Volunteer Job Roles

Crew

Description

Available/Full

Art Gallery

Required: Full

Full

Artist Management - Artist door

Help security with wrist-banding festival artists and crew at the artist entry door. Required: 2

Available

Artist Management - Artist Liaison

All artist management volunteers need to be friendly, personable, reliable, have a good work ethic, and must be able to work as part of a team. Overseer for all artist-related concerns. You are the first point of contact if anyone on the artist management team runs into any problems. Primarily looking after VIP artists and overseeing artist management volunteers. Needs to have a friendly and confident manner, able to solve problems and manage a team of volunteers. Previous experience with festival/event management work preferred. Required: 2 - This role is job shared with 2 other Artist Liaison and will run much of the day.

Full

Artist Management - Green room carer

Ensure the wellbeing of all performers and monitor entry to ensure the space is restricted to artists only. Required: 6

Full

Artist Management - Instrument lock up

Checking in and out artists’ instruments from a safe lockup area. Need to have a sense of safety and responsibility Required: 3

Full

Artist Management - Liaison Officer

Be a friendly face to greet artists when they arrive. Direct artists to instrument lock-up room, stages and green rooms. Needs good communication and organisational skills as will be communicating with stage managers and other volunteers on the artist management team. Required: 6

Full

Artist Management - Merchandise table

Selling artist merchandise (eg. CD’s). Must have good cash handling and organisational skills. Previous sales experience preferred. Required: 6

Full

Artist Management - Rider Carer/Runner

General helper for artist management. Keeping green rooms stocked with water, helping artists carry equipment where needed. Must have physical fitness for running errands and covering the site. Required: 3

Full

Artist Management - Stage Emcee

Do you have a clear, strong speaking voice? Are you passionate about music? The role involves introducing each act with joy and enthusiasm, back-announcing it and then managing the transition to the next act. Preference will be given to those experienced at hosting public arts events and able to improvise if necessary to manage the smooth transition from one act to another. Public speaking experience is helpful, but not essential. Required: TBA

Full

Artist Management - VIP Room

Looking after VIP room, manning the door, replenishing food & drink, keeping the place clean and orderly. Needs to have a friendly and confident manner, and ability to make VIP’s feel comfortable. Required: 5

Full

Chai Tent

Required: Full

Full

Disability Aid

Help out during the day with festival guests who have disabilities. Required: 1

Full

I'll Do Anything

All volunteers need to be friendly, personable, reliable, and must be able to work as part of a team. Required: tba If you’re not sure what you’d like to do, or are prepared to take on any role we may require of you, apply here.

Available

Installations

Available

Kids Space

Required: full

Full

Money Reconciliation

This position reports to the ‘Money Reconciliation Manager’. You’ll be in a ‘safe room’ reconciling moneys that have been paid at the festival box office. You’ll need to add and account for all money that comes into the box office on the day. Required: 8

Full

Prefestival Helpers

If you have time prior to the festival day, we have a few jobs available - including flier dropping and postering to advertise the festival. Required: TBA

Available

Site Management - Chair-mover-ologist

A great job - have fun and keep a little fit - we need you to set up, or move chairs around in various venues during the day. Suits folks who are a little fit, or who want to get a little fit. Required: 4

Available

Site Management - Creative sign maker

Creative, artistic folk are required to make signs for around the festival grounds, such as: "No public access", names of stages, "toilets this way". Should be good with drawing/painting. Signage to be completed and hung prior to the start of the festival. Required: 2

Full

Site Management - Crowd Control

Volunteers are required to control the crowds entering rooms featuring music. When the rooms fill up, the volunteer needs to ensure that no further people enter until there's sufficient space. You'll need to be firm, but friendly to control the enthusiastic audiences. There is also a security aspect to the job, as you may be required to prevent people from entering back doors of venues that are off limits to the public. Required: 12

Full

Site Management - Radios

Sign in and out the radios for the festival team during the day. Needs to be organised and responsible. Required: 1

Full

Stall helpers

Aid in serving tea, coffee, cakes on the Shir Madness stall Required: TBA

Full

Stall Setup and Packup - Sunday morning set up

We need 3 strong folks to be ready for a 7am start to help set up tables, chairs, drinks, tents and flooring at the Bondi Pavilion festival site. Because its and early rise, it’ll be a shorter shift than others in the festival. Need to be fit and strong. Required: 2

