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About The Role
For informal enquiries, please contact Olivia Brook (Internal Recruitment Manager) at olivia.brook.1@warwick.ac.uk.
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.
Joining Warwick Arts Centre means becoming part of a vibrant, forward-thinking cultural hub at one of the UK's leading universities.
This role offers the chance to directly impact a wide variety of artistic, academic, and community-focused events—from supporting internationally acclaimed performances and gallery exhibitions to managing graduation and conference operations. You’ll have real responsibility, varied day-to-day work, and the opportunity to influence the visitor experience in meaningful ways.
Put simply, this is more than an operations job—it’s a chance to grow within a respected, artistically ambitious institution that values collaboration, creativity, and community.
About You
The ideal candidate is a proactive, dependable team player with a strong customer focus and a passion for the arts.
They're safety-conscious, aware of health and security procedures, and capable of taking initiative in fast-paced, multi-use spaces.
Our ideal candidate is someone who thrives on variety—switching between public-facing duties, technical and administrative tasks, and venue preparation with ease. Practical, hands-on, and solution-oriented, they will play a crucial role in delivering a seamless experience for staff, artists, and visitors alike.
Above all, they embody the values of Warwick Arts Centre: welcoming, collaborative, committed to excellence, and enthusiastic about bringing art and culture to a wide and diverse audience.
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 website
Our commitment to equality
Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, 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 Global Majority* groups.
Warwick Arts Centre is a department of the University of Warwick, and the successful candidate will be employed by the University of Warwick.
* Global Majority is a collective term that refers to people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or, have been racialised as 'ethnic minorities.',
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*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**.
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
To find out more about us visit our website.
How to Apply
CLOSING DATE: Sunday 24th August 2025 at 23:55 (BST)
You can apply through Uniperms by clicking on this link.
Please plan for any potential delays as you will not be able to submit an application form past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 23:30).
You will have to attach a CV and a cover letter.
* Your CV should include your employment history (including your most recent employment), your education history, and any other relevant experience.
* Your cover letter should explain your motivations for applying to the role. It should also explain, using examples, how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria detailed in the Job Description PDF document below. Please note that all essential criteria must be met by candidates who are invited to interview.
Please see here for guidance on writing a cover letter. We recommend using individual criteria as headers and explaining below, using examples, how you meet the criterion, though you are free to format the letter as you wish.
* Interview Date: 1st and 2nd September 2025
* Start Date: ASAP
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)
We can only assess your application based on what you write in your application so make sure that you write your supporting statement/letter with that in mind.
What we Offer
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 here.
We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, 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. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpageshere.
The University currently holds aRace Equality Charter Bronze Award,Athena Swan Sliver Awardand aDisability Smart Bronze Award.Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of theEUTOPIA European University Alliance.
Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)
The University of Warwick is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all those we work with.
In line with the DBS Code of Practice, the successful candidates for any roles involving regulated activity, will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. The University will take all necessary measures to ensure that any individual subject to a barring order does not undertake any work with the barred group specified (i.e. children and/or adults).
We expect all employees, volunteers, and partners to share our commitment to safeguarding.
Rehabilitation of Ex-Offenders
The University undertakes not to discriminate against anyone who makes a disclosure relating to a conviction. The information disclosed at application stage is only visible to the central DBS team (i.e. not recruiting managers) to ensure there is no bias during the shortlisting process.
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Right to Work in the UK
We wish to advise applicants that this role is not eligible for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa. If you do not yet have the right to work in the UK you will need to check the UK Government Website to see if you are eligible to obtain the right to work in the UK through one of the other UK immigration routes before you make your application.
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