Orchestra Personnel Manager
Hallé Concerts Society £35000 p.a. Closing date 03 March 2025
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Hallé working in a central role responsible for all fixing, overseeing orchestra recruitment and sharing out rehearsal and concert duties in Manchester and beyond.
The Orchestra Personnel Manager will work closely with our Musicians, Concerts Director and Orchestra Manager together with Concerts and Platform teams to ensure the successful delivery of all our orchestral activity.
Key tasks of the role:
• Responsible for all freelance musician bookings. This will include all vacancies, musicians required above orchestration and managing orchestra members release requests.
• Keeping an up-to-date and accurate database of all extras and deputies engaged by the Hallé. Ensure new starter information is collected as applicable.
• Send all freelance musicians’ contracts, supported by the Orchestra Manager
• Be the first point of contact for all employed orchestra musicians as well as freelance musicians.
• Overseeing player rotas, sitting up and orchestra seating for each patch of work
• In collaboration with the orchestra manager, monitoring and calculating work commitments for the orchestra to help publish orchestra working commitments in line with the quarterly orchestra itineraries
• Manage all aspects of recruitment process with support from the Concerts Director, such as, producing the advert, overseeing shortlisting, running auditions, overseeing panel meetings, booking trialists and ensuring a smooth and transparent recruitment process in line with company guidelines.
• Together with the Orchestra Manager share the duty management of all rehearsals, concerts, recordings in Manchester, UK and abroad, being an ambassador for the Halle whilst on duty.
• Together with the Orchestra Manager keep accurate record keeping of timings and attendance at concerts, recordings and rehearsals; instrument hire; accommodation booking and visa letters for trialists and freelancers coming from abroad as required
• Have knowledge and input in the department budgets in close collaboration with the Concerts Director and Orchestra Manager
• Any other duties as reasonably requested by the Concerts Director.
0161 237 7000
Halle Concerts Society
Bridgewater Hall
Great Bridgewater Street
Manchester
M1 5HA
The Orchestra Personnel Manager will work closely with our Musicians, Concerts Director and Orchestra Manager together with Concerts and Platform teams to ensure the successful delivery of all our orchestral activity.
Key tasks of the role:
• Responsible for all freelance musician bookings. This will include all vacancies, musicians required above orchestration and managing orchestra members release requests.
• Keeping an up-to-date and accurate database of all extras and deputies engaged by the Hallé. Ensure new starter information is collected as applicable.
• Send all freelance musicians’ contracts, supported by the Orchestra Manager
• Be the first point of contact for all employed orchestra musicians as well as freelance musicians.
• Overseeing player rotas, sitting up and orchestra seating for each patch of work
• In collaboration with the orchestra manager, monitoring and calculating work commitments for the orchestra to help publish orchestra working commitments in line with the quarterly orchestra itineraries
• Manage all aspects of recruitment process with support from the Concerts Director, such as, producing the advert, overseeing shortlisting, running auditions, overseeing panel meetings, booking trialists and ensuring a smooth and transparent recruitment process in line with company guidelines.
• Together with the Orchestra Manager share the duty management of all rehearsals, concerts, recordings in Manchester, UK and abroad, being an ambassador for the Halle whilst on duty.
• Together with the Orchestra Manager keep accurate record keeping of timings and attendance at concerts, recordings and rehearsals; instrument hire; accommodation booking and visa letters for trialists and freelancers coming from abroad as required
• Have knowledge and input in the department budgets in close collaboration with the Concerts Director and Orchestra Manager
• Any other duties as reasonably requested by the Concerts Director.
Contact details
linzi.watts@halle.co.uk0161 237 7000
Halle Concerts Society
Bridgewater Hall
Great Bridgewater Street
Manchester
M1 5HA