh International Festival. The Company tours extensively across Scotland to ensure performances are within reach of as many of the country’s very dispersed population as possible. Specially adapted 40-foot long trailers bring Pop-up Opera performances to thousands of people each year. In 2021 the Company performed nearly 200 performances of its Pop-up Opera Roadshow to socially distanced audiences of 11,014 people. This is one of the most extensive touring programmes of any European opera company and a much-valued contribution to Scotland’s cultural and artistic life, particularly in remote and island communities.