Deputy Ticketing & Reception Manager (Group & Sales)

For informal enquiries, please contact Olivia Brook (Internal Recruitment Manager) at olivia.brook.1@warwick.ac.uk. Thank you for your interest in joining us at Warwick Arts Centre. We are on a mission to create a dynamic, relevant, and artistically ambitious and sustainable arts centre and we need more great people to help us achieve our plans. We believe that the arts are an extraordinary source of wisdom, support, connection, understanding, joy and inspiration for each and every one of us. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels they belong, a place of fairness and equity and to be an organisation that reflects the diversity of its city. If this sounds like somewhere you would like to work, we would like to hear from you. Together we believe that audiences are at the heart of our vision and this post is pivotal to succeeding in our ambitions. The Deputy Ticketing & Reception Manager (Group & Sales) is responsible for group sales and associated on day welcome, box office reporting, supporting sales initiatives and memberships such as access scheme, film club etc, supporting the ticketing and reception team and deputising for the Ticketing and Reception Manager as required. The position supports the day-to-day work of the team of Ticketing and Reception staff (permanent, casual and volunteers), ensuring an efficient and effective digital first sales and systems focussed operation integral to and with excellent visitor experience at the heart of day to day delivery The box office is Warwick Arts Centre's visitor welcome and reception hub required to:

• Deliver a pro-active, efficient sales focussed ticketing and reception operation providing accurate and timely information to all visitors
• Deliver a visible and warm welcome providing an excellent visitor experience at all times
• Support and assist with CRM maintenance and administration
• Proactively collaborate with WAC teams to support delivery of visitor experience / sales / WAC objectives / vision and mission
We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so., This post will sit within the Ticketing & Reception team and report to the Ticketing & Reception Manager., To apply please complete your essential personal details and attach a CV and cover letter by midnight on the closing date of Tuesday 7th January 2025. Please ensure your CV includes your most recent employment experience along with any additional relevant experience and education history. Your cover letter should detail how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for this post. How to prepare your application
• Please review the Job Description and the Person Specification.
• Think about all the different types of roles you have had or work that you have done to support your application (Essential)
• For each of the essential criterion, provide evidence/an example of what you have done that demonstrates that you have the experience, skills or knowledge we are looking for (Essential)
• Remember to tell us why you want to work for Warwick Arts Centre. So, do your research. Look at our website to make sure that you understand the range, scope and scale of our work. Explore our context. Our role in the city of Coventry is very important to us so make sure you understand the demographics and have a view on what that means or should mean for us and our work with audiences (Essential)
• Ask a friend/colleague to review your application and to check that you have provided examples and told the best story of your career to date and your ambitions in this role and the future (Optional)
  
  This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with a passion for sales, upselling and reporting who thrives supporting and nurturing team members & visitors. Candidates will be efficient and driven with a proactive attitude and excellent communication skills.
  
  For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.
About the Department Warwick Arts Centre is the largest multi art form arts centre outside London, presenting events, activities, films and exhibitions to over 200,000 people every year. We are one of the region's leading learning, visual arts, cinema and performing arts venues. We work with exceptional artists and creatives from the city, region and globally delivering a programme that reflects our local and global context. As an arts centre on a university campus our ambition is to develop programmes which speak to and reach our audiences on campus, in the city of Coventry and the wider region. Our city is one of the most ethnically diverse and youngest in Europe our goal is to reflect this through our work and the people we employ. Vision and Values When we re-opened our new building in 2021 a new brand positioning was developed with a focus on forming a better bridge between arts and the community and also highlighting the venue as a melting pot of different people and ideas: Purpose We're here to share our love for the arts Belief We believe the arts are a place we can all meet - a place to share our experiences, a place to find common ground and understanding, a place to connect, to transform and explore new possibilities together. Promise Experiences you'll feel and never forget - be it joy, excitement or sadness and whoever you are, wherever you're from More information can be found on our Our commitment to equality Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of staff within the Arts Centre we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from groups that are Warwick Arts Centre is a department of the University of Warwick, and the successful candidate will be employed by the University of Warwick.
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To find out more about us visit our About the University Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We're one of the world's top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK
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You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.
• QS World University Rankings 2024
• Research Excellence Framework 2021, We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages .
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Hours for this role are set on a weekly rota that runs over a rolling 4 week period. The rota covers Monday - Sunday, morning through to evening. This post will have a mixture of administrative time and customer service hours across any given week. We operate across 363 days a year so our team do work over holiday periods., We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 26 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities. We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click . We are proud to say that we are a . Our Commitment to Inclusion Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.