We are Wales Millennium Centre - Fire for the Imagination
Role Title: Casual Dresser
Salary: £12 Per Hour
Closing Date: 03/09/2024
Interview Date: 04 & 05 October 2024
WMC is a home for the arts in Wales, and a cauldron of creativity for the nation. We fire imaginations by curating world-class, critically acclaimed touring productions, from musical theatre and comedy to dance, cabaret and an international festival. We kindle emerging talents with fresh, provocative, and popular pieces of our own, rooted in Welsh culture. And we ignite a passion for the arts in young people with life-changing learning experiences and chances to shine in the spotlight.
About WMC/Our Department:
Wales Millennium Centre plays host to a wide variety of number one touring productions, from musicals, dance and opera to comedy, as well as our own internal productions, international productions, events and conferences. You will be an integral part of the team to get these productions up and running.
This role covers Stage crew, Technician, and Dressing roles or possibly a combination of these.
As one of the casual dressers, your main role will be servicing the productions in all of the performance spaces within the Centre, working on events located around the building as well as outside WMC’s premises, it’s also possible this may include taking part in occasional tours.
Your role may be subject to a DBS check
Key Requirements:
- A positive and constructive attitude with a friendly and flexible approach to clients and visiting companies
- Good interpersonal and team-working skills and the ability to work with other departments within WMC, to ensure the success of all productions and events
- Experience of working in technical theatre with costumes and laundry/maintenance calls.
- Ability to work unsociable hours, including over-night, weekends and Bank Holidays
- Ability to adhere to H&S policies connected with working backstage, including working at height, manual handling and working with electricity, as well as wearing the appropriate PPE where necessary.
- The ability to speak Welsh is desirable but not essential
What’s in it for you?
- Real living wage employer
- Now pension
- Flexibility of working hours – pick the shifts/hours that work around your personal life and commitments
- Access to the Theatre Helpline, which includes support for: mental health and wellbeing, injury, debt, and financial issues etc
- Free access to learn Welsh online
- Mental health allies and support
- 20% discount from WMC restaurants and cafes
- £5 all-day parking available on working and non-working days.
At Wales Millennium Centre, our commitment to diversity and inclusion goes beyond words; it is a fundamental aspect that guides our actions. Adhering to the principles outlined in Section 158 of the Equality Act 2010, we actively embrace positive action in our recruitment and selection processes. Recognising the underrepresentation of specific groups, particularly individuals with disabilities, and those from Black, Asian, and ethnically diverse backgrounds, within our workforce, we have implemented proactive measures to address this disparity.
Through our positive action approach, applicants of our advertised roles from these underrepresented groups, meeting the minimum criteria detailed in the role profile, will be shortlisted for interview selection. Our commitment extends beyond meeting legal obligations; we aspire to cultivate a workplace that authentically embraces the rich diversity of our global society.
