Technical Manager 2025
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Technical Manager
Closing date: 10 April 2025, 23:59pm
Interviews: Week commencing 11 April 2025
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art is a major international gallery situated on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead, England. Having welcomed over 9 million visitors since opening in July 2002, Baltic presents a distinctive and ambitious world-class visual art programme.
Housed in a landmark ex-industrial building, Baltic houses 2,600 square metres of art space, making it one of Europe’s largest galleries. Baltic has presented the work of over 850 artists of 78 nationalities in over 300 exhibitions to date. Baltic is supported by Arts Council England, Gateshead Council and Northumbria University.
Baltic are recruiting a Technical Manager to join our team. The Technical Manager plays a pivotal role in the realisation of our creative programmes.
Baltic has an outstanding reputation for producing exceptional exhibitions and Baltic’s technical team is internationally recognised for their ability to support artists and curators realise productions of considerable scale and impact.
Recent highly acclaimed exhibitions include Michael Rakowitz’ The Waiting Gardens of the North; Heather Philipson’s The Age of Love, Hew Locke’s The Procession and Franki Raffles: Photography, Activism, Campaign Works.
Key information
Reports to: Production Manager & Registrar
Salary: £35,000 per annum
Working hours: 37 hours per week; we offer a flexitime scheme
Place of Work: Your usual place of work will be Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, South Shore Road, Gateshead NE8 3BA
Annual leave: You will be entitled to 25 days paid annual leave (pro-rata to working hours) plus standard bank holidays.
Benefits: 30% discount at Baltic’s shop and discounted menu at Baltic Kitchen, 20% discount at SIX Restaurant, 10% off standard rooms & food at Malmaison Hotel Newcastle, Discount at Eldon Square, Pension Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme
For all vacancies at Baltic, candidates must have eligibility to work in the UK.
Baltic is committed to the goal of building a diverse workforce. We are inviting people with different skills, experiences, backgrounds, gender, orientation, and neurodiversity to apply for all job opportunity.