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Job Description / Duties

The successful applicant will be responsible for carrying out professional stage management work at Grenfell Theatre, Memorial University. This includes scheduling, coordinating and supervising departmental theatre productions, including stage managing productions, supervising and mentoring student stage managers and designing and delivering stage management curriculum to students in the Technical Theatre Production program. The post of Stage Manager reports to the Technical Director. Duties include delivering stage management classes to students in the Technical Theatre Production program; demonstrating professional Stage Management protocols and techniques; assisting in the coordination, scheduling and organizing of productions within the program; coordinating departmental rehearsal schedules, daily changes, production department meetings; maintaining production prompt script and communication call board; overseeing backstage activities; and performing other related duties as required.

Qualifications / Required Skills

Experience (3-5 years) in professional stage management, is required, preferably including experience with students in a theatre training program. Graduation with a degree or diploma from an accredited theatre training institution is required, or an equivalent combination of experience and training. Knowledge of current techniques and trends in stage management is required.

Additional Information

This is an 8-Month Contractual Sessional Position with a possibility of extension.

Please note that we will ONLY accept applications for this position through our website https://www.mun.ca/hr/careers/.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, preference will be given to applicants who are legally entitled to work in Canada. Memorial University is committed to employment equity and diversity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including women, people of any sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression; Indigenous peoples; visible minorities and racialized people; and people with disabilities.

The personal information requested in your application is collected under the authority of the Memorial University Act (RSNL 1990 c M-7) for the purpose of identifying and recruiting candidates; assessing applicant qualifications; and maintaining records pertaining to the administration of employment with Memorial University of Newfoundland.

If you are a successful candidate, this information will form part of your permanent employment record and will be used for other activities related to the employment process. This information may be disclosed to government departments and agencies as legally required; and to third party service providers, as necessary to administer programs and activities.

If you have any questions about the collection, use and disclosure of the information on this form, please contact MyHR, Department of Human Resources, at myhr@mun.ca.

Salary: $50,296 - $70,526 per annum

Contact Information

Inquiries about this opportunity should be directed to Grenfell Campus - Memorial University, University Avenue, Corner Brook, Room AS374, phone (709) 637-4097 or e-mail hrrecruitment@grenfell.mun.ca.

Employer Profile

Grenfell Campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador – located in the City of Corner Brook, the largest community in western Newfoundland - has gained a strong reputation for high quality education across its four academic Schools: Arts and Social Science, Fine Arts, Science and the Environment, and the Western Regional School of Nursing. The campus is home to approximately 1,400 students and 250 full-time academic and administrative staff, and offers undergraduate majors and minors, graduate degrees, and diplomas and certificates. Faculty are active in diverse areas of research, creative activity and scholarship, and the campus is poised for research growth. At Grenfell Campus,  faculty, staff, and students enjoy a high degree of collegiality, reaping the benefits of an intimate campus setting within a larger multi-campus system. The campus is a dynamic and creative research community and has a strong record of engagement with Indigenous and community partners, and research collaborators around the region and the world.