Job vacancy at English National Opera
OrchestrasENO, which is shedding its orchestra in the move away from London, is advertising for an oerchestra manager.
Should be an interesting job.
The English National Opera (ENO) is inviting applications for the role of Orchestra Manager..
Reporting to the Director of the Music Department, the Orchestra Manager will oversee the administrative management of the Orchestra. Responsibilities include managing orchestra sessions, project management, and maintaining the orchestra planning software. The role requires close collaboration with the development and engagement teams, as well as ensuring all production requirements are met.
This is a full-time position, with a salary of up to £45,000, depending on experience.
The deadline for applications is 5pm on Wednesday, 24 July 2024.
Sitting here with little to do other than wait for Royal Mail to deliver my General Election voting pack I followed this through to find out more about the job.
Nowhere does it tell you where the job is located.
You will be invited to fill in ENO’s Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form. This is a multiple choice questionnaire – except for the first question. What job have you applied for? Here there is only one choice – Master Carpenter. However, you can leave it unanswered and still submit. There follows a number of questions about your protected charactistics. You are reminded not to give out your password (your email and IP might be harvested though). That’s OK as you don’t need a password. You can submit the form as many times as you wish and it’s anonymous – so what’s the point??
There is a picture of the orchestra I guess you would be managing. There are about 60 players. They all look like nice people – so it all looks very healthy there.
Full time manager at £45K to look after a part-time orchestra. Personally I’d prefer to see a full time orchestra with a part-time manager and that awful Chair of ENO sent to Coventry (or should that be Manchester?).
Fantastic post! In the past I’ve followed up a few ‘wild claims’ with interesting findings. But this is brilliant. So relieved I will never, ever have to fill out online forms or look for a job again in this world.
Love your wonderful take on it all with true British irony! Sad thing, it’s all such a dreadful situation for ENO to be in from the start and ACE’s butchering,. including dismantling Northern Ballet’s orchestra to dancing to recordings most of the time. As for postal votes and Royal Mail, it will be both interesting and depressing to see how many people will be denied a vote in this election due to more British incompetence. Then see what the next government can do tomorrow to fix broken Britain and the arts, particularly classical music.
From what I understand, there has been a very quiet little exodus of management…
The equivalent in dollars: $57,000. Won’t get you very far in either London or Manchester.
45,000 a year? what kind of person do they want to recruit someone who just finished college?
They are offering 36k to a principal player. What kind of musician do they think they can attract?
Pays less than marketing and comms at CBSO. Priorities clear.
I can reveal that the real nature of the job is that of Usher(ette). The succesful candidate must be capable of carrying trays of hamburgers, wraps, kebabs and snacks along the aisles throughout the performances; also take orders for drinks and deliver them to the audience. Another requirement is ability to use a mobile phone to place orders with Deliveroo or Uber-Eats and deliver them to the customers, for consumption during the performance.
The successful candidate will also organise selfies for the members of the audience against the background of the stage performance. Whenever there is a well-known aria (eg The Toreodor’s Song or Nessun Dorma) the succesful candidate will encourage the audience to join in by conducting with a
laser baton. The words will be projected on a white screen above the stage and the laser baton will show a red dot over each word when it is being sung.
Finally, the successful candidate must be physically able to act as a bouncer and eject any members of the audience who object to the execution of any of these duties.
Better than a job listing for an organist to take over for the orchestra on the Mighty Wurlitzer.
…or even AI?