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Assistant Manager, Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall

  •  East
  •  Â£15k-20k (pro rata)
  •  Part time
  •  Closes June 27, 2025
  •  Emily Mummery
  •  manager@aldeburghjubileehall.co.uk
  • #Combined arts

Description

Job Summary

This is a brilliant opportunity for a talented individual to join our small team and work in our inclusive and historic arts and community venue.

Job Description

We are seeking a proactive and organised Assistant Manager to support the General Manager with the delivery of high-quality events and day-to-day operations. This three day a week role is ideal for someone with excellent communication skills, a passion for the arts and community engagement, proven experience in event management and a creative solution-focused mindset.

The new Assistant Manager will be a crucial role in helping the management team and the board in running the events programme as smoothly as possible. As an audience-focused organisation, we want to reach a larger, more diverse, and younger audience from our thriving town on the Suffolk coast and the wider East Anglia region. We'll do this through programming incredible performances as well as through our creative community and engagement work.

Our mission at Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall is to provide high quality, inspirational and creative experiences for the people of Aldeburgh, Suffolk and beyond, from schools to businesses, from community groups to performing artists, providing excellence balanced by diversity in both programming and activities. We are an ambitious, creative, and passionate organisation and are looking for the right person to join us. We need someone who will share our commitment to our mission for Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall to be known as a place that delivers high-quality, enjoyable, inspirational, and enlightening work.

You don't have to tick every box of our criteria or have experience in every aspect of the role, we can help you fill in the gaps. More important to us, is that we recruit a team player, with huge enthusiasm for our work, who believes in what we do. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of something special. We look forward to hearing from you.

Hours: Part-time - 22.5 hours per week. Evening & weekend work as necessary (TOIL provided)

Salary: £15k per annum (£25k FTE)

Job Requirements

Essential

  • Interest in the arts, culture, or nonprofit/community sector.
  • Strong organisational and time management skills.
  • Confident communicator
  • Comfortable working independently and as part of a small team.
  • Friendly and professional customer service approach.
  • Proficiency in email communication, databases, Excel and Word.
  • A full driving licence and access to a car, unless living within walking distance of the hall.

Desirable

  • Experience in event support or venue operations.
  • Experience in volunteer management.
  • Experience in marketing and community engagement.
  • Knowledge of box office and ticketing systems.
  • Experience in basic sound and lighting desks for events.
  • Experience in or willingness to learn basic design and marketing tools such as Canva and Mailchimp.

Job Responsibilities

Volunteer Management including recruitment, onboarding, scheduling rotas. Ensuring events are staffed sufficiently and maintaining regular communication with the volunteers.

Event Management including artist and production liaison, briefing front of house staff, event set-up and breakdown and other duties that may occasionally include bar work, basic lighting, sound and stage management

Marketing & Promotion including creating and distributing promotional materials, digital newsletters, coordinating local flyering.

Administration & Customer Service such as responding to customer enquiries via email, phone and in person; manning our box office weekly; assist with other administrative duties as needed.

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How to Apply

Applicants are invited to send up to 500 words of how they meet the job and person specifications and why they are the best person for this role, plus an up-to-date CV to Emily Mummery at [email protected]
If you would like an informal discussion about the role please call on 01728 454022 or email the address above.
Deadline: 27th June, 12 noon
First interviews: w/c 7th July
Second interviews: w/c 14th July
Decision made: w/c 21 July

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