Venue & Hires Manager Job Description

CLOSING DATE Monday 20 November
INTERVIEWS Friday 25 November

CONTRACT Permanent, 4 day a week
SALARY £28,000 (gross) per annum, pro rata
LOCATION Hackney Showroom, with flexibility for remote working
PROBATION PERIOD 3 months
NOTICE PERIOD 1 month
RESPONSIBLE TO Senior Producer
RESPONSIBLE FOR Duty Managers, Cleaner, Freelance Tech & Events Staff
ANNUAL LEAVE 20 days per annum pro rata + Bank Holidays + 2 weeks closure over Christmas and New Year
PENSION 5% employers contribution
TRAINING £200 per annum training allowance
TICKETS Free tickets to all Hackney Showroom productions
HOURS Office hours are 10am-6pm, Monday to Friday. The building is open from 9am-10pm and this role will require occasional work outside hours. 

THE PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Generating income via venue hires and commissioning of our services is key to Hackney Showroom’s ability to deliver our charitable activity. 

The Venue & Hires Manager plays a key role in our small team. You will oversee the hires of our lovely premises and our touring stage, the Bobby Dazzler, seeing the process through seamlessly from the initial enquiry to the delivery and management of a booking. You’ll ensure clients take full advantage of all the services we have to offer to give them the best experience and enable us to achieve maximum revenue.

With no week ever quite the same, you will take excellent care of a range of long and short term bookings and take pride in our building, ensuring it is well maintained. 

You will also support the Senior Producer by providing administrative support to enable us to mount our theatre productions and manage our commissioned services, to ensure that everything Hackney Showroom does is delivered with excellence and care.

This job description is a guide to the nature of the work. It is not wholly comprehensive or restrictive and may be reviewed as required; other responsibilities may be added depending on experience and need.

If you’re excited about what you could bring to the role, we’d love to hear from you! We warmly encourage those with protected characteristics under the Equalities Act to apply.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please download the JOB PACK below for full details of the Job Description and how to apply. If you need the Job Pack in another format, please contact Molly Sharpe on 020 30959747 or molly@hackneyshowroom.com