About the role

The Belco Arts Facility Manager ensures seamless facility operations across our Theatre, Gallery, and creative spaces. Reporting to the Co-CEOs, you’ll maintain high standards of safety and functionality, supporting a wide variety of live performances, exhibitions, and events.

From our Theatre and Galleries to the Dance Studio, Rehearsal Room, and Workshops, you’ll create well-maintained spaces that inspire artists, hirers, and audiences.

In this role, you’ll oversee the day-to-day maintenance and OH&S of Belconnen Arts Centre, working alongside a high-performing team of arts professionals, in a state-of-the-art facility by Lake Ginninderra. Your attention to detail will directly enhance our community outreach and exhibition programs. Collaborating with the Executive and Artistic Directors (Co-CEOs), the Production and Venue Hire Manager, Marketing Manager, and Visitor Services Coordinator, and supported by our team of casuals and volunteers, you’ll help ensure our centre and programs continue to fuel a love of and engagement in the arts.

With the addition of a café and bar which opened in 2025, our venue is well-utilised, and we are proud to be the ACT’s first Climate Active certified carbon-neutral arts organisation. It’s a place of creativity, connection, celebration and joy.

Selection Criteria

• Proven experience in a facility services role within an arts or entertainment venue.
• Demonstrated understanding of building systems, including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and security systems.
• Experience in the use of Building Management Systems (BMS) software for facility management and the ability to learn new systems to a high level of competency.
• Strong analytical skills to diagnose facility issues and quickly implement solutions, ensuring minimal disruption to centre operations.
• Experience in sourcing, negotiating, and managing external contractors and suppliers for maintenance, repairs, and service agreements, delivering good value for money.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills, coupled with strong interpersonal, negotiation, and team-building abilities.
• Demonstrated capacity to manage challenging situations, to plan and prioritise creatively, and to meet deadlines while maintaining a calm and positive outlook.

For more information on this opportunity, please email [email protected] using the subject line: Facility Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs.

To apply

To apply, please click "Apply now" and send a max. 2 page cover letter that addresses the selection criteria and an up-to-date copy of your CV.

Belconnen Arts Centre aims to foster cultural diversity, remove barriers for artists with lived experience of disability and/or mental health issues and be a catalyst for positive change through our work with artists, communities and partners.

A position description is attached.