Casual Theatre Assistant

Surrey Heath Borough Council; Camberley; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Surrey Heath Borough Council is seeking Theatre Assistants for Camberley Theatre, focusing on customer service for Friday, Saturday and Sunday peak periods. The role covers Bar, Box Office and steward duties, with opportunities to support conferencing setups, events and broader council activities locally.

Applicants should be enthusiastic about the arts and theatre, presenting a positive outlook and willingness to use initiative to improve the venue. For details, contact Mark Chalkley.

Qualifications

• Customer service experience preferred.
• Duties include assisting with Bar, Box Office and stewarding.
• Willingness to support events and work during peak times (Fri–Sun).

Responsibilities

• Meet and greet members of the public.
• Serve behind the bar.
• Sell merchandise.
• Steward performances and assist with conferencing setups.
• Support Duty Manager with a range of tasks.
• Help deliver events and activities at other locations locally.

Skills

Customer service

Bar operations

Box office

Stewarding

Meeting & greeting

Conferencing setup

Job description

Hourly rate: £13.69 per hour

Are you enthusiastic about the arts, theatre and working with friendly people?

Camberley Theatre is looking for Theatre Assistants who are passionate about customer service to work at our busiest times on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

This varied role will be supporting most theatre operations, including the Bar, Box Office and acting as a steward. Tasks will include meeting and greeting members of the public, serving behind the bar, selling merchandise, stewarding performances, assisting with conferencing set ups and supporting the Duty Manager with a range of other tasks as required. Further to this you will get the chance to support events, meetings and parties within the venue and occasionally work with colleagues across the Council to deliver wider events and activities at other locations locally.

Most importantly, you will present a positive and enthusiastic outlook for theatre users, members of the public and other staff, and use your own initiative and ideas to make the theatre as good as it can be in all areas. The role is an ideal way to start your career in the arts and work in the exciting and hectic world of a professional theatre.

For more details about this position this please contact Mark Chalkley (Deputy Venue Manager) [e-mail]

No agencies please.

Surrey Heath Borough Council is committed to equality of opportunity in employment and service delivery and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community

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Surrey Heath Borough Council is committed to safer recruitment and equality of opportunity in employment and service delivery and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. If you are unable to apply online for reasons of disability, please call 01276 707126 to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be made to accommodate your individual requirements.

Please Note

All successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment checks in line with BPSS guidelines, which includes standard identification, referencing and unspent conviction checks. Surrey Heath Borough Council undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a disclosure on the basis of conviction or other information revealed.

For the best chance of successful application, please read the advert before applying for this vacancy as it contains information you will need to refer to when applying. We do not accept CV’s submitted without a fully completed application form. To reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. If you choose to submit your CV with your application form we request that you remove all your personal details before uploading your CV. This will ensure that Managers cannot see your personal details when completing their shortlist. If you have not heard from the council within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful. All unsuccessful applications will be removed and confidentially disposed of 6 months after the closing date.

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