Hackney Empire is situated in the heart of London’s East End and has been an iconic venue for the arts and popular culture since it first opened in 1901. It is now a unique variety theatre for the 21st century that embraces a local and global community of artists and audiences; and nurtures and presents work that is at once extraordinary, popular, inspirational and transformative.
Please see below for current opportunities at Hackney Empire.
Box Office Cashier
To providing a quality front line service to customers. Dealing with customer queries. Handling counter, telephone and internet bookings.
Hours: Casual shifts, depending on show scheduled
Person Specification: Experience in money handling • Experience of customer care • Work well under pressure •Computer literate • Confident with dealing with customers face to face and has a good Telephone manner • Desirable experience in working in a theatre environment.
TO APPLY
Send a full CV and a covering letter (not more than two sides of A4) to
Marika Morgan – marika@hackneyempire.co.uk with the Job role Ref in the subject line.
Please also return with your application a completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form. This form is for statistical purposes only and will not be used in the assessment of your application.
Deadline: Ongoing
Front of House Staff for Christmas Season
Hours: Casual shifts, depending on show scheduled for Christmas season
Front of house are the eyes and ears of the venue. They look after all Front of house areas to make sure audiences are getting to where they need to be safely and on time and ensure the venue is clean, running smoothly and are there to answer any questions, sell ice creams & merchandise.
Person Specification:
You should be friendly, confident, good with people and able to organise large numbers of people. You must have excellent customer service skills, work well within a team and be able to keep your cool under pressure.
Shifts are arranged around our programme schedule. Therefore you must be happy to work day shifts, evenings and weekends.
TO APPLY
Send a full CV and a covering letter (not more than two sides of A4) to
FrontOfHouse@hackneyempire.co.uk with the Job role Ref in the subject line.
Please also return with your application a completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form. This form is for statistical purposes only and will not be used in the assessment of your application.
Deadline: Ongoing
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Hackney Empire is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Speculative applications are retained for three months; if a suitable vacancy is available you will be contacted within that time period. If you have not received a response within three months, please resubmit your application.