Community Post Type: Jobs

As a Supervisor in Cass Art’s Manchster Store you will be working as part of the wider store management team assisting in operational excellence and sales growth.

This role is also responsible for the day to day running of the shop floor (sometimes unsupervised), together with supporting the Store Manager and Assistant Manager in direct line management responsibility for all Retail Sales Assistants and Key Holders.

This role covers 32 hours per week.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities (include but are not limited to):

• Supervise the shop floor and till areas
• Assume duty management responsibility including Store opening and closure in the absence of a Store Manager/Assistant Manager
• Process refunds and exchanges in line with the company policy
• Promote and maintain customer service standards
• Team management-including recruitment and discipline
• In conjunction with the Store Manager/Assistant Store Manager plan effective rotas to ensure adequate staffing levels during all trading hours and staffing costs are in line with budget
• Report to the Store Manager or Assistant Store Manager any stock, customer service or staffing issues which are affecting the business

Desired Knowledge Skills & Experience

• Retail Team Management experience skills gained at a similar level
• Self-driven and results orientated
• Numerate and analytical
• Sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite
• Energy enthusiasm and passion
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Customer service experience
• Reliable, trustworthy and conscientious
• Highly organised and motivated
• Passionate about retail and the mission of Cass Art

To apply, please visit www.cassart.co.uk/customer/careers

Venture Arts is a busy, thriving art studio working mainly with learning disabled artists.

They provide a high-quality arts experience in a friendly, stimulating and inclusive environment, focusing on bringing out the best in every individual, nurturing talent and enhancing overall wellbeing and quality of life. They lead a range of programmes both in house and as outreach and run a range of events and exhibitions. They are now seeking a motivated and organised person to join our vibrant team.

This is a great opportunity to join our team during an exciting time for the organisation as it expands.

They are looking for a bright, enthusiastic self-starter who has experience of charity finance administration.

Salary: £22,000 – £24,000 pro rata
Hours: 26 hours per week (part time)
Contract: One year fixed term with a view to longer term, subject to review

To apply: 

Download the job pack here and application form here

Deadline for applications: 12noon on Friday 14 January 2022

Interviews to be held: Week beginning 17 January 2022 TBC

Nothing beats the energy and excitement of a great live show! If you have great team leadership skills, you’re motivated by sales targets and you enjoy live events as much as Manchester Theatres do, then this could be an ideal next step in your career.

They are recruiting for a Deputy Customer Experience Manager to lead an excellent front of house service and deliver a first class audience experience for visitors. You’ll support and motivate the team to achieve their day-to-day sales targets from their various bars, kiosks, and at-seat delivery service, and proactively work to improve what they offer to customers. You’ll be working in a friendly, dedicated team in a dynamic, exciting venue – so this is an ideal opportunity if you enjoy working in a varied, busy role with a diverse range of people.

Please take a look at their job description download for further details. If you have the skills to achieve their goals and an affinity for their values they’d like to hear from you! Experience from within the entertainment sector is not essential and they actively encourage applications from people from the widest range of backgrounds, including those currently under-represented in this industry.

The Palace Theatre & Opera House are stunning, large-scale historic theatres located at the heart of Manchester city centre, with a packed programme of live performances and thousands of visitors in a typical year. They host work from leading UK and international producers enabling the most spectacular West End and Broadway shows to visit the North West alongside drama, classical and contemporary dance, live music, comedy and one-night specials.

The theatres host around 650 performances each year, with longer runs of major musicals mixed with week-long tours and one-night shows. They work increasingly in partnership with producers to open new shows or launch national tours.

Apply online at https://candidate.atg.co.uk/135417ART

The Met is an innovative and rapidly growing organisation situated in the 2021 Greater Manchester Town of Culture, Bury.

They are unique in the breadth of work they present and ability to nurture artists and develop audiences. They present a mix of live music and comedy in our beautiful Grade II 4.6million refurbished building. They run community workshops, a recording studio and a creative business hub. Their restaurant, Automatic, welcomes in excess of 100,000 visitors per year.

