Administration Coordinator

Roundabout Theatre Company, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit theatres, seeks an experienced theatre professional to join our management department as the Administration Coordinator.

Reporting to the Director of Administration, the Administration Coordinator supports Roundabout’s Admin team on varied and changing institutional projects with a focus on labor relations and future productions. The ideal candidate will enthusiastically parlay their past production experience into the values-driven research, analysis, organization, and writing work that supports this busy department. This is a permanent full-time position in our midtown office which offers a regular weekday work schedule and may be tailored to fit the expertise of the selected candidate.

This is some of what the Administration Coordinator will do:

• Ensure consistent and equitable application of institutional policies across multiple theatres and departments by providing nuanced written and verbal guidance tailored to individual staff and other stakeholders 
• Support management and other departments with timely contract interpretation and research
• Liaise between management and finance departments to ensure that payroll and other financial transactions are correctly issued in accordance with contractual commitments and other legal requirements
• Coordinate and participate in union negotiations
• Research and document past practice to inform policy decisions
• Draft correspondence and memoranda
• Compile and interpret complex data sets to inform bargaining and other projects
• Build and maintain the department’s records
• Create and submit required reports, maintain department memberships
• Track financial trends and provide user-friendly financial analysis in writing
• Develop and implement new department projects as they emerge
• Perform other administrative duties as needed

This is some of what the Administration Coordinator should bring:  

• 3–5+ years experience in theatrical management, payroll, and/or human resources
• Familiarity with the landscape of professional theatre in NYC
• Experience preparing union payroll
• Facility reading collective bargaining agreements
• Excellent professional writing skills
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities and work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Proficiency with Adobe Acrobat and MSOffice Suite, including better-than-basic Excel skills.

This is a full-time position with all standard Roundabout benefits. The salary range is $65,000–$70,000 annually.

TO APPLY: 

Please forward cover letter and resume in PDF or Word format to View email address on roundabouttheatre.org use code AC-1224in the subject line. If you require reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, please indicate in your email. No phone calls please. 

As part of our application process, we ask that candidates consider completing a survey. This is voluntary and survey information will be anonymous and kept separate from application materials.

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As a theatre company and a long-standing member of many communities, Roundabout believes in the importance of words, the impact of action, and the healing capacity of shared stories. Roundabout has created a five-year strategic plan to evaluate and evolve how we address Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism in our work, workplaces, and our community. Conceived by a team of 29 staff members in collaboration with the Board EDI Committee following a company-wide assessment in October 2019, the plan was launched in September 2021.

To this end, Roundabout Theatre Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to represent individuals from all walks of life in its workforce. We want our employment community to be a representation of the diverse world we live in. As such, we strongly encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply, and we ensure that every candidate who applies for a position at Roundabout Theatre Company is treated equally and fairly without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status and any other factor prohibited by law. We believe diversity in our teammates is paramount to our success as a not-for-profit theatre serving all communities in New York.