Music Centre Coordinator

Music Centre Coordinator The Music Centre is a very busy, student-facing environment which supports the wide range of music-making activity at the University of Warwick. You will be working in a small team helping to facilitate the many and varied activities the department run through administration and event support. You will help to co-ordinate a diverse range of musical activities working to support the Music Centre staff and students. Flexibility, strong organisational skills and priority management are key attributes to succeeding in this role as you will regularly be responding to many and varied requests. As part of the role you will also work with the Programming team, offering administrative support for the Arts Centre’s Orchestral Series and acting as a key link between departments. You will be surrounded by music and music-making in this role so a love of music is a must. We work with musicians from a huge range of backgrounds and cultures so an open mind and a willingness to learn are essential. You will need to be able to work to often quite tight deadlines and be able to work independently to achieve this. You will need to be friendly and welcoming as a public-facing member of the team and happy to work in a busy and often noisy office environment. What you’ll do: Offer administrative support for Music Centre activities Be a first point of contact for the Music Centre and make decisions about how best to meet its users Work with the Creative Director to support the Orchestral Series Be responsible for promoting the activities of the Music Centre through Social Media channels Work with the marketing team to deliver print and online resources Support concerts and events on performance days through administrative and logistical tasks You’ll bring: Experience of planning and co-ordinating projects and/or events Experience of working on education/community projects Previous experience of arts and/or educational administration Knowledge of the requirements of live music performances Excellent communication skills IT skills in MS Office and experience of Artifax or willingness to be trained A willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends as required A flexible, can-do attitude An enjoyment of working in a busy often fast-paced environment A love and good level of knowledge of classical music 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 committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, 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.\’ To apply please complete your essential personal details and attach a CV and cover letter. Please ensure your CV includes your most recent employment experience along with any additional relevant experience and education history. Your cover letter should detail how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for this post. Interview date 10th September. How to prepare your application 1. Please review the Job Description and the Person Specification. 2. Think about all the different types of roles you have had or work that you have done to support your application (Essential) 3. 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) 4. 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) 5. 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. 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