Venue Manager in Burntisland

Eden Scott is delighted to be working with an ambitious Public Sector Trust, Fife's largest cultural organisation who specialise in making jaws drop, hearts warm, eyes light up and imaginations run wild.

They work with a huge range of partners, artists and creatives and their spaces are some of Fife's favourite places. They're built on strong values, and those values make them who they are - Fearless, Inviting, Fair and Exciting. As their organisation continues to grow and develop, they're committed to keeping the needs of their customers at the forefront of their thinking.

Due to some internal movement a fantastic opportunity has arisen to join their team of Venue Managers, they operate four multifunctional theatre venues across Fife, all with their own unique character and product offering.

The vacant Venue Manager position is in Glenrothes and the well known venue plays host to a vast range of local, national and international shows; world-famous names, popular music acts, and amateur societies have all added to the venue's history, and helped keep it an important part of local life. The popular library is a regular draw for young families attending Book Bug sessions, students using public access PCs and avid readers looking for that next book by their favourite author. There's a constant flow of delegates attending meetings and events and local community groups are busy teaching guitar, karate and plenty more. Their thriving caf? is a welcoming space for a leisurely cuppa and a natter for groups of friends; when night falls it's a busy bar serving theatre goers looking forward to singing along to some classic tunes.

As the leader and face of the venue you'll need to be an excellent communicator working collaboratively with colleagues, embracing an equitable and co-ordinated approach to service delivery and development, demonstrating the vision, empathy, and agility to contribute at the highest level.

Key skills and experience required:

We're looking for someone who has demonstrable experience in the field of venue management.

A history of working within the Theatrical/Creative Sectors is clearly advantageous.

Hospitality experience would be equally valued with a real emphasis on developing the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conference & Exhibitions) market and growing the caf? and bars revenues and loyalty.

You'll be able to show an understanding of what is needed to run an operation that is people focused whilst meeting the demands of a large multi-faceted venue.

Experience of budget management, meeting targets, ensuring a H&S conscious work environment and customer engagement across different fields is essential.

You love working with people and have a hunger and drive to push others to produce their best work, demonstrating your belief in the team as the sum of its parts.

You're skilled at forming relationships and taking the lead when required, taking forward the venue will require a leader who can bring people together with a shared vision.

A solutions provider, you can think fast, multitask and translate ideas into action.

Confident in who you are, you lead from a place of authenticity, demonstrating the resilience and adaptability to inspire others in the face of significant and complex change.

The successful candidate will join a coaching oriented company who are vested in personal development and who offer an exciting leadership development programme. In addition, you'll profit from a contributory pension scheme, employee discounts, generous annual leave, flexible working along with a range of wellbeing initiatives.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right person to join an organisation that's committed to excellence in cultural delivery for the people of Fife.

Salary banding ranges from ?38,950 to ?42,686 dependent on experience, benefits include a local government pension, death in service, generous holiday entitlement of 32 days.

Eden Scott is dealing exclusively with their client on this vacancy so please submit your CV online or for further details contact Sally Rae 07776 662506.
No closing date has been set for this vacancy so we would suggest candidates apply without delay.