Casual Wardrobe Theater Technician

The Wardrobe Technician (Casual) is responsible for maintaining and organizing SAS’s extensive wardrobe and props inventory.

Singapore American School puts on a variety of Performing Arts events every year, including Dance, Music, Drama, and Musical Theater performances.

We host them in a variety of venues, including:

- Auditorium - an 840 seat, our Constellation-equipped proscenium theater
- Drama Theater - a 305 seat, Greek amphitheater styled theater
- Theater Studio - a 120 seat black box flexible performance space
- Our Brand New Elementary Theater - a 350 - 650 seat proscenium theater
- Our Brand New Elementary Multipurpose Hall

**Contract and hours of work**
- Casual Flex hours, min 4 hour call (paid at an hourly rate), average 3 days a week depending on demand
- Entitled to breaks, OT and rest based on Government regulations.
- Shifts offered are completely dependent on the needs of the school and applicant will be informed of their shifts in good time to respect a good work-life balance.
- Must be willing to work evenings and weekends as scheduled.

**Responsibilities**:

- Ensure costumes are cleaned and laundered to a high standard and ready for the performances on time.
- Manage the storage rooms to ensure that all items are stored appropriately and easy to find.
- Create a catalog of the school’s wardrobe and props inventory digitally.
- Collaborate with the production team to ensure costumes are prepared in dressing rooms prior to rehearsals and productions.
- Recognise where maintenance work needs to be carried out on a costume and do basic repairs.
- Ensure that work materials and all costumes and dressing rooms in which they work are kept in a tidy and secure manner.
- Report any losses and unsafe practices in dressing rooms to Theater Coordinator
- Ensure that security, safety and good housekeeping procedures for the department are properly carried out.
- Perform other duties or appropriate requests as assigned by the Theater Coordinator.

**Requirements**:

- A working knowledge of sewing machines, overlockers and laundry equipment.
- The ability to iron and wash clothes and clean shoes.
- The ability to work under minimum supervision and adapt work in accordance with performance requirements.
- The ability to work as part of a large team.
- The ability to build respectful rapport with students and staff
- Good communication skills.
- A high level of self motivation.
- Attention to detail.
- Excited to work with student crews and willing to share your skills with them.
- Support students and provide feedback to help them improve as technicians (through the support of the Theater Coordinator)