NIDA
Administrative & Ticketing Assistant
Play a key role in delivering outstanding events and productions, while gaining hands-on experience in venue operations and ticketing.
About Us
The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is Australia’s premier training ground for future leaders and practitioners in the dramatic arts. Located at Kensington in Sydney, it is a Centre of excellence in education and training. NIDA is unique in the world for its practice-based and industry-relevant training in the range that it offers which includes Acting, Design, Costume, Properties and Objects, Technical Theatre and Stage Management, Scenic Construction, Writing for Performance, Directing and Cultural Leadership.
About the Role
The role supports the NIDA Theatres team by coordinating venue hire bookings, assisting with event planning and delivery, managing ticketing services for NIDA productions, liaising with clients and internal departments, handling customer service enquiries, and ensuring smooth administrative operations across all theatre-related activities.
About You
You are a proactive and detail-oriented professional with strong relationship management skills, advanced computer proficiency, and the ability to juggle competing priorities while delivering exceptional customer service with a calm, can-do attitude, ideally with experience in event or box office administration and a passion for the performing arts.
Please download the full position description here for more information about this role.
This is a full-time 2-year contract. Flexibility is required, with occasional work outside normal hours, but time in lieu can be arranged. The base annual salary is $68,255 gross per annum (based on a 5-day working week) + 11.5% Superannuation, based on a 38-hour working week.
Please include the following in your application:
Closing date: 11.59pm, 15th July 2025
Only applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted.
Considerations:
- You are required to have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this role. This role is not suited to a working holiday visa holder.
- A valid Working with Children Check for NSW is essential. Having one or being willing to get one and to support and implement NIDA’s Child Safe Strategies is necessary to undertake this role.
Further Information
For further information about this role, please contact Bridget Haberecht: Bridget.Haberecht@nida.edu.au
As part of NIDA’s commitment to equity and inclusion, we strongly encourage applications from people who identify with historically excluded communities such as First Nations, culturally and linguistically diverse, LGBTQI+ and people with disability. All applications will be considered without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital or disability status.
