Beacon Manager Position Description
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Lead Melbourne Recital Centre’s brand new venue – The Peter and Ruth McMullin Beacon.
Beacon Venue Manager – 18 Months Fixed Term, Full Time
Classification is EA Grade 4.1.2 + superannuation guarantee
• Manage MRC’s brand new venue – The Peter and Ruth McMullin Beacon
• Build your venue management career in a creative people-focused environment where initiative and excellence are celebrated.
• Join a world renowned live performance venue in the heart of Melbourne’s expanding Arts Precinct.
The Peter and Ruth McMullin Beacon (The Beacon)
Melbourne Recital Centre (MRC), known for its commitment to musical excellence and cultural enrichment, has embarked on an exciting endeavour with The Peter and Ruth McMullin Beacon (The Beacon).
The Beacon, MRC’s new performance and events venue is currently in construction marking a significant milestone in our evolution and further cementing our key role within Melbourne’s cultural landscape.
Positioned at the top of an architecturally-striking building – designed by ARM Architecture – the Beacon venue will offer spectacular, uninterrupted views across Melbourne’s skyline. This project emerged from a conviction that the building had always held an extraordinary unrealised space within it and will transform a previously underutilised level into a vibrant, publicly accessible destination.
With funding from the Victorian Government and a matched philanthropic gift from Ruth and Peter McMullin AM – the development reflects a strong partnership between public and private supporters and aligns with the broader transformation of Melbourne’s Arts Precinct.
Where our two existing venues – Elisabeth Murdoch Hall and the Primrose Potter Salon – invite deep listening and contemplative experience, The Beacon is something altogether different – vibrant, electric, intimate offering an immersive experience with Artists and audiences side by side. Sitting above the city, in a space that is as much about joy and connection as it is about music. It's our party space – and it's being made for a city that has always known where to find the best kept secret.
The Beacon fit out is underway and it is expected that this wonderful new space will be ready for performers and corporate hirers from the middle of the year.
Your next Opportunity
We are on the lookout for a dynamic Beacon Manager to head up this exciting new role and venue managing:
• A fast paced and sustainable program of Commercial events, functions and MRC curated musical performances
• Sales through to delivery ensuring the highest standard of service for internal and external stakeholders including staff, corporate hirers, performers and our Food and Beverage (F&B) partners
• Cross collaboration with multiple teams and providers to delight audiences and enhance guests and clients experiences at MRC whilst driving repeat business
This is a hands-on fast paced role where the successful candidate will work independently across all aspects of The Beacon operations with the ability to bring people together across organisation and deliver results through influence and collaboration.
About The Team
You’ll join a collaborative, stakeholder supporting wider team consisting of full time, part time and casual staff that work across multiple venues and events to deliver a world-class experience for our patrons, visitors and people. This is a place where music and initiatives and ideas come together to form lasting memories and experiences.
Why You'll Love Working with Melbourne Recital Centre
In this 18 Month Fixed Term, Full Time role, Melbourne Recital offers a competitive salary from $97,777 depending on skills and experience, Plus 12 % Super, along with a host of generous employment benefits:
• Complimentary tickets
• Discounts at food & beverage outlets
• Flexible working to support work life balance
• Discounted commuter benefits and parking including bike parking
• Range of generous leave benefits – including annual, personal, carers, parental, family, study and domestic violence leave, plus more in line with our Enterprise Agreement
• Digital online learning
• Free access to wellbeing resources and Employee Assistance / Coaching Programs
• A caring and culturally respectful team that truly works together
• The opportunity to work in the heart of Melbourne’s iconic arts district within a live music / performing arts environment
Enough About Us, Let’s Talk About You
You may have all or most of the following skills and experiences:
• A proactive, can-do approach with the energy and enthusiasm to build something new – comfortable with ambiguity and energised by the pace of a venue environment.
• Self-motivated, confident and collaborative working style with the ability to build rapport with clients.
• Excellent client development and management skills, with a genuine desire to form productive partnerships both internally and externally to maximise growth potential.
• Proven ability to manage and deliver multiple priorities with outstanding attention to detail, high levels of efficiency, and sound organisational skills in a complex, fast paced environment.
• Significant experience in event delivery, with a strong events management and hospitality background.
• Demonstrated experience in achieving sales including negotiation and contract management. Implementing marketing strategies as they relate to a function and events environment.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to cross collaborate on a broad range of activities with multiple stakeholders
• Highly developed financial and budget skills including the demonstrated ability to work within and achieve revenue targets
• Strong Experience in procedural implementation, and a high level of conceptual, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• High level of IT literacy with knowledge and experience in Microsoft office suite including teams and Event Management Databases
Next steps
Sound like the sort of role for you? Apply now – we’d love to hear from you!
How to Apply
Please read the position description below for further information. Click here or the Apply Now button below to upload your cover letter, resume, and separate document addressing the key selection criteria.
We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds, Disabled and Deaf people, members of the LGBTQIA+ community and people of all ages.
Applications close on Friday 27 March 2026.
We will be looking at applications on a rolling basis.
Any Questions?
If you have any queries about the role, would like the position description in a different format, or require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us at recruitment@melbournerecital.com.au
Employment at Melbourne Recital Centre is conditional upon the satisfactory completion of a National Police Check, and on obtaining and maintaining a valid employer Working with Children Check and Responsible Service of Alcohol certificate / First Aid and CPR Certification.
Applications are open to those with full working rights in Australia.
Melbourne Recital Centre is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We respectfully request that Recruitment Agencies do not submit applications for this position.
For more information about who we are and what we do, we encourage you to visit the MRC website.
We are an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ages, and religions, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, LGBTQIA+ people, those with a disability, women, and people with culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds. We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.