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Job Description / Duties

Blyth Festival is currently searching for a candidate to fill the seasonal position of COVID Safety Officer for the 2022 summer season. This full-time, salaried contract position will start in May 2022 and will conclude October 2, 2022. Hours of work may include some evenings and weekends.

In 2022, the Blyth Festival will produce a season of four Canadian plays at the outdoor Harvest Stage. The work of this position will take place both indoors and outdoors and at times will involve traversing concrete, gravel and grass surfaces as well as inclines and declines.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The COVID Safety Officer is an integral component of the Operations teams that are responsible for ensuring the Blyth Festival meets its mandate: to enrich the lives of its audience by producing and developing plays that give voice to both the region and the country.
The incumbent will work closely with all arms of the Blyth Festival team in implementing and maintaining COVID-19 protocols and other health and safety measures.

The COVID Safety Officer will:
• Administer the Festival’s rapid testing program by maintaining a database of who requires testing, distributing testing kits, providing instruction to staff and artists, and ensuring compliance with required rapid testing frequencies.
• Assist the General Manager in maintaining the Festival’s employee, artist and volunteer vaccination policy and in welcoming employees and artists to Blyth
• Gather an ongoing understanding of the state of COVID-19 virus information and new knowledge that develops
• Assist with updates to the Festival’s COVID safety protocols, as regulations and public health standards evolve
• Ensure COVID-related safety supplies and materials are well maintained at each of the Festival’s sites
• Participate in organization-wide COVID safety implementation.

Qualifications / Required Skills

• Excellent organizational skills and computer skills
• Ability to work well in a team environment
• Proven ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to work well in stressful situations and exercise sound judgement in a fast paced environment
• Have and maintain a working understanding of the current and ongoing pandemic science from reputable available resources
• Ability to adapt to varying work environments, possess a pro-active work ethic and quickly adapt to new responsibilities.
• Experience maintaining and enforcing policy/protocol

Preference will be given to candidates with experience working within the performing arts industry, or the healthcare field.

Additional Information

VACCINATION:
To support the health and safety of our workplaces and our community, Blyth Festival requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with an Approved Vaccine

The Blyth Centre for the Arts (including Blyth Festival) was founded in 1975 to produce theatre that reflects the culture and concerns for the people of southwestern Ontario and beyond. In 1975, few scripts that fit the Festival's mandate were being written so we jumped into the creation of new work. At that time, the festival was the only summer theatre producing original Canadian plays, and one of the very few, if not the only "500-seat" theatre in Canada producing Canadian plays exclusively.
Today, located in a village of 1000 in rural Huron County, the Blyth Centre for the Arts is a year-round centre of cultural activity for southwestern Ontario.

Salary: $1,012/wk + 4% vacation pay

Contact Information

To apply for this position, send a cover letter and resume to careers@blythfestival.com. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please include in the subject line: COVID Safety Officer.

Blyth Festival thanks all applicants but will respond only to those selected for an interview.

Employer Profile

Blyth Festival (also known as Blyth Centre for the Arts) was founded in 1975 and functions as an arts centre for Huron County in Southwestern Ontario. The theatre produces a four to six play summer season of exclusively Canadian theatre, with an emphasis on new work.
The 2022 outdoor season will take place at Blyth Festival's new, permanent, Harvest Stage amphitheatre, officially opened in August 2021.