Edwin Street Studio is a partnership with Bury Council and The Met in Bury. With initial capital investment from the Youth Opportunities fund, The Met will develop a sustainable project combining commercial and community use.

They are looking for a talented, creative and inspirational engineer with experience to run recording sessions and manage the studio.

The studio engineer is responsible for running recording sessions and all administrative control of the studio’s operation including scheduling, client liaison, maintenance, engagement of freelance engineers, provision of facilities and quotations. The engineer will also deliver production and education sessions for some artists.

More details at https://themet.org.uk/about/jobs/vacancy-recording-studio-manager/

Support the delivery of engaging new marketing content, and assist in the preparation of all XTRAX events as their Marketing and Administrative Assistant.

They are looking for someone with marketing and administrative skills, creativity and motivation, to support both XTRAX and Without Walls to promote and deliver their activities.

XTRAX is one of the UK’s leading development agencies for the outdoor arts sector, supporting artists and festivals to develop, programme and advocate for high-quality, UK-made, outdoor performance. Based in Manchester, they run self-initiated projects, events, and showcases; as well as managing outdoor arts consortium Without Walls.

• Salary:£18,000 – 22,000 p/a pro-rata (dependent on experience)
• Hours of work: Full time (40 hours per week). We will consider proposals from candidates who would like to propose an alternative model of working, including part-time or freelance work.
• Duration of Post: Fixed term contract to 31 March 2023 with the possibility of extension, subject to funding.

Find out more, such as full Job Description and how to apply on their website here.

If you wish to have an informal conversation about this role then contact their Associate Director, Ralph Kennedy ralph@xtrax.org.uk.

The closing date to apply: 10 am on Thursday 20 January 2022

XTRAX’s Project Managers work as part of a collaborative team, and take an independent lead on a portfolio of activity; planning and delivering a range of projects and events.

This is an exciting opportunity for a hard-working, organised and creative individual to join their team.

Work at a senior level, liaising with artists and partners, to contribute to the delivery of XTRAX showcases, and the Without Walls commissioning and touring programme.

XTRAX is one of the UK’s leading development agencies for the outdoor arts sector, supporting artists and festivals to develop, programme and advocate for high-quality, UK-made, outdoor performance. Based in Manchester, they run self-initiated projects, events, and showcases; as well as managing outdoor arts consortium Without Walls.

• Salary: £24,000 – £27,000 depending on experience
• Hours of work: Full time (40 hours per week including lunch breaks)
• Duration of Post: Fixed term until March 31st 2023

Find out more, such as full Job Description and how to apply on their website here.

The closing date to apply: 10 am on Tuesday 25 January 2022

Manchester International Festival (MIF) invites great artists from across the globe to create extraordinary new work for the Festival, which is staged every two years at venues and found spaces across Manchester.

Their future home is The Factory, a world-class cultural space being built in the heart of the city, where we’ll present a year-round programme and artists will be able to develop work of huge ambition and scale that they might not be able to anywhere else.

The Press & PR Manager will communicate the vision, ambition and activities of The Factory/ MIF to the media, leading innovative press campaigns to deliver positive press coverage regionally, nationally and internationally.

Responsibilities include:

• Devising and delivering innovative press campaigns to communicate the aims and activities of the organisation to the full range of media
• Writing clear and effective PR materials including press releases, briefing documents, statements and responses to media enquiries
• Establishing, developing and maintaining strong relationships with a network of key press and media contacts locally, nationally and internationally
• Successfully staging and running media and PR events and activities including press launches, securing the attendance of key critics and reviewers, interviews and photo-calls, and on-the ground co-ordination of broadcast press activity
• Supporting the development of appropriate social media content and strategy, taking shared responsibility for the organisation’s social channels as required

Essential requirements include:

• Substantial experience of managing media relations, across print, broadcast and online, in a busy press office or consultancy, ideally with a focus on arts and culture
• Proven track record of pro-actively pitching stories and generating impactful media coverage
• Comfortable engaging with the media by telephone and in person and communicating with a range of internal and external contacts and organisations
• Creative and resourceful, with the ability to look beyond the obvious
• Experience of managing events, including media launches
• Commitment to championing representation and inclusion at every level of the organisation with a proven ability to work with people from a wide range of backgrounds

Please submit your application via: https://recruitment.mif.co.uk/recruitment/press-pr-manager/

You’ll be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the day-to-day visitor experience on site, overseeing the cafés and catering provisions day-to-day operation.

