Reporting to the Technical Director of the St-Denis campus, the selected candidate will assist in planning, monitoring, and ensuring the smooth execution of all operations at the St-Denis campus. The activities are primarily in three areas: technical support during courses and public exercises of the National Theatre School (NTS), internal NTS events, and corporate and rental events.
Challenges
Within our team, the selected individual will:
- Participate in ongoing changes and the implementation of innovative processes;
- Promote open and honest exchanges to ensure cohesion and efficiency at work;
- Contribute to the team’s efforts to create an inclusive and supportive professional space;
- Share the belief that theatre brings people together and allows for collective imagination, thought, and feeling.
Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Technical Director, the Assistant Technical Director:
- Supports the Technical Director in all tasks;
- Ensures smooth technical operations related to student activities and general operations at the St-Denis campus;
- Collaborates with the Monument-National technical team;
- Guides and supervises students throughout the production process when they are at the St-Denis campus;
- Acts as the primary technical coach for students in the absence of the Technical Director;
- Assists the Technical Director in mentoring students to acquire professional and safe working practices;
- Generally ensures smooth technical operations at the St-Denis campus;
- Collaborates with the Technical Director to adequately support students in their various roles as they prepare for their production work, guiding and supervising them throughout their production process;
- Ensures the accuracy of various documents necessary for the smooth running of student productions;
- Ensures that equipment (sound, lighting, projection, special effects, etc.) is used appropriately and according to manufacturers’ recommendations;
- Maintains the construction workshop and the inventory of mobile sets and props;
- Maintains equipment and the inventory of perishables;
- Ensures compliance with safety standards, rules, and protocols;
- Participates in setting up rehearsal rooms and the recording studio for pedagogical exercises;
- Ensures the reset of installations at the end of productions;
- Participates in updating technical documentation related to performance spaces (plans and lists of available equipment) at the St-Denis campus.
Profile
- Proven experience in a similar position;
- Strong organizational and planning skills;
- Strong teamwork skills and ability to maintain a positive working environment;
- Excellent communication skills, ability to build trust and share knowledge;
- Problem-solving skills, discernment, creativity, diplomacy, integrity, sense of humor;
- Current knowledge of health and safety regulations;
- Proficiency in managing daily operations related to stage and technical equipment;
- Good skills in electricity, lighting systems, sound, video, and rigging;
- Physical ability to lift loads;
- Good knowledge of Office 365, AutoCAD and Vectorworks is an asset;
- Manual dexterity;
- Bilingualism (French and English) in writing and speaking.
How to apply?
This is a fixed-term contract (parental leave replacement) on a full-time basis, generally Monday through Friday, but the successful candidate will also need to demonstrate flexibility in terms of working hours.
How to apply: Please send your resume and cover letter to cv@ent-nts.ca by April 17, 2026. Expected start date: June 1 (flexible)
Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
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We support the right to employability. That is why we subscribe to an equal opportunity employment program and invite people of all ages, sexual orientations, genders, Indigenous, Black, and people of color (IBPC), as well as people with disabilities to apply.
About the School
For 65 years, the National Theatre School of Canada (NTS) has been training the next generation of theatre artists. Through its wide range of programs and unique pedagogy, the School has been shaping the cultural landscape from coast to coast to coast. Backed by a renewed vision and an ambitious strategic plan for the years ahead, NTS is working to strengthen its position as the theatre training institution of choice nationwide, while finding innovative ways to attract the emerging artists who will walk its halls—and who will one day help shape our society.
The Monument-National, its landmark theatre that has welcomed diverse cultural and artistic communities since 1893, is also undergoing a transformation, bringing with it a host of opportunities and challenges.
