Job description
The Sunderland Empire Theatre is the largest theatre between Leeds and Edinburgh and is referred to as the West End of the North East; we're a dynamic, busy venue welcoming thousands of audience members through our door each year housing a mix of Hit West End Musicals, UK Tours, Comedians, One Night shows and Local Performances. We are part of the Ambassador Theatre Group, an extraordinary success story in the live entertainment industry. Founded in 1992 in the UK, we’ve grown into the world’s number one live-theatre company today. We cover every discipline in the theatre industry, from operating venues to ticketing platforms and producing shows. We are passionate about great shows and our ambition is to help them find the largest possible audiences.
The Stage Door Keeper is both the welcoming face of the venue, providing a warm and helpful first contact for Staff, Visitors and members of the visiting company, as well as being responsible for the monitoring of the fire panel and security of the theatre.
This role is vital in keeping all staff and our building safe and is responsible for the active monitoring and implementation of safety systems as well as signing people in and out of the theatre.
The successful candidate will be answering calls from our teams and public, have an active role in sorting deliveries and post as well as the day to day responsibility of our stage door hub we’d like to hear from you!
Please take a look at our job description download for further details; if you have the skills to achieve our goals and an affinity for our values.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and strive to provide a stage for everyone. Onstage and off, we hold ourselves accountable for nurturing an inclusive culture. Find out more about us and our values at atg.co.uk and careers.atg.co.uk
We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer, which means that we are taking action to ensure that people with disabilities and long-term health conditions feel supported, engaged and able to fulfil their potential in the workplace. We will offer an interview or recruitment event to disabled candidates who tell us they wish to participate in the scheme and who demonstrate in their application that they best meet the essential criteria for the role. Where we receive more applications than we are reasonably able to interview for any given role, we will retain applications for the next available interview opportunity wherever possible.
If you’d like to discuss accessibility prior to applying, please review our job description where you can find our contact details to request a confidential discussion.
Closing Date
24-03-2023 at 18:00