The Vienna State Opera is looking for

an employee in Sponsoring
from 01.05.2025
Full-time, 40h/week

Tasks:

• Organization of sponsor events including on-site support (premieres, sponsor receptions, priceless events, etc.)
• Management of sponsor ticket quotas and monitoring of sponsor visits
• Personal support and booking of ticket reservations for sponsors and members of the Official Circle of Friends
• Close cooperation with the ticket sales department
• Processing and organizing all rental requests and managing the rental calendar for the WSO's staterooms
• Preparation of calculations and offers for rentals
• Cooperation with various department heads (sales documents, general terms and conditions, etc.)

Requirements:

• Completed commercial training (HAK, HASCH, HLW, LAP)
• Professional experience in a comparable field of activity
• High customer and service orientation
• Flexibility with the willingness to change working hours (evening and weekend service)
• Excellent knowledge of German and English
• Experience with the JETTICKET program is an advantage
• Cultural affinity
• Communication skills and very good manners
• Independent, proactive and organized way of working

The minimum salary according to the collective agreement is € 2,646.37 gross per month based on full-time employment. Depending on qualifications and experience, there is a willingness to overpay.

We offer you an interesting, creative job in one of the largest cultural institutions in Austria. We look forward to receiving your detailed application with CV and letter of motivation by 16.03.2025 by e-mail to jobs@wiener-staatsoper.at

As an employer, we stand for equal opportunities and all qualified applicants will be considered regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation or disability status.

The Vienna State Opera is looking for

→ a*n stage wallpaperer

The position is full-time, 38 hours/week, starting immediately.

Tasks:

• Laying the floor coverings (dance flooring for ballet performances)
• Covering the stage floor with floor cloths
• The assembly of all textile decoration parts attached in the stage design area
• Repair work on these decorative elements

Education:

• Completed vocational training as an upholsterer

or

• Completed vocational training as a bedding manufacturer

Requirements:

• Manual skills and technical understanding

• High degree of commitment

• Very good, fluent German language skills

• Very good physical constitution and resilience

• Absolute freedom from vertigo/ability to work at heights
• Ability to work in a team, reliability, accuracy, stress resistance, talent for improvisation
• Willingness to work flexible hours (evenings, weekends and public holidays as well as split shifts)
• No criminal record
• As a male applicant, completed military or civilian service

The collectively agreed starting salary is € 2,757.06 gross per month based on full-time employment.

We offer you a challenging job in one of the largest cultural institutions in Austria. We look forward to receiving your detailed application with CV and letter of motivation by e-mail to personal.technik@wiener-staatsoper.at

The Vienna State Opera is looking for two

→ lighting technicians

The positions are to be filled immediately on a full-time basis, 38 hours/week.

Tasks:

• The installation, connection and lighting of spotlights on the stage, the lighting bridges and the galleries - in daily operations / during rehearsals and performances

• Maintaining and carrying out repair work on the extensive lighting equipment

• The production of custom-made lighting equipment

• Computer-aided documentation of the various lighting equipment

Education:

Completed vocational training in an electrical trade - e.g. electronics, electrical engineering, mechatronics

or

Completed vocational training as an event technician

Requirements:

• Professional experience in a theater or in the field of event technology
• As a male applicant, completed military or civilian service
• No criminal record
• Very good knowledge of German
• Very good physical condition and resilience
• High level of commitment
• Manual dexterity and technical understanding
• Absolutely no fear of heights/ability to work at heights
• Ability to work in a team, reliability, accuracy, stress resistance, talent for improvisation
• Willingness to work flexible hours (evenings, weekends and public holidays as well as split shifts)

The collectively agreed starting salary is € 2,757.06 gross per month based on full-time employment.

We offer you a challenging job in one of the largest cultural institutions in Austria. We look forward to receiving your detailed application with CV and letter of motivation by e-mail to personal.technik@wiener-staatsoper.at

To strengthen our make-up department we are looking for
Make-up artists, occasionally as evening help, starting immediately

Tasks during rehearsals / performances:

• Supervision of rehearsals and performances
• Making drawings (design sketches) and models
• Fitting and adjusting wigs, hairpieces, beards and sideburns for the actors/singers
• Fitting and adjusting bald heads, partially bald heads and hairy bald heads
• Applying different types of make-up; natural, contemporary, advantageous, etc.
• Make up parts of the face (e.g. wrinkles, scars, abrasions) and body parts (e.g. wounds, injuries, body deformations) or create them from modeling clay
• During a production, make-up and make-up changes for the actors/singers on an ongoing basis
• Applying body paint (bodypainting)
• Removing make-up from actors/singers at the end of the working day
• Providing cosmetic care for performers/singers (e.g. applying skin creams and lip balm)
• Conduct team meetings
• Properly clean the equipment used and store it in the storage room

Education and training:

• Completed apprenticeship as a hairdresser and wig maker (stylist) or
• Completed apprenticeship as a make-up artist or
• Diploma in make-up artistry or
• Make-up artist / make-up artist

Requirements:

• Enjoyment of and interest in the cultural and event business
• Creativity, manual skills and dexterity
• Aesthetic sensibility
• Service orientation
• Team spirit, stress resistance and reliability
• Communicative and social skills
• Careful and structured way of working
• Ability to work independently and on your own initiative
• Willingness to work flexible hours (including evenings, weekends and public holidays)
• Very good knowledge of German

Remuneration is in accordance with the 1999 collective agreement for technical personnel, and amounts to €69.92 gross per shift (4 to max. 6 hours) (subject to income tax only), and is a daily, marginal employment relationship with only accident insurance.

