Permanent Contract
Full time; This position works 5 out of 7 days and requires regular weekend and evening work).
Salary: £29,000
Based in: Purfleet, Essex (Requires regular work in other locations of England as directed)
The Royal Ballet and Opera continues to lead the way in opera, ballet, music and dance both live on stage and through multiple digital platforms, from live streaming to worldwide cinema screenings. Our Covent Garden theatre has been at the heart of London and British cultural life for three centuries. We are home to two world-class Companies:The Royal BalletandThe Royal Opera.
Learning and Participation is central to RBO`s mission to enrich the cultural life of the nation. An extensive programme, based at our Covent Garden and Thurrock homes and across England, aims to inspire creativity and give people of all ages the chance to discover, question and respond to the power of our artforms.
Our L&P programme is distinctive in its scale and ambitions, involving more than 50,000 annual participants across three strands. These are our award-winning, multi-disciplinary National Schools Programme, our talent development work through opera and ballet training networks and participatory events in our Covent Garden home. Our work in the East will facilitate local place-based partnerships in Levelling Up for Culture places offering a range of RBO teacher development programmes and creative interventions for children and young people as well as offering support for cultural education partnerships across Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and North Kent.
We are seeking to recruit an Administration Coordinator to join our team in the East, to provide comprehensive and proactive administrative support, ensuring the smooth running of the L&P programmes and projects in the East.
Our ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:
- Sustained experience of office administration and support work in a busy office.
- Experience of financial and contract administration.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate
effectively with a range of stakeholders in a range of settings, both internal and external.
- The ability to assimilate new information and good problem-solving ability.
- Proven capacity to organise and work under pressure and manage a busy workload with high productivity.
- Very strong Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint) and experience of data entry.
The Royal Ballet and Opera is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from those who arefrom a global majority background and/or those who aredisabled,as they are under-represented within our organisation. As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential minimum criteria for our vacancies.
A full job description and RBO information pack is attached below. If you have any access requirements for your application, please contact the RBO Recruitment Team on [email protected]
Closing date for applications: 8am, 24th January 2024
Applicants must have work authorisation for the UK. No agencies.
