Venue Coordinator

Salary: £9.90 per hour

Sheffield DocFest is looking for Venue Coordinators to oversee operations at various locations during the 2022 Festival.

About the Role

These are front-line roles acting as the central point of contact for audiences, guests, volunteers, venue and Festival staff at each location.

They will support the rehearsal and delivery of all aspects of events at Film, Talks, and Special Event venues, facilitating the smooth running of the Festival programme and reporting of any issues to the wider Festival team as and when required.

Please read the full job description here (please note: the deadline has now been extended to 20 May).

About You

The ideal candidates will have experience in event, venue, or production management, and demonstrable experience in customer services within the arts, cinema, theatre, and event environments. They should be confident, pro-active, and customer-focused, with excellent communication skills.

Positions will be available on various days throughout the Festival, and will require evening and weekend work.

Successful candidates will be required to attend a day of (paid) training and induction in Sheffield on Thursday 9  June.

Duration: various times and days available between Thursday 23 and Tuesday 28 June 2022 + all day Thursday 9 June (training and induction)

To Apply

We are inviting anyone who might be interested in working for Sheffield DocFest to apply for their preferred role(s) by submitting an up-to-date CV and either a) a covering letter (no longer than 2 sides of A4), or b) a video letter (up to 6 minutes in length). Please tell us about why you have chosen to apply to work for Sheffield DocFest, what you can bring to the festival, why you want to apply for the role (s) you have chosen, and how you meet the criteria. Please state clearly the role or roles that you are interested in.

We monitor the diversity of our workforce and for the purposes of reporting to our key funders we ask that you help us by completing the following questionnaire anonymously.

Please send applications to: Maria Stoneman, Head of HR & Participation: recruitment [at] sheffdocfest.com. If you have any questions or further enquiries please direct them to the same email address.

If you require further information (including requests for printed forms/access support), please contact us on +44 (0) 114 276 5141.

The closing date for this position is 20/05/2022 at 09:00