We offer you an interesting temporary job in one of the largest cultural institutions in Austria. We look forward to receiving your detailed application with CV and letter of motivation by e-mail to: personal.technik@wiener-staatsoper.at

The Vienna State Opera is looking for

→ two apprentices for the event technology apprenticeship / apprenticeship period 3.5 years

Start: fall 2025

The following tasks await you:

• Preparation and planning of events of all kinds, from a technical perspective

• Responsibility for technical structures and equipment

• Setting up, dismantling and converting scenery and stage decorations as part of a team

• Installing and assembling audio, video and lighting systems

• Supervision of rehearsals and performances

• Collaboration with all work groups involved, e.g. stage technology and set decorators, stage floor and lowering / machinists, lighting, props, audio and video technology

• Maintenance and repair work on the technical event equipment

• Ensuring the smooth running of technical operations during events

What you need:

• Positive compulsory school leaving certificate
• Written and spoken German
• IT and English skills are an advantage
• Willingness to learn and quick comprehension skills
• Motivation, ability to work in a team and stress resistance
• Interest in technology and new media
• Basic manual skills and technical understanding
• Willingness to work evenings, weekends, public holidays and split shifts
• Absolutely no fear of heights and a head for heights
• Punctuality and reliability

What we offer:

• Apprentice remuneration in accordance with the collective agreement of Bundestheater-Holding GmbH

• Competent trainers who will accompany you during your apprenticeship

• Varied tasks and cooperation with various departments at the Vienna State Opera

• Unique working atmosphere in a technical and artistic environment

• Good transport connections

• Company canteen with discounted menus

• Company doctor

We offer comprehensive and challenging training of the highest quality in one of Austria's largest cultural institutions. We look forward to receiving your application with CV, letter of motivation and most recent certificates by March 31, 2025 by e-mail to personal.technik@wiener-staatsoper.at

The following position is vacant in the Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera (Vienna Philharmonic):

Violoncello (Tutti)

Audition: June 23, 2025

Main audition: June 24, 2025

Application deadline: April 20, 2025

Please submit applications exclusively via the muvac.com platform

The Vienna State Opera aims to increase the proportion of women and therefore expressly encourages qualified women to apply.

We reserve the right to make an initial selection based on the applications.

Payment in accordance with the orchestra collective agreement.

The Vienna State Opera will not cover any travel and accommodation costs incurred as a result of participation in the audition.

To strengthen our team, we are now looking for a

→ School administration employee of the Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera,
30h/ part-time until 31/08/2025. 40 hours/full-time planned from 01/09/2025

Tasks:

• Creation of the weekly timetable in the Dispo Neu (lessons, rehearsals, costume fittings, teacher and pianist meetings, health checks and external workshops)
• Collaboration in internal personnel administration (including timetables, duty rosters)
• Planning and coordination of team appointments
• Organization of school events (e.g. start of school, exams, parent-teacher meetings, parent information evenings, grade conference, certificate preparation, organization of semester and annual exams)
• Correspondence with the building administration of the ballet academy
• Management of the digital infrastructure and training of new users to the BAK-specific modules (Dispo-Neu administration of the timetable and IT support for the team)
• Competent, friendly and discreet processing of correspondence with internal and external contacts
• General office tasks and project-related work

Requirements:

• Relevant professional experience in an educational institution and experience in administration
• Interest in ballet, art, culture, and theater
• Excellent PC skills with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Excellent knowledge of German and English, other foreign languages ​​are an advantage
• Strong team and communication skills, enjoyment of working with children and young people
• Organizational skills, resilience, flexibility and enthusiasm for dance and music
• High level of loyalty and discretion

The collective agreement minimum salary is € 2.503,13 gross per month based on full-time employment. An overpayment of € 2.800 gross per month (based on full-time employment), depending on qualifications and experience, is possible.

We offer you a challenging job in one of the largest cultural institutions in Austria. We look forward to receiving your detailed application with CV and cover letter by February 28, 2025, by email to bewerbung-ballettakademie@wiener-staatsoper.at

As an equal opportunity employer, we stand for all qualified applicants and will be considered regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation or disability status.

To strengthen our team, we are now looking for a

→ Supervisor with pedagogical training for the Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera 40h/full-time

Tasks:

• Administrative support (school area - school administration)
• Supervision of the students (8 to 18 years) of the Ballet Academy during lessons and performances, during breaks and during non-teaching hours
• Communication between students, parents/guardians and partner institutes
• Interface between teachers, students and parents/guardians
• Support and supervision of pupils in crisis and conflict situations
• Active support from the Ballet Academy's confidential psychologist
• Picking up and accompanying students to external events and appointments, e.g. rehearsals, performances, medical appointments
• Support in the event of injuries (first aid)
• Administrative and organizational activities (including administration of sick notes, data sheets and forms, preparation of school attendance certificates and report cards, organization of entrance examinations, parents' evenings and consultation days)
• Active participation in the implementation of a student administration program

Requirements:

• Completed pedagogical training, e.g. social pedagogy or comparable psychological/pedagogical training
• Training as a paramedic is an advantage
• Professional experience in the above-mentioned areas
• Very good PC skills with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Excellent German and very good English skills, other foreign languages are an advantage
• Empathy, resilience and communicative know-how, especially in relation to children and their parents, even in challenging situations
• Organizational skills, ability to work in a team and enthusiasm for dance and music

The minimum salary according to the collective agreement is € 2,503.13 gross per month based on full-time employment. An overpayment from € 2,700 gross per month, depending on qualifications and experience, is possible.

We offer you a challenging job in one of the largest cultural institutions in Austria. We look forward to receiving your detailed application with CV, certificates and letter of motivation in a PDF file by e-mail to bewerbung-ballettakademie@wiener-staatsoper.at by 17.02.2025.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will be considered regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation or disability status.