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Position: Office Administrator
Position type: Permanent full-time, 40 hours
Compensation: $46,500 annually plus commensurate benefits
Anticipated start date: April 2025
Reports to: Director of Engagement

Overview:
The Office Administrator supports the efficient administrative function of Fringe Theatre’s day-to-day operations. This position is directly supported by the Director of Engagement while collaborating cross-departmentally with all Directors. The Office Administrator’s hours of work will be completed on site and will be scheduled to support the operational needs of the administration office.

Is it you we’re looking for?

You’re an outgoing, hyper-organized administrative dynamo who loves people as much as you love a good database or spreadsheet. You’ve turned multi-tasking into an artform and can do it with grace. You believe in radical hospitality and treat everyone with care and respect. You thrive in a busy, creative environment and relish a workplace where no two days are the same. You love a good challenge and are awesome at meeting deadlines. You are a team player who takes initiative and can work independently. You are a creative problem solver who enthusiastically works with your teammates to find the best possible solution. You bring an open and positive energy to everything you do. You believe in the power of theatre and storytelling and are an enthusiastic appreciator of the arts.

Job description:

Collaborating closely with Fringe’s administrative team, and supporting Fringe’s Engagement team as needed, the Office Administrator will:

• Offer radical hospitality as the first point of contact with our community, be that through phone and email inquiries, or greeting visitors at the front desk;
• Process ticket orders, data entry, and assist in the maintenance of Fringe Theatre databases;
• Coordinate, purchase, maintain, and organize all shared office supplies and equipment;
• Support the Engagement team through Rental inquiries and estimates for Rental Agreements;
• Support the Engagement and Finance team with invoicing;
• Support the Development Department via donor calls including updating banking/financial information and distribution of thank you materials;
• Project manage Fringe Theatre’s online Shop and Festival Merchandise inventory;
• Support Festival activities, including being the staff liaison for the Administration Volunteer Team and coordinating front desk activities with Artist Services;
• Support basic financial administration, including entering and reconciling accounts, cash collections and deposits, cheque printing etc. as needed;
• Manage internal calendars, including managing grant cycles and reporting deadlines, board and committee schedules and other team milestones; and
• Data entry and filing as needed and other administrative duties or special projects as they arise.

To apply:

Please submit your resume and cover letter to work@fringetheatre.ca by 5:00 PM on Friday, March 28, 2025. We thank everyone who applies, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Why Fringe?
At Fringe Theatre, we foster artists. We nurture audiences. We take chances. Fringe Theatre cultivates safer spaces for brave ideas and big artistic risk.

Since its very beginning, Fringe Theatre has been the meeting place where experience, perspective, diversity, and passion are explored, uplifted, and celebrated. Representation onstage, backstage, in the Front of House and Box Office, in our administrative spaces, and in our mentorship and training programs matters. The future of theatre in Treaty 6 is equitable, diverse, inclusive, and accessible. We believe representation within our organization will lead to greater equity, diversity, inclusivity, and accessibility in our community.

We are a collaborative, playful, creative, hard-working team where big ideas and out-of-the-box approaches are encouraged. Our base of operations is the Fringe Theatre Arts Barns in Edmonton, AB. Our hours of business are typically 10am – 5pm Monday – Friday, though as a busy cultural space supporting more than 500 events year-round and as the producers of the largest, longest running Fringe Theatre Festival in North America, there is an expectation that staff are reasonably available evenings and weekends based on season and Festival event activity.

Employees are expected to uphold and champion Fringe’s Safer Spaces and Anti-Racism programs and abide by our Code of Conduct.