Full

Stall Setup and Packup - Sunday night bump out

We need 3 strong folks to help pack down left over drinks, tables, chairs, tents and flooring. This will start roughly at 8.30pm, and go to conclusion of pack-down (around 11.30pm). Need to be fit and strong. Required: 3

Full

Technical Team - Audio volunteers

All Technical Team volunteers need to be personable, reliable, have a good work ethic, and must be able to work as part of a team. Help the audio team to create the amazing sounds for our bands. Requirements: • Basic knowledge of audio systems • Ability to read and understand a stage mic list • Basic knowledge of band equipment (backline) • Able to assist in audio system set ups and strikes • Able to assist in setting up a band on stage • Able to move mics during a band changeover according to a stage plot and mic list • Willing to assist unloading and loading production/band equipment into trucks • An understanding of working safely with electricity - basic instruction to be given • An understanding of safe manual handling techniques - basic instruction to be given. Required: 29

Available

Technical Team - Lighting volunteers

Help the lighting team to create the amazing ambience for our bands. Requirements: • Basic knowledge of lighting systems • Basic knowledge of band equipment (backline) • Able to assist in lighting system set ups and strikes • Able to assist the audio crew with band changeovers - moving and carrying equipment • Willing to assist unloading and loading production/band equipment into trucks • An understanding of working safely with electricity - basic instruction to be given • An understanding of safe manual handling techniques - basic instruction to be given Required: 12

Available

Technical Team - Stage Manager

A fun role, ensuring all acts start and finish on time. Assist artists getting on and off stage and ensure they have everything they need. This is a time management and artist management role so applicants need to be organised, have great people skills and preferably previous experience stage managing. No technical skills required. Required: 2

Full

Technical Team - Staging volunteers

Help the staging team to create the amazing working space for our bands. Requirements: • Able to help move and piece together stages • Able to assist with installing drapes and push-up rigging • Able to assist in placing and hanging signage • Able to assist in running power cables • Willing to assist unloading and loading production/band equipment into trucks • An understanding of working safely with electricity - basic instruction to be given • An understanding of safe manual handling techniques - basic instruction to be given Required: 10

Available

Ticket Sales - Cash/Eftpos

For people arriving at the festival without tickets, you’ll be selling tickets to them on the day, handling either cash, and/or using an eftpos machine which you’ll be trained to handle. Required: 4

Full

Ticket sales - Deputy Manager

Deputy to Ticketing manager. Support for ticketing team, and solving ticketing related queries. Must be available all festival day. Required: 1

Full

Ticket Sales - Prepaid Tickets

Meeting and greeting all those who have prepaid for their tickets. They will arrive with hard copy tickets and you will provide them with a festival wristband. Required: 4

Full

Volunteer Desk - Deputy Co-ordinator

Share the management of the volunteer team with the Volunteer Co-ordinator. Fast paced job. Requires excellent problem solving and organisational skills. A job share role for the entire day. Required: 1

Full

Volunteer Desk - Greeter

All volunteer desk volunteers need to be friendly, personable, reliable, be able to work quickly and think on their feet, have a good work ethic, and must be able to work as part of a team. Be a friendly face to greet volunteers when they arrive. Sign volunteers onto their shifts, supply them with any materials they need, and direct them to the area they’ll be volunteering at. This role also includes looking after lost property and lost property enquiries. For those on the final shift of the day, the last hour will include helping to pack down the volunteer desk. Required: 6

Full

Volunteer Desk - Manager

Be a friendly face to greet volunteers when they arrive. Sign volunteers onto their shifts, supply them with any materials they need, and direct them to the area they’ll be volunteering at. Help manage and solve problems that may arise from volunteer desk team. Has experience in managing people. Needs good communication and organisational skills as will be communicating with volunteer director for any roster changes required on the day. Required: 4

Full

Volunteer Desk - Set up

Be ready for an 8.15am start to set up the volunteer desk, and then begin to greet volunteers as they arrive. You should be reasonably fit and strong to help move and set up a few boxes of t-shirts and other volunteer tools. And then be a friendly face to meet and greet incoming volunteers, sign them onto their shifts, and direct them to the area they’ll be volunteering at. . Required: 1

Full