Venue Hire Operations Assistant

You will support the need to execute high quality Venue and Filming Hire contracts across our national portfolio of sites. You will support the operations team by ensuring all the relevant documents and processes are followed.
You`ll be responsible for maintaining the departments administrative processes and reconciling financial documents like invoices and purchases orders.

You will be responsible for ensuring that where our sites are hired for events or filming it is done so safely and the correct paperwork is complete. You will work closely with the Venue Hire team to ensure that processes are reviewed on a regular basis and are fit for business needs.

You will be based at one of our offices, a homeworker or a hybrid of both. There is a flexible approach to working from home - but you will need to have a reliable internet connection to do this.

Our Venue Hire team delivers events across the country. During busy periods and as required you may need to work early mornings, evenings and weekends either at home or on site as part of an event. On occasion this role will require overnight stays away from home. We have a comprehensive expenses policy and for most travel and subsistence costs you will use a corporate purchasing card and thus will not have to be out of pocket.

We would be delighted to hear from you, if you would like to talk to us about this role before you apply, please contact Libby Spencer (Venue Hire Operations Manager) Libby.Spencer@english-heritage.org.uk

Everyone is welcome at English Heritage and we are always looking for people who reflect the diversity of the country today, to help us make it more relevant to the diversity of the people, communities and places we serve. From remote sites to inner city monuments, from regional teams to our Head Office, the diversity of our teams is critical to making sure our heritage is inclusive, exciting and accessible.

We continually look for new ways to promote the past in a way that is inclusive to all and that celebrates the cultural diversity of England`s heritage. By joining English Heritage, you will be part of a charity that is already on an exciting journey to tell everyone`s story.

You`ll find it`s a workplace like no other - taking you behind the scenes of these extraordinary sites and supporting you to share your ideas, inspire others and make a difference.

By joining us, you`ll enjoy the rewards of a great team environment in inspiring locations, helping to make our sites a wonderful place to visit. You`ll also be joining our charity, which through our 400+ historic monuments, buildings and sites, brings the story of England to life for over 10 million visitors each year.

Benefits include:

• The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector;
• Apprenticeship opportunities
• Subscriptions to professional bodies
• Free access to all English Heritage sites for you another adult and up to 6 children (under 18 in the family group)
• 25% discount in our shops and cafes;
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/Shared Parental leave
• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays pro rata rising to 28 days after 3 years, with the option to buy additional leave
• Matched pension contributions up to a maximum of 10% which can be paid via salary exchange or salary deduction
• Flexible hours

Interviews will be held week commencing 20th February 2023 via Teams