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Job Title: Housekeeping Assistant
Job Reference: YS1249455NorHA
Location: Norwich Theatre
Salary: £ 12 per hour

Contract Type - Zero hours covering matinees, evening, weekend and Bank holiday shifts as required. Additional Hours may be available to cover the needs of the business.

About Us

Norwich Theatre is one of the leading arts organisations in the UK and the largest in the East of England, encompassing the historic Theatre Royal, the creative hub Stage Two, and the intimate mid-scale Playhouse. We present, produce and co-create a vibrant programme of live performance and creative engagement activities to entertain, enrich and inspire audiences of all ages and backgrounds, and we work with national and international partners to ensure we bring the very best theatre to our region.

We are an independent not-for-profit charity with no regular public funding, and rely on a share of ticket sales, one-off grants, fundraising/membership schemes and other commercial activities to deliver the work we do both on stage and in communities.

About the role

The Housekeeping assistant role will work as part of a team to maintain the required high standards of cleanliness and hygiene across our three buildings: Theatre Royal, Stage Two and the Playhouse, in all front and back of house areas. This role will support the Duty Management team at show times to ensure a positive visitor experience for audience members. The role is also responsible for ensuring the back of house areas are clean, hygienic and presentable so that the areas are ready to receive visiting cast and companies.

Cleaning duties will include, but not be confined to, the following tasks:

- Sweep / vacuum / buff all public areas and offices.
- Collect and dispose of waste.
- Sweep or mop sealed floors.
- Dust all furniture, ledges, shelves, polishing where required.
- Wash marks from walls.
- Clean interior glassware.
- Clean toilets and washrooms.
- Attend to the laundering of towels.

About You

You will work as part of a team and able to prioritise tasks systematically. You have good communication skills and able to update the Supervisor on duty when necessary. You will be able to work flexibility with various hours on a rota system.

We Offer

A great salary, annual leave entitlement, together with a range of benefits and discounts including wellbeing support, discounted theatre tickets and discounts in our restaurant, cafe and bars.

Please refer to the job description attached for the full details of the role.

Closing date for receipt of applications: 14th March 2025

Interviews are planned to take place during weeks commencing 17th March & 24th March 2025