Production Coordinator

Located in the stunning Chiltern hills on the Getty family estate, Garsington Opera is a prestigious summer festival with a fast-growing international reputation. With performances in June and July we produce four productions each year, in partnership with our two resident orchestras The English Concert and the Philharmonia. We are now building our own permanent space, Garsington Studios, to provide state of the art rehearsal spaces, production workshops, café, offices and a home for our acclaimed community programme and world-class Young Artists scheme. This is an exciting time to join an innovative and growing company.

GO Mission • To enrich the lives of our audiences and participants by producing operas which are theatrically compelling and of exceptional musical standard. • To encourage and expand knowledge and appreciation of opera through performance and exciting life-long participatory projects with a dynamic, inclusive, outreach programme in the community, for all ages and abilities from diverse backgrounds. • To discover, encourage and nurture the best young performing talent, particularly from the UK, providing an outstanding programme of development for young professional singers. • To broaden our audience through appropriate use of digital media. • To grow our national and international reputation.

The Role - Garsington Opera is seeking an efficient and experienced Production Coordinator to join our Technical Department. The Production Coordinator will work closely with the Technical Director to organise and manage all technical aspects of the summer opera festival as well as the day-to-day running of the technical aspects of Garsington Studios. The post-holder should be a competent administrator as they will be responsible for recruiting and contracting the seasonal technical staff as well as processing and managing financial information for the festival. The candidate should also have knowledge of the different production departments and be confident liaising with each department to ensure their needs are met. Whilst Garsington Opera operate hybrid working across some areas of the business, for this role the position will primarily be office/site based. During the Garsington Opera season (April – July) the companywide policy is that holiday cannot be taken during these months. Our standard office hours are 9.30 - 5.30, Monday – Friday, however, in this role you should expect to work evenings and weekends, especially during the opera season. From early 2024 we will be based permanently at Wormsley in our exciting new Garsington Studios.

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