Vacant job

Norrbottensmusiken is an operation within Region Norrbotten. Our mission is to develop, produce, and disseminate professional music throughout the county. Every year, we carry out approximately 450 concerts and workshops, reaching around 36,000 adults and 28,000 children and young people.

We collaborate with municipalities, independent cultural actors, and educational institutions to strengthen competence supply, renewal, and artistic development in the region.

Our activities

• Norrbotten Big Band operates within jazz and improvisational music.
• Norrbotten World focuses on music connected to national minorities and the Sámi indigenous people, with the goal of bringing Norrbotten to the world – and welcoming the world to Norrbotten.
• Norrbotten Chamber Orchestra produces concerts within classical orchestral music.
• Piteå Chamber Opera highlights topical issues using opera as a tool.
• Choir Center Nord supports and develops choral life in Norrbotten.
• Young Norrbottensmusiken gathers our activities for children and young people. This includes school productions, youth ensembles Arctic Youth Jazz Orchestra (AYJO) and Norrbotten Youth Symphony (NUS), the vocal ensemble Arctic Light, as well as initiatives for young organizing through KulturCrew.

For our various activities, we contract approximately 500 freelance musicians annually, making us the largest employer in the music sector in Norrbotten.

With us, you become part of an engaged team working to ensure that music and performing arts reach more people – and mean more – throughout Norrbotten.

We are looking for

We are looking for someone with post-secondary education in sound/technology or equivalent experience. You have a good understanding of sound, lighting, stage, and video technology in a performing arts and production environment, as well as solid knowledge of modern digital systems such as mixing consoles, microphones, and PA systems. You also have experience with budgeting, quotation management, and cost monitoring related to technical productions.

The position requires at least a B driver's license, good computer skills, and proficiency in Swedish and English, both spoken and written. Knowledge of additional languages is an asset. You have experience with sound productions in stage and concert contexts, including tour production, rigging, and working with mixing consoles. Furthermore, you have worked in collaboration with external partners and have experience in a coordinating role within technical production.

It is an asset if you have completed courses in live sound, digital sound production, sound design, or stage production. Experience working within a music institution is also an advantage, as is experience with service and maintenance of equipment for technical production.

We place great importance on personal qualities. As a person, you are flexible, structured, independent, and service-oriented. You share your knowledge and collaborate well with others.

This is what you will work with

Norrbottensmusiken is a regional music institution that produces and presents professional music productions in both large and small formats. We are in an exciting phase of development where we are reviewing and renewing our technical support – and are now looking for a sound technician/multi-technician who wants to contribute to the next step. The position is primarily linked to the activities Norrbotten Big Band, Norrbotten World, and Children and Youth.

The technical support team is responsible for technically planning, coordinating, and carrying out rehearsals, concerts, and tours in close collaboration with producers and ensembles. As a sound technician/multi-technician with us, you will have the opportunity to:

• act as a link between technicians, producers, musicians/ensembles, and organizers
• follow productions from the idea stage to the finished concert or performance, with responsibility for the technical sound execution
• contribute to the development and renewal of working methods within technical support
• participate in the coordination of technology, orders, and maintenance of equipment and venues
• participate in work planning and practical coordination

The work takes place on tour around the county and nationally, as well as in our premises in Luleå and Piteå. The location of employment is Luleå. Working hours vary depending on the needs of the productions and the season.

This is what we offer you

- Health-promoting workplaces with access to wellness activities and a wellness allowance

- Link to our benefits: https://www.norrbotten.se/en/work-with-us/employment-terms-and-development/

Information about the position

We offer a permanent position at 80%. Working hours are during the day, but evenings and weekends when the activity requires it. Start date 2026-08-01 or by agreement.

Selection and interviews are conducted on an ongoing basis, and the position may be filled before the application deadline.

Region Norrbotten applies individual salary setting according to collective agreements.

We strive to have employees with knowledge of Sweden's national minority languages and therefore value your knowledge of Sámi, Meänkieli, Finnish, Romani Chib, and Yiddish. We actively work for an even gender distribution and see diversity as a strength. We welcome employees with different backgrounds and work to make our workplace accessible to everyone.

Welcome with your application!