We are seeking friendly and confident Audience Assistants to help us welcome audiences over the busy Christmas period.
As an Audience Assistant, you’ll be welcoming audiences into our theatre, helping to manage audience safety from the moment visitors arrive, throughout the live performance and in the event of an emergency. You’ll also support those who may want additional help to access all our services and facilities, as well as selling drinks, programmes and ice creams using point of sale systems. Most importantly, you’ll provide a calm, efficient and reassuring service.
Contract: Fixed-term, 11 November 2024 – 19 January 2025
Hours: Zero-hours contract within a monthly rota.
Salary: £11.90 per hour
About You
We’re looking for confident, reliable and approachable people with a calm and professional manner. You’ll be committed to delivering positive visitor experiences and have experience of working with the public and in a team.
You’ll need to be available for weekday daytime work as well as having good availability for evening, bank holiday and weekend work when our performances take place.
If you love helping, talking to people and making them smile, we’d love to hear from you.
Benefits of working at Nottingham Playhouse include:
- Free/discounted tickets and Playhouse Pass membership
- Discounted travel and parking
- Free access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work scheme and more.
Nottingham Playhouse is committed to a policy of diversity and inclusion, creating a workforce representative of the diverse communities we work with. Our workforce is currently under representative of certain communities and we are taking positive action for equal opportunities through the recruitment process. We actively encourage applications from the Global Ethnic Majority and Disabled people. Nottingham Playhouse is part of the Parents in Performing Arts (PIPA) campaign and welcomes proposals for flexible working around caring responsibilities and anyone looking for a positive work/life balance. We are also a Disability Confident employer, recruiting and supporting disabled people in the workplace.
How to Apply
For more information and details on how to apply, please download the Recruitment Pack, Application Form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form. Please note we will not accept a CV in place of an application form.
We would like to help you to fully participate in the application process. If you would like the information providing in an alternative format, support in completing your application, or you would like an alternative way to make your application, please contact us to discuss a suitable format.
The closing date for applications is Monday 21 October 2024 at 12noon.