Event Crew

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning opportunities

Generous leave

Flexible working

EAP & wellbeing programme

Pension

Employee discounts

Free entry to museums/galleries

Garden access

Job summary

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is seeking an Event Crew member to support over 400 events annually. The role involves hands-on setup and breakdown, moving furniture, barriers, and AV gear, including driving and loading equipment for multiple venues and outdoor spaces.

You will work mainly outdoors, in a team, to tight schedules, with weekends and evenings required. A strong awareness of health and safety and effective communication with clients and suppliers is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in setting up and breaking down events outdoors.
• Ability to work to tight timescales and in a team.
• Aware of health and safety best practices.

Responsibilities

• Set up and breakdown of events across Kew.
• Move stocks of furniture, barriers, structures and AV equipment.
• Drive and load equipment to venues.
• Ensure tasks are completed on time and to a high standard.
• Provide feedback to clients.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues, clients and suppliers.

Skills

Rigging

De-rigging

Teamwork

Health & Safety

Communication

Tools

AV Equipment

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for Event Crew working in our Event Production team, who provide event crewing support to over 400 events per year.

Working on the ground you will work on the delivery of event set up and event breakdown of across Kew including weddings and private hire, visitor programming, fundraising events, official visits and large‑scale outdoor events including Christmas at Kew and Halloween at Kew.

Working mainly outdoors, on and with evenings and weekend work included, you will have experience of working in a team and successfully rigging and de‑rigging events and be a solution‑focused person who understands what it takes to work to tight timescales.

This is a hands‑on physical role managing and moving stocks of furniture, barriers, temporary structures and AV equipment and will include driving and loading of equipment in and out of multiple venues as well and outdoors.

The event crew ensure that crew tasks are completed on time and to a good standard and that appropriate feedback is provided to clients.

An awareness of best practice in the events sector, including health and safety requirement and competent handling of Audio visual and tech equipment is desirable.

Good communication skills will enable you to build an effective working relationship with internal colleagues, internal clients and external suppliers.

Interviews are due to take place on 17 November.

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a leading plant science institute, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and major visitor attraction. Our mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well‑being of people and the future of all life on Earth.

We are working to end the unprecedented extinction crisis and to help create a world where nature is protected, valued by all and managed sustainably. We will achieve these goals by drawing on our leading scientific research, unrivalled collections of plants and fungi, global network of partners, inspirational gardens at Kew and Wakehurst, and our 260 years of history.

Join us on our journey as protectors of the world’s plants and fungi.

The salary for this position is£26,817 per annum [Grade 2]

• opportunities for continuous learning
• a generous annual leave entitlement
• flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work‑life balance
• an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership
• We also offer a competitive pension
• an employee discount scheme
• free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries
• as well as =access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst

We are dedicated to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.