Community Post Type: Jobs

National Museums Liverpool (NML) currently have the post of Head of Development (Capital Campaigns) available.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Strategy & Major Projects, you will lead a dynamic and effective fundraising function to support the outstanding and important work delivered by teams across the National Museums Liverpool (NML) group, inline with their strategic priorities, and helping drive their financial sustainability.

The role holder will lead the implementation of the relevant aspects of NML’s recently established combined fundraising strategy that are designed to realise a step-change in driving income from public and private sources, whilst ensuring it remains responsive to the philanthropic climate for the future.

To apply and for more details, visit here

Closing date: 16 April

If you’re an organised problem solver with excellent interpersonal skills and experience of lighting/sound operation within the entertainment industry, this might just be the perfect role for you.

Key Information:

• Salary: £29,283 per annum
• Employment type: Full-time, permanent
• Hours of work: The contracted hours for this post are averaged 42.5 per week over a 17-week period. The pattern for these hours will be irregular due to the need for evening, weekend and bank holiday work.
• Holidays: 26 days (pro-rated) plus bank holidays
• Place of Work: Your main base will be Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, and to provide technical support for Liverpool Philharmonic events in other venues

To apply and for more details, visit here

Closing date: 11 April

Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse Theatres are now expanding their Production and Technical team, and are seeking the following roles:

• Senior Technician – Stage
• Senior Technician – General

The Technical team are responsible for the delivery of the technical provision throughout LMTT’s work, including in house shows, visiting work, community productions and events; ensuring that the highest level of health and safety applies across all production activities.

For more details and to apply, visit here

Closing date: 7 April

Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse are now expanding their Production and Technical team, and are seeking the following roles: Technician – Stage Technician – General

The Technical team are responsible for the delivery of the technical provision throughout LMTT’s work, including in house shows, visiting work, community productions and events; ensuring that the highest level of health and safety applies across all production activities.

For more details and to apply, visit here

Closing date: 7 April

Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse seek a Production Manager to production manage the majority of their in-house shows; support the Young People & Community department, including production managing some of their productions and supporting and participating in workshops; manage the Assistant Production Manager.

To apply and for more details, visit here

Closing date: 7 April

This Storyhunter role at The Reader could be for you if you:

• Passionately believe in the value of reading
• Are flexible, enthusiastic and positive
• Are incredible outgoing and confident working with children and families
• Are compassionate and creative

What else can they offer you?

A chance to personally experience the wellbeing benefits of Shared Reading – they do lots of reading in the workplace and you’ll have the opportunity to visit community groups and train in Shared Reading if you’d like to lead one yourself Generous holiday entitlement. Beautiful Head Office location at Calderstones Mansion House, in the middle of Calderstones Park.

Here you can benefit from walking meetings in one of Liverpool’s largest parks and staff discounts in their cafe and ice cream parlour. Great colleagues – you’ll be working with a whole range of supportive, creative colleagues who bring insight into their digital products and their users.

To apply and for more details, visit here

Closing date: 8 April

Management and development is a huge part of this role, where you will be supporting a wide range of employees.

This could be for you if you:

• Are aligned with our ethos and values
• Are flexible, enthusiastic and positive
• Have a passion for high quality customer service
• Care about developing staff members
• Are highly motivated and able to work at pace

Knowledge and Skills:

• Significant front of house experience, to provide a professional and profitable service
• Cafe, restaurant and bar experience, delivering consistently great customer service across the site
• Maintain a front of house presence and continually interact with staff, volunteers and visitors throughout the day providing excellent customer service
• Be in control of stock take, keeping a log of monthly stock counts and processing through with finance
• Monthly staff hours to be processed through Epos and logged through reporting hours worked, sickness and holidays and additional tips processed through for finance

To apply and for more details, visit here

Closing date: 8 April

The role of Operations Manager is to manage the day-to-day operational needs of Liverpool Cathedral, providing on the ground support to the Enterprise and Events Team.

You will co-ordinate the Cathedral diary between various departments ensuring no clashes take place and all departments can run smooth operations simultaneously in the various spaces Liverpool Cathedral operates in.

You will be responsible for a team of Vergers, General Assistants and Cleaners.

To apply, visit here

Closing date: 4 April

This is a chance to work with the production team of one of the largest and oldest theatres in Liverpool. Liverpool’s Royal Court has been at the heart of Liverpool’s cultural life for nearly 200 years. They create high-quality theatre that is accessible to all— celebrating, inspiring, and challenging audiences while breaking down social and cultural barriers.

Mission: To be known throughout the UK as a leading producer of quality theatre and inspiring engagement programmes for non-traditional theatre audiences. To be a key organisation through which audiences can develop a love for theatre in all its forms.
Purpose: Putting audiences and participants at the heart of all they do.

They bring joy and laughter to people by putting real Liverpool lives on stage, presenting our work in a unique way to engage non-traditional theatre audiences.

Belief: That their brand of theatre production and participation programmes can be enjoyed by most people whether they have had previous theatre experiences or not.

