Assistant House & Event Manager

The Howard Assembly Room

The Howard Assembly Room is a captivating, inspiring performance venue in the heart of Leeds city centre. This beautifully restored venue is loved for its rich and varied programme of music, film, words, and performance and has welcomed world-class musicians and performers.

The Howard Assembly Room is programmed by Opera North. Established in 1978, Opera North is an award-winning national opera company based in Leeds. The company’s fresh, vibrant, and inclusive approach to art is reflected in the range of gigs, film screenings, talks, workshops and installations presented within the Howard Assembly Room.

Assistant House & Event Manager

The Assistant House & Event Manager will support the House & Event Manager in delivering exceptional customer experience to patrons attending events in the Howard Assembly Room and Opera North estate.

The role will assist in the delivery of day-to-day administration and operation of house management functions. They will act as a duty manager leading a team of FOH staff to deliver high levels of customer service whilst maximising ancillary sales.

Salary: £26,000 per annum

Hours of work: 35 hours per week on average

Normal place of work: Howard Assembly Room & Howard Opera Centre, Leeds

Notice period: 2 months

Deadline for applications: Monday 29th July 2024

Interviews to be held: Friday 2nd August 2024

To apply, please visit https://www.operanorth.co.uk/about-us/jobs/ read the job description and submit your CV and a cover letter.

We are happy to take any informal queries about the role, please contact appointments@operanorth.co.uk in the first instance and also please use this email if you have any access needs making an application which we can help with.