The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is a private institution whose main purpose is to improve people’s quality of life through art, charity, science, and education. The Foundation carries out its activities from its headquarters in Lisbon, and from its branches in Paris and London.

Gulbenkian Music promotes an educational programme with over 300 annual sessions divided into several areas of activity, such as Programming for Schools (musical and pedagogical visits, specific educational needs, commented concerts, attendance of open rehearsals, masterclasses); Music at School; Gulbenkian Supervised Training for Orchestra; Programming for Families; Programming for Youth and Adults; Special projects. 

We are seeking to strengthen the Gulbenkian Music team with a Music Production Assistant.

Contractual conditions: Permanent Employment Contract.

Main Responsibilities

• Support department coordination in administrative and production programming activities for various audiences;
• Support assembly and disassembly tasks, assist trainers, monitor participants in Gulbenkian Music SE activities, whether at schools or others;
• Supervised updating of payment tables;
• Supervised preparation of contracts and respective management;
• Utilise the OPAS application;
• Accompany the visits of Gulbenkian Orchestra musicians to schools and establish communication with the schools involved; supervised preparation of contracts and invitations;
• Support trainers in processing audio and video files used in Audition Guide sessions or in theoretical courses;
• Gulbenkian Orchestra Supervised Training — prepare the call for applications, attend auditions and process the resulting files; process candidate details; process and assemble scores;
• Gulbenkian Digital Archive — file contracts, photographs and videos in the ADG / Gulbenkian Music and Jazz in August websites; support their respective creation/updating.

Required skills

• Graduate degree in Musical Sciences or equivalent (solid musical knowledge);
• Good command of written and spoken Portuguese and English language;
• Good command of Microsoft Office tools;
• Good relational, communication and teamwork skills;
• Availability during weekend and evening hours to support educational sessions;
• Availability to accompany artistic groups on tour.

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation welcomes applications from all people, regardless of their age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, religion, or disability, in particular of those who identify with underrepresented groups in the various initiatives promoted by the Foundation.

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