Vacancies
Operations Manager, Cambridge Literary Festival.
Salary : Competitive
We are looking for an experienced and solutions focused Operations Manager to lead the operational, financial, and technical delivery of the Cambridge Literary Festival. The main purpose of the role will be to ensure that the systems, venues, and digital infrastructure are in place to support the festival’s high-quality programme. The role requires excellent operational management, strong IT knowledge, astute financial control and the ability to deliver live and digital events in collaboration with the Artistic Director. Now in its 22nd year Cambridge Literary Festival is firmly at the heart of the cultural scene in Cambridge. We continue to present two literary celebrations each year, plus one-off events and a growing outreach programme for schools. It is a much-loved and regular highlight drawing large audiences from Cambridge and the rest of the UK.
Please send CV and covering letter to: recruitment@cambridgeliteraryfestival.com
Closing date for applications: Friday 4 July
Interviews: 11 & 18 July in Cambridge
Temporary Paid Staff
Our Head Stewards and Venue Managers are paid temporary members of the team. If you think that this is something you’d like to step up to, we’d love to hear from you.
If you are interested in volunteering please register your interest here.
Head Steward
Head Stewards manage our volunteers to ensure the smooth-running of events, they manage the queue and audience flow in and out of venues.
SPECIFIC TASKS
- Attend a festival briefing.
- Be familiar with the Festival Programme, the venue and facilities available.
- Be comfortable briefing volunteer stewards on festival procedures, and delegate tasks.
- Manage both the Friends and Public queues.
- Manage audience seating & accessibility requirements.
- Be familiar with rules around ticket types and entry eg. VIPs, press passes, Friends.
- Ensure the audience is seated prior to the event and that the venue is clear ahead of the next one.
- Support the Venue Manager with author requirements, AV & venue set-up.
- Manage the flow through the venue, including book signing
Rate: £12.50 per hour
Venue Manager
Venue Managers ensure the stage set-up, equipment, tech, props, artist and audience are ready in good time for the start of each performance.
SPECIFIC TASKS
- Attend a festival briefing.
- Be familiar with the Festival Programme, the venue and facilities available.
- Ensure the AV technician is briefed, has the correct technical set-up for each event.
- Communicate with the Artist Liaison to ensure the speakers arrive on time at the venue.
- If possible, run a soundcheck with speakers prior to filling up the venue, to test sound levels.
- Inform the Head Steward of event specifics ie. wheelchairs, book signings, reserved seats, accessibility needs.
- Control open house/shut doors. Late arrivals.
- Control when speakers take to the stage and exit the venue to book signing.
Rate: £12.50 per hour