White Bird Load Crew Independent Contractor

POSITION: Load Crew

TERMS: Part-time independent contractor.

SALARY RANGE: $60-100 per shift, plus one pair of complementary tickets to the show being loaded in or out, for each Load-In or Load-Out shift worked, up to a maximum of 4 tickets to each show.

BENEFITS: None

REPORTS TO: Executive Director

SUPERVISES: No supervisory responsibilities.

White Bird, a dance-presenting nonprofit organization based in Portland, OR, is seeking reliable, motivated, passionate individuals to be Load Crew independent contractors.

POSITION OVERVIEW

Load Crew members get behind-the-scenes experience setting up before and breaking down after each dance company’s visit. White Bird is known for its dancer hospitality, and Load Crew is the team that makes it happen. Load Crew members support White Bird’s small Administrative Team to fortify our dance presenting and marketing functions at each venue. Load Crew is supervised by White Bird’s Executive Director.

Specific Responsibilities Include:

Each Load shift will start or end at White Bird’s office in downtown Portland at 900 SW 5th Avenue. Venue locations, specific one to be communicated in advance, include:

• Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall – 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205


• Lincoln Performance Hall – 1620 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97201


• Newmark Theatre – 1111 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205


• Patricia Reser Center for the Arts – 12625 SW Crescent Street, Beaverton, OR 97005


• Keller Auditorium – 222 SW Clay Street, Portland, OR 97201

White Bird rents a moving van to transport items the few blocks between the office and the venue. A regular White Bird staff member drives the truck, and Load Crew walk the few blocks between the office and the venue. If the performance is farther away, Load Crew members are responsible for their own transportation between the office and the venue.

Load-In
Assist White Bird staff in transporting show materials from White Bird’s storage unit and office to the loading dock. At the venue, arrange materials backstage and front-of-house. Load-Ins take place on weekday afternoons the day before the opening performance, usually Tue or Wed. See schedule at end.

Load-Out
Assist White Bird staff in removing show materials from the venue and place materials back in White Bird’s storage unit and office. Load-Outs take place at night starting immediately after the last performance ends, and may last as late as 2:00am. Load Crew is expected to stay until all work is complete or 4.5 hours after the shift started, whichever comes first. See schedule at end.

Both Load-In and Load-Out require:

• lifting of heavy items up to 50 pounds


• pushing fully loaded hand trucks (including up inclines)


• walking up and down staircases


• bending or squatting

Independent Contractors must be able to carry out all of these duties.

The safety of its staff, volunteers, and audiences is of the utmost importance to White Bird. All White Bird staff must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and willing to receive all future CDC-recommended vaccines or boosters with urgency, or alternatively present an objection to vaccination for medical or religious reasons. Staff must be willing to comply with all COVID-19 policies both at the White Bird offices and at performance venues; these policies are created in response to local, state, and federal mandates as well as industry best practices, and are subject to revision as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Please email a statement of interest that specifies where you learned of this opening and a brief listing of relevant experience to

. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and early application is highly recommended. The potential start date for this position is January 24, 2024, and the last show of the season is April 10, 2024.

SCHEDULE

LED Load-In
Wed 01/24
1:00pm-5:00pm

Black Grace Load-In
Tue 02/20
1:00pm-5:00pm

Black Grace Load-Out
Wed 02/21
9:30pm-1:30am

Music from the Sole Load-In
Wed 02/28
1:00pm-5:00pm

Music from the Sole Load-Out
Sat 03/02
9:00pm-1:00am

Alvin Ailey Load-In
Mon 03/11
1:00pm-5:00pm

Alvin Ailey Load-Out
Wed 03/13
9:30pm-1:30am

Sydney Dance Company Load-In
Tue 04/09
1:00pm-5:00pm

Sydney Dance Company Load-Out
Wed 04/10
9:00pm-1:00am

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