In this varied customer facing role, your priority is to ensure an outstanding visitor experience is always delivered.

To apply complete an application form available to download from the Lakeland Arts website: www.lakelandarts.org.uk/jobs 

Contact: Lee-Anne Postans, jobs@lakelandarts.org.uk

People are at the heart of National Museums Liverpool. Colleagues from across the NML team make a difference every day, creating memorable experiences for everyone and challenging expectations.

They pride themselves on being a place for everyone, but we are always aiming higher, aspiring to be representative of the communities they serve. Through people, they are building a culture which embeds trust, respect and inclusion and an organisation in which people are engaged and empowered to enable National Museums Liverpool to evolve. You could be just the right person to join them.

They currently have the post(s) of Schools, Young People & Adults Lead available.

As a leading Learning and Participation team at National Museums Liverpool, they are dedicated to providing access for all to their events and activities.

NML are there to inspire people to discover and gain new knowledge. They want to work with collaborators and education partners to create exciting programmes that are targeted at schools with higher than the national average of free school meals provision and pupil premium, as well as regular visiting groups.

They want to work more creatively with higher education partners and create opportunities for young people and adults to gain skills and employability through their work programmes and placements.

Insight Event

Join the team on Wednesday 12 January 2022 12noon – 13.00pm for an insight event online with National Museums Liverpool who are currently recruiting roles within theirr Learning & Participation teams. You’ll hear about their organisation, the work of their teams as well as find out more about the job opportunities currently being advertised. You’ll get to meet some of the staff recruiting as well as get the opportunity to ask any questions you may have.

To register for a place please email emily.lomas@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk no later than 5pm on Monday 10 January 2022. This online event will be conducted via Microsoft Teams, and they’ll send you the link to join, in advance. Don’t worry you don’t need to install anything; you simply click the link and join.

If you think you match the job description and their organisation ethos then apply with your CV and supporting statement indicating how you meet the person specification.

To apply see here.

Closes: 17 January

People are at the heart of National Museums Liverpool. Colleagues from across the NML team make a difference every day, creating memorable experiences for everyone and challenging expectations.

They pride themselves on being a place for everyone, but we are always aiming higher, aspiring to be representative of the communities they serve. Through people, they are building a culture which embeds trust, respect and inclusion and an organisation in which people are engaged and empowered to enable National Museums Liverpool to evolve. You could be just the right person to join them.

They currently have the post(s) of Learning Programme Manager (Communities) available.

There has never been greater public demand or a more pertinent need to understand the heritage of the transatlantic slave trade and discuss its legacies.

This is a unique opportunity for someone with the passion, energy, and dedication to join our Learning & Participation team and work with schools and communities to create a vision to transform the International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum generously supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund with thanks to National Lottery players.

The role will be a key focal point for dialogue with schools and education providers to develop a concept for a Centre for Teaching Black History that puts young people and communities at the heart of the waterfront project development.  The successful candidate will co-produce a framework for piloting activities around what people would like the future of the museum to be, by exploring project themes including Black history, the broader Black experience, Liverpool history, chattel and transatlantic slavery, and contemporary forms of slavery.

Insight Event

Join the team on Wednesday 12 January 2022 12noon – 13.00pm for an insight event online with National Museums Liverpool who are currently recruiting roles within their Learning & Participation teams. You’ll hear about their organisation, the work of their teams as well as find out more about the job opportunities currently being advertised. You’ll get to meet some of the staff recruiting as well as get the opportunity to ask any questions you may have.

To register for a place please email emily.lomas@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk no later than 5pm on Monday 10 January 2022. This online event will be conducted via Microsoft Teams, and they’ll send you the link to join, in advance. Don’t worry you don’t need to install anything; you simply click the link and join.

If you think you match the job description and our organisation ethos then apply with your CV and supporting statement indicating how you meet the person specification.

To apply see here.

Closes: 17 January