Core Values:
Liverpool’s Royal Court…
– Discovers and nurtures Liverpool talent on stage and off
– Creates high quality, made-for-audiences entertainment and participation activities
– Includes all audiences, especially those from low socioeconomic backgrounds
– Shows the best of Liverpool to the world

Head of Lighting
• Duration: Permanent
• Salary: £35,000-£40,000
• Working Hours/Pattern: 40hrs per week, including evenings and weekends if required. Additional hours may be required determined by the need of the business. The post holder can take time off in lieu with authorisation from line manager.
• Reporting to: Technical Manager
• Responsible for: LX Technicians, Freelance and casual Staff working within LX department
• Annual Leave: 28 days per annum including bank holidays
• Location: Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre, 1 Roe Street, Liverpool, L1 1HL

About this role:
To work collaboratively as part of the Production Department in achieving the highest standards in the delivery of technical requirements for LRC Productions and related projects. To take responsibility for the delivery and management of lighting requirements for LRC productions and related projects.

Key responsibilities:
Production Responsibilities:
• Work with creative teams and Production Managers of individual productions to realise the production’s lighting design to the highest standards.
• Run lighting fit ups, get outs & technical rehearsals.
• Provide costings for individual productions lighting requirements. Working with the Production Manager to achieve designs within budgets.
• Working with the Production Manager & other Heads of Departments to create schedules for productions.
• In conjunction with the Technical & Production Manager, plan and supervise video requirements on productions.
• Recruiting, managing and scheduling of lighting operators and technicians, in liaison with the Technical Manager.
• Program lighting desks in all spaces, as required.
• Act as Production Electrician across all spaces and productions as required.
• On occasion to act as Associate Lighting Designer on productions.
• Provide show cover, if required.

Departmental Responsibilities:
• To actively contribute to the effective operation of the Production Department’s work.
• To support the Technical Manager in the effective management of the Production Department.
• To recruit and manage freelance and casual lighting technicians.
• To take lead responsibility for planning and supervising the maintenance and testing of lighting equipment, and lighting infrastructure and ensure it complies with current regulations.
• Advise on new lighting equipment purchases and plan an equipment replacement schedule.
• In conjunction with the Technical Manager, plan and supervise the maintenance of video equipment.
• To organise the lighting requirements of co-productions, visiting companies and LRC productions elsewhere.
• To undertake the training of new and casual staff in lighting, and other technical matters as required.
• To personally and with other staff ensure compliance with all safety procedures and statutory regulations. – To oversee the lighting department team and participate in department administrative and HR systems as required.
• To train other department members to operate lighting desks as necessary.
• Keep up to date with current lighting technology.
• In liaison with the Technical Manager, provide technical support and management for the work of other departments as required, but with specific responsibility for lighting.
• Keep up to date with current production technology, and support innovation and accessibility for participants and audience members alike.

Budget Holding:
• To be responsible for managing the lighting stock and maintenance budgets, in liaison with the Technical Manager.
• Alongside the Production Manager, administer individual show lighting budgets and staffing budgets.

Lighting design:
• To provide lighting designs and associate services for in-house events, projects, workshops and other activities.

General:
• To ensure that lighting fixtures and lighting infrastructure throughout the building are in good working order. This includes overseeing portable appliance testing and maintenance of lighting fixtures, theatrical equipment and workshop equipment.
• Alongside the Operations Manager supervise the maintenance and testing of the theatre electrical systems equipment, and ensure it complies with current regulations.
• Alongside the Operations Manager take a lead on overseeing theatre electrical health and safety.
• Any other reasonable duties required to assist the Production Department or LRC operation.
• To actively participate in and support the work experience programme of the LRC.
• To be an active and supportive member of LRC staff team.
• To ensure that all creative teams, visiting companies and artists feel welcome, engaged and supported in the building and always receive the highest level of technical support.
• To always provide the highest level of customer and audience care and service whilst a member of LRC staff team.
• To actively seek out and help implement improvements in the way we work.

Other Duties
• Attend and contribute to staff and departmental meetings
• Undertake training and development as required
• Any other duties as may be reasonably required.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• A good understanding and demonstrable experience of working in lighting for live performance in a professional environment.
• Ability to lead and manage a team.
• Excellent knowledge of Health and Safety legislation including CDM and procedures as related to the theatre industry.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of current lighting equipment and practices.
• A thorough knowledge of ETC control desks and dimmers.
• CAD skills in Vectorworks or AutoCAD.
• Computer literate on MS Office applications.
• Ability to support and work well within a small-dedicated production team in a collaborative manner.
• To build excellent rapports with lighting designers before and during production periods.
• Budgetary management experience.
• Skills in staff recruitment, training, motivation and supervision.
• Ability to work with and support all other departments.
• Ability to work under pressure, on occasions.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.

Specialist training required
• Rigging
• Temporary electrical installation
• Power distribution
• Counterweight Flying
• Working at Height
• PAT trained (desirable)

To apply, please send a CV and covering letter to our HR department at hr@liverpoolsroyalcourt.com by Friday 11th April 2025.

The Tung Auditorium are looking for skilled and experienced Venue Technicians to join their team and facilitate the smooth delivery of our concerts and events 🎤

This role is ideal for those with experience in live sound, lighting, AV and/or Stage Management who are interested in getting involved with an exciting new venue and delivering an outstanding audience and artist experience 👏

This role is ad hoc and shift based, allocated according to the requirements of concerts and events which will not follow a regular pattern. For this reason, this role is a zero hours contract with shifts allocated by rota one month in advance 📅

Apply now via the job vacancy page on their website

Closing date: 1 April