Festival Event Manager

Department of Music

Casual, Fixed-Term

Please note: this opportunity is only available to current students at Royal Holloway University of London

Applications are open for the post of Festival Event Manager in the Department of Music, as part of 2023 PLAY! Festival, working closely with Performance Manager and Director of Performance.

PLAY! is a week-long, annual festival of music presented by the Department of Music, showcasing some of the best and most innovative modern, world and classical music at Royal Holloway, with events curated and performed by the staff and students of Royal Holloway. With pop-up recitals, jazz and music theatre gigs, talks and recital-lectures, an International Music Feast, new music from across the UK, plus the year's largest orchestral event, PLAY! offers a bundle of music-based events for all. PLAY! 2023 will feature our popular Festival Orchestra with Rebecca Miller, a day-long ChoirFest, masterclass with international opera singer Sarah Fox, a New Sounds event with flautist Carla Rees, In Conversation with Judith Weir CBE, our International Music Feast, plus a number of student-led collaborations and events.

This year's festival will take place between Monday, 5 June 2023 to Friday, 9 June 2023, in venues across campus and in the local community. The post holder will be expected to be available for the dates of the festival, where they will be rota’d by the Performance Manager. Please note that this role includes working to flexible and unsocial hours. Two successful applicants will be selected.

These roles are perfect for undergraduate or postgraduate students with the experience in event management, front-of-house work, guest or patron support experience, and/or hospitality. The Festival Event Managers will manage back and front of house duties, set-up event spaces for rehearsal/performance, oversee festival scheduling, welcoming and support guests, managing ticket sales and box office duties, coordinating artists, and carry-out light portering work. The two post holders will be working closely with the Performance Manager, where schedules and responsibilities will be assigned.

It is desirable that the candidate has prior experience in event management but is essential that they have worked or volunteered in a Front-of-House or Concert Management role before. It is essential that the candidate has the ability to manage multiple events and people simultaneously, has good time management and problem-solving skills, able to effectively communicate to a broad range of people, and is resilient when under pressure.

The post is based in Egham, Surrey where the College is situated in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London. There will also be the opportunity to work with local venue partners in nearby Englefield Green.

To apply, please send your CV to nathanjames.dearden@rhul.ac.uk.

Please quote the reference: 0523-244

Closing Date: 23.59, 31 May 2023

Interview Date: 1 June 2023

Royal Holloway is committed to equality and diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. Read here about structures and initiatives around equality and diversity, including information on staff diversity networks.

Please note that it will not be possible for the College to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for successful candidates as this role does not fall into one of the standard occupational codes deemed eligible for sponsorship by UK Visas and Immigration and the pro-rata salary will not meet the minimum threshold set by UK Visas and Immigration. Successful candidates will therefore need to be eligible to work in the UK or have limited leave to remain in the UK and associated right to work for the duration of their employment with the College, in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.