The Assistant Perimeter Manager role is primarily responsible for:

• Supporting the Perimeter Manager and Team
• Manage administrative duties  
• Being qualified and prepared to assume Manager role if needed

 

Organizational Profile

Founded in 1938, Stern Grove Festival is an admission-free summer performing arts festival in San Francisco. Now entering its 88th season, the Festival draws over 100,000 people during its ten-week series of world class performances in the outdoor setting of Sigmund Stern Grove. Past seasons have included performing artists from around the world, including The Flaming Lips, Bob Moses, Chaka Khan, San Francisco Symphony, Kool & the Gang, Los Lobos, Smokey Robinson, Ziggy Marley, Carlos Santana, Allen Stone, and Janelle Monae.

As a cultural cornerstone of the Bay Area, Stern Grove Festival remains committed to making music accessible to all while celebrating artistic excellence and community connection. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.

Leadership Standards
The festival seeks to be a world class leadership organization and each staff member is expected to embody, execute, and promote core standards of excellence: Good Character, Skill, Experience, Learning Mindset, and Composure.

Reporting Relationships
The Assistant Perimeter Manager reports directly to the Perimeter Manager. When assigned, the following positions report to the Assistant Perimeter Manager: Perimeter Leaders and/or Staff. The Assistant Perimeter Manager provides direct administrative support to the Perimeter Manager and ancillary support to the Perimeter, Safety, Ticket Managers. In addition the Assistant Perimeter Manager works closely with the Administrative Staff, Production and Stage Manager, Seasonal Staff, Security and Medical teams, SFPD, and SFRPD Staff.

Position Description

Stern Grove Festival’s Assistant Perimeter Manager will assist the Perimeter Manager in overseeing weekly scheduling of staff as well as on-site, administrative operational needs with a focus on effectively managing time clock operations including confirming staff availability weekly, break scheduling, payroll reporting, radio and uniform distribution and return, and incident reporting. The Assistant Perimeter Manager will facilitate completion of all Area Leader Reports, incident reports, and any other production information into a daily operations report.

The Assistant Perimeter Manager is required to assume the position of Perimeter Manager should the Perimeter Manager become incapacitated or unavailable.

Standard Perimeter duties include helping with perimeter equipment set-up and strike, crowd control and patron services, emergency response protocol, and any additional duties that pertain to the smooth operational functionality of the venue.

Availability and Commitment:
It is expected that this opportunity will be mutually beneficial to both parties and that the employees availability and commitment to work is upheld. Stern Grove Festival attempts to accurately estimate the amount of time required to perform these job duties and expects the employee to uphold their commitment to the working arrangement.

Working Arrangement and Hours

• Must be available every Sunday: May 18, 2025 - August 17, 2025 (except Memorial Day Weekend)
• Must be available August 16th
• 8 hours for the Leadership Symposium
• Up to 16 weekly advance and onsite venue work from June - August

Hybrid working style with 50% in office collaboration as mutually agreed upon. Working arrangement, hours per week, and compensation to be finalized in offer letter.

General Duties

• Serve as Perimeter Manager should Perimeter Manager become incapacitated or unavailable.
• Manage time clock operations for all staff including daily iPad kiosk set-up and storage, assisting staff with clock in/out functions, generating real-time reports for managers, and ensuring staff verify working hours before departure
• Provide Perimeter Manager with real-time staffing levels and identify and contact late/no show staff for formal reporting.
• Schedule and coordinate breaks for Perimeter Staff and other staff on concert Sundays
• Maintain daily equipment dispersal including radio and jacket distribution and return, and any equipment troubleshooting required.
• Compile all completed leader reports, incident reports, and any other production information to be delivered to the Perimeter Manager by the end of the working day.
• Assist Manager in management of daily set-up and strike of concert venues.
• Ensure enforcement and compliance with all rules and regulations in the Grove, including maintaining clear aisle ways, smoking rules, restrictions on blanket size, unclaimed items, etc.
• Help the Perimeter Manager train and manage staff to ensure high standards are held in regard to staff professionalism and performance.
• Help Perimeter Manager empower staff to articulate and embody the Festival’s mission.

Personal Characteristics

• Ability to coordinate multiple schedules and duties in an organized and detailed fashion
• Experience in scheduling staff paid and unpaid breaks while working to ensure staffing levels remain satisfactory.
• Capable of identifying unexpected variations in standard procedures and ability to initialize effective communication between staff to stabilize the course of action.
• Experience managing staff.
• Excellent communication skills and collaborative work ethic.
• Ability to handle stressful situations with diplomacy and tact.
• Ability to judge any and all conditions and make quick decisions while adhering to SGFA guidelines.
• Have a great sense of humor and maintain dedication to the SGFA mission.
• Two (2) years front of Perimeter or Operations experience, preferably in a large outdoor venue.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift/carry 50lbs.
• Assistant Perimeter Manager may experience periods of extended standing; employees must be able to remain on his or her feet in a stationary position.
• Employees may be required to walk and climb considerable distances including on the hillside during the course of a work day.
• Grasp, lift, carry, push and pull heavy objects such as barricades, fencing, and carts.
• Stooping, crouching and kneeling is needed to place signage throughout the Grove.
• Listening and ability to speak is required. In a typical work day the employee will be interacting with large groups of people and they must have the ability to hear and clearly express their ideas with spoken words.

If you meet some of the qualifications but not all, we encourage you to apply. We believe diverse experiences and perspectives strengthen our organization.

Work Environment / Physical Demands
The work environment characteristics and the physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while successfully performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear in person as well as over a walkie-talkie. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Occasionally sound levels may exceed 100 db. All efforts will be made to protect employee’s hearing.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by the incumbent in this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills.

Locations
1) SGFA Office
2) Sigmund Stern Grove, 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard, San Francisco
3) Virtual Meetings and Work From Home

Compensation
$27 per hour

Email
If you have any questions, please email jobs@sterngrove.org

EEO Statement
SGFA provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.  In addition to federal law requirements, SGFA complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment.  This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, leaves of absence, compensation and training.  SGFA expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.