About the role
Contract: Fixed term from Monday 9 September 2024 – Sunday 7 September 2025.
Hours: 39-hour week, Mon-Fri (8.30am to 5pm) with some evening/weekend work required.
Location: Edington Street Production Studios and other venues as required.
Salary: £25,812.77 per annum, plus benefits.
Scottish Opera’s Costume Department is offering a trainee position to an enthusiastic person with qualifications in theatre costume making, or experience of working in theatre wardrobe.
This position is supported by Elizabeth Salvesen and part of our Emerging Artists programme. The successful candidate will receive training from our senior staff, and will gain practical experience in all areas of the company’s costume department:
- Making traditional men and womenswear costumes in the workroom.
- Costume maintenance, dressing and touring in the Running Wardrobe department.
- Costume storage and organisation in our hire department.
- Costume Supervision and budgeting for a small Scottish Opera production.
The contract is based at Scottish Opera’s Production Studios at Edington Street, at the Theatre Royal Glasgow, and on tour with the company.
How to apply
Applicants should submit their current CV and cover letter, outlining their suitability for the role and specifying where they saw the vacancy to: recruitment@scottishopera.org.uk. Additionally, they should kindly complete our Equality Monitoring Form. All candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work in the UK and documentary proof of this will be requested at interview.
Please note applications without the relevant documents will not be considered.
Closing date for applications is Saturday 18 May 2024.
Interviews will be held on week commencing 17 June 2024 at our Production Studios in Edington Street, Glasgow:
- Candidates selected for interview are expected to bring a sample of their costume making work and either a small portfolio or photographs of garments that they have worked on.
- Candidates are required to undertake a simple sewing test to establish their ability in hand sewing and a test in machine sewing on an industrial sewing machine.
- Candidates will be asked to complete a short multiple-choice test on Historical Costume.
Our diversity and equality commitment
At Scottish Opera, our mission is to speak powerfully through all our work in order to entertain, inspire, surprise, challenge and delight audiences throughout Scotland, the rest of the UK and internationally. We know that having a diverse workforce is essential if we are going to deliver our mission.
We are committed to promoting equality and ensuring that no one is denied opportunities or discriminated against through prejudice or exclusion due to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We particularly encourage applications from people that are under-represented in the Performing Arts and at Scottish Opera including those from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and disabled people. We have supportive working practices and work towards providing wherever possible a working environment that is inclusive and accessible for those with caring responsibilities.
This diversity of thought paired with a culture of inclusion is vital for us to continue to create work that is for everyone. This makes Scottish Opera a great place to work, where people are valued for who they are.
We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally.
Scottish Opera strives to be an equal opportunities employer and is subsidised by the Scottish Government. Registered Number SC037531. Scottish Charity Number SC019787.