Events Assistant (casual)

TN United Kingdom; Stockport; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

Join the Stockroom Team as an Events Assistant in Stockport! This casual role involves event stewardship, food service, and maintaining a welcoming atmosphere. Ideal for friendly, reliable individuals who thrive in lively settings. Flexibility is key, with evening and weekend shifts available.

Qualifications

• Experience in hospitality is a bonus.
• Enthusiasm, professionalism, and willingness to get stuck in.

Responsibilities

• Event Stewarding & Facilitating to ensure events run smoothly.
• Food & Bar Service to keep the energy going.
• Cleaning & Event Setup/Clear Down before and after events.

Skills

Hospitality

Teamwork

Environmental Sustainability

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Events Assistant (casual)
Scale 2 £13.95 per hour inclusive of Holiday Pay
Casual
Based at Stockroom in Stockport

Work with us! Join the Stockroom Team.

Stockroom is an exciting new cultural and creative space with a year round creative programme that will encourage a wide range of people, both local and from further afield, to use and enjoy the space.

Stockroom is set in the heart of the town in Merseyway, its busy shopping area. Adding to the current cultural offer in Stockport, it will offer residents and visitors a place to drop in for cultural events and creative activities that are either free or bookable for a small charge.

Stockroom is also the new home for Stockport’s main library and heritage archive. Stockroom Studios will be a space to enjoy a year-round programme of live performances and creative engagement activity with a great café on hand, providing the opportunity to study, play and be sociable.

We are looking for warm, creative, open-minded, open-hearted individuals to join our team. You will be our first point of contact with Stockport residents, sharing with them our relentlessly optimistic outlook, our fearless attitude to trying new things and our kind approach to people and the planet.

Your Role

No two shifts will be the same! As part of the Stockroom team, you'll play a key role in making events run smoothly. Your responsibilities will include:

Event Stewarding & Facilitating Helping guests feel welcome and ensuring events run safely and efficiently.

Food & Bar Service Serving up great drinks and bites to keep the energy going.

Cleaning & Event Setup/Clear Down Getting the space ready and keeping it looking great before, during, and after events.

This is an evening, weekend, and bank holiday role, perfect for those who want flexibility and love working with people.

About You

We are looking for warm, open-hearted, open-minded individuals to join our team. You are friendly and reliable people and thrive in a lively atmosphere. Experience in hospitality is a bonus, but what really matters is your enthusiasm, professionalism, and willingness to get stuck in.

You have a commitment to environmental sustainability, delivering climate and budget friendly solutions and services. You are a team player, enthusiastic and always put people first.

About Us

Stockroom is an exciting new cultural and creative space with a year-round creative programme that will encourage a wide range of people, both local and from further afield, to use and enjoy the space.

Stockroom is set in the heart of the town in Merseyway, its busy shopping area. Stockroom is the new home for Stockport’s main library and heritage archive. Inside you will find Stockroom Studios, a space to enjoy a year-round programme of live performances and creative engagement activity with a great café, providing the opportunity to study, play and be sociable.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

Apply to join the team!

Come along to our recruitment event on 19th May! We will be interviewing and appointing on the day so make sure to bring along your CV and Right to Work documentation (a list of accepted documentation is linked at the bottom of the advert).

Find out more and book your ticket here.

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Vicky Eyre on [emailprotected] for an informal discussion about the role.

Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

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