Creu Cymru is seeking a dynamic and proactive Events and Membership Officer to join our team.
This part-time role is central to delivering our membership services and events programme, supporting the growth and engagement of our network of performing arts organisations across Wales.
Hours of work: 3 days per week, which may involve occasional unsociable hours or week-end work.17 days plus Public Holidays.
Creu Cymru is seeking a dynamic and proactive Events and Membership Officer to join our team.
This part-time role is central to delivering our membership services and events programme, supporting the growth and engagement of our network of performing arts organisations across Wales.
Working closely with the Director, the post-holder will lead on membership communications and administration, coordinate event planning and delivery, including our Annual Conference, training programme, and network meetings, and support touring and project initiatives. They will be the first point of contact for many of our members and partners, playing a key role in fostering relationships and ensuring a high standard of service.
We’re looking for someone who is a confident communicator, highly organised, culturally aware, and passionate about strengthening the performing arts community in Wales. The role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to Creu Cymru’s mission to support professional development, increase diversity and accessibility, and grow a vibrant, inclusive arts network.
This role requires fluency in Welsh. We expect the post holder to communicate confidently in Welsh across a range of contexts – including member events, phone conversations, and creating Welsh-language content. For larger-scale communications, we use professional translation services.
If youre passionate about the role but feel your Welsh language skills need development, we still encourage you to apply. We’re open to supporting the right candidate to build confidence and capability in this area.
About Creu Cymru
Creu Cymru champions Wales’ vibrant sector of performing arts; connecting people, audiences and communities.
Our membership forms a collaborative network; with a strengthened and unified voice that we project and advocate on behalf of to public governing bodies, ensuring vital industry representation and influencing positive change.
We provide expertise, training and development opportunities for the sector workforce in Wales and represent their views to the wider UK theatre industry, and Welsh and UK governments. Our membership brings together over 60 performing arts companies, theatres and individual practitioners who employ over 1,500 people, are supported by 1,200 volunteers, and serve the 1.2m people that attend theatre and performance in Wales, each year. Included in this number are over 35,000 members of Hynt, an award-winning access scheme, run by Creu Cymru on behalf of the Arts Council of Wales, that works with theatres and arts centres to make sure there is a consistent offer available for visitors with an impairment of specific access requirement.
We encourage applications from people of colour, LGBTQ+ people (we are a trans-inclusive organisation), Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people, and people who have experienced other exclusion or marginalisation.
How to apply
Please send your CV and cover letter explaining how you meet the requirements in the job description (no more than 3 pages) toyvonne@creucymru.com by Monday 2nd February 10am.
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Location
Remote working from anywhere in Wales, with occasional travel for meetings and events.
Interview
You will be invited to an informal online chat in Welsh with Creu Cymru Administrator Yvonne O’Donovan who can tell you more about the organisation and the role. You will then be invited to a formal interview in person in Cardiff on the 26th February.
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