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r Technical Director Goldfarb Center for Performing Arts

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r Category: Administrative, Professional & Staff Positions

r Department: CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS

r Locations: Macomb, IL

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rRESPONSIBILITIES: This position manages the technical direction and

operational support in a state-of-the-art performance venue at The Goldfarb Center for Performing Arts at Western Illinois University. Professional tours, concerts, plays, high profile media and community-based events, lectures, dance and other entertainment for audiences up to 870 people, plus School of the Arts music, theatre, and dance productions between the Great Hall and the Studio Theatre. The Technical Director is responsible for all technical functions such as employee sourcing, recruiting, hiring, employee orientation, employee skill training, employee time-sheets, performance evaluations, budgeting, maintaining vendor relationships, facility maintenance, event and maintenance scheduling, stage management, show lighting and rigging, fire and public safety.

WORK LOCATION: Macomb campus

APPOINTMENT: As soon as possible

ANNUAL WAGE: \$45,000-\$65,000

Western Illinois University employees may be eligible for a variety of

State of Illinois benefits. These benefits are administered through the Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS). These benefits include: Health Insurance plans, (HMO\'s, OAP\'s, QCHP, and CDHP), Dental Insurance, Vision Plan, Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Supplemental Long-Term Disability (LTD), Flex Spending Accounts (HAS, MCAP, and DCAP), 403(b) Supplemental Retirement Plans and 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plans.

Eligible employees are required to participate in the State Universities

Retirement System (SURS). SURS is the retirement administrator for employees in public higher education in the State of Illinois.

Other benefits available to eligible employees include: paid time-off,

Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Waiver programs, and discounts to the local YMCA.

For a full list of benefits as a WIU employee, please visit our Benefits

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For questions on benefits, or eligibility, contact our benefits team at

[HR-Benefits@wiu.edu]( or by calling 309-298-1971.

Job Requirements:

1. High school diploma or equivalent. 2. Any one or combination totaling eighteen months (18 months) from the categories below:

A. Course work in arts, theatre, theatre management, music business, or

a closely related field, as measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent:

*30 semester hours equals one (1) year (12 months)

*Associate\'s Degree (60 semester hours) equals eighteen months (18

months)

B. Work experience in technical operations of event production or

closely related experience. 3. One (1) year (12 months) of supervisory work experience in technical operations of event production.

*For a degree to be considered, it must be conferred from a regionally

accredited degree-granting institution of higher education (or equivalent from an international accrediting body). The degree must be conferred at the time of application.*

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Since 1899, Western Illinois University has provided outstanding

educational opportunities to individuals in west central Illinois and well beyond our region and state. WIU\'s traditional residential campus in Macomb, Illinois, is the educational, cultural and athletic center of the region, while the WIU-Quad Cities non-residential branch campus in Moline, Illinois, is the only public university in the immediate Quad Cities region.

WIU-Macomb, IL: Western\'s traditional, residential main campus offers a

comprehensive slate of undergraduate and graduate programs, including a doctorate in education, and post-baccalaureate certificates. A diverse community in west central Illinois, Macomb features a unique blend of agriculture, industry, service, retail, education, and culture. Macomb serves as the county seat, with connections across the state with Amtrak providing twice-daily service from Macomb to Chicago (and point in between). Macomb is located approximately 75 miles from the Quad Cities International Airport (Moline, IL) and 70 miles from the Greater Peoria Regional Airport (Peoria, IL).

WIU-Quad Cities: Located on the banks of the Mississippi River in

Moline, Illinois, the WIU-Quad Cities campus is the only public four-year regional university that serves the Quad Cities region. Designed as a metropolitan commuter campus, WIU-Quad Cities offers select undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral p

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