Senior Manager - Production Lighting


Senior Manager Production Lighting

Permanent Contract

Starting salary: £51,000 pa


The Royal Opera House aims to enrich people`s lives through opera and ballet. It seeks to be accessible and engaging, to develop audiences across the UK and to break new ground in the presentation of lyric theatre. Our Technical and Production Department plays a leading part in ensuring our performances are of the highest quality by delivering technical excellence for every performance, rehearsal and event. We are seeking to appoint a Senior Manager to lead one of our Production Lighting teams, managing a group to ensure operational and production requirements of rehearsals and performances are carried out to the highest possible standard of safety, efficiency and quality.

You will ideally have:

  • An excellent track record of team leadership in a major producing theatre including the staging of opera and ballet productions.
  • Substantial technical experience to a high level in Lighting in a major producing theatre, preferably with experience in a repertory house.
  • Qualifications and training in Lighting should be to BS7909 standard.
  • An appreciation of both technical and aesthetic aspects of performance, demonstrating a broad range of technical skills and understanding.
  • An IOSH health and safety qualification with experience of working to CDM2015
  • Demonstrable understanding of Health and Safety legislation relevant to theatre and able to undertake accurate and suitable risk assessments.


The Royal Opera House is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from those who are currently under represented in our workforce; in particular those who are ethnically diverse and/or disabled. As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential minimum criteria for our vacancies.

A full job description is available below. To apply, please scroll to the bottom of the page and click on `Apply Now`. For queries please contact the HR Department at hr.recruitment@roh.org.uk You can also contact us if you have any access needs for making an application.

Closing date for applications: 8am Friday 17th December 2021

Applicants must have work authorisation for the UK.




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