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UK Theatre
Administrator
ATG Entertainment
Bond Street, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 1SD, UK
£20,000 - £30,000
Full Time
administrativeadministrative-venue-management-hr-finance-legal-it-etc
Posted 1 months ago
Closes 10 May 2026
Venue Administrator
The Administrator reports to the Venue Leader. In this role you’ll provide a high-level of administrative support across the venue, enabling the smooth and successful running of the venue and excellent relationships with all stakeholders. You’ll be a key contact for all venue queries, ensuring they are dealt with in accordance with ATG Entertainment’s values and policies.
Key responsibilities
Pulling the strings behind the curtain:
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- Provide administrative support for the Theatre Director, Theatre Manager, and other departments when required, using computer systems, running meetings, and taking minutes.
- Inform and assist colleagues in best practice across the venue, answering questions and queries from our central teams or colleagues in venue.
- Assist the Theatre Director and Theatre Manager with the provision of monitoring and reporting information for our management contracts.
- Work with all departments to ensure the smooth and successful running of the venue.
- Communicate with producers, before, during and after their visit to ensure they have the best possible experience of our venues.
- Act as point of contact for the Programming Department, Producers and Finance team to coordinate contracts and riders, arrange advance payments and prepare timely settlements.
- Manage email inboxes to ensure customer queries, complaints and compliments are responded to in a timely and professional manner.
- To act as the primary contact for all hires and events companies and to manage all pre-event administration for hires and local events in the Theatre so that the financial, administrative, marketing, technical and health & safety/risk requirements are in place.
- In liaison with the Marketing and Communications team, to actively promote the venue as available for all forms of hires and to maintain positive relationships with all hires and events companies.
- Complete and maintain all personnel and HR administration and liaise, as directed, with ATG Entertainment’s Human Resources department to ensure that personnel procedures and systems are being complied with correctly.
- Work with HODs in the recruitment of new staff and the inductions for new employees.
- Ensure that staff payroll details are recorded accurately and in place for payment of wages and salaries and that appropriate records are maintained in line with business and legal requirements.
- Process weekly and monthly payroll accurately and according to deadlines.
- Raise invoices for deposits and settlements for functions and hires.
- Check invoices against purchase orders and ensure accounts are paid in a timely manner and accurate figures produced to deadline for period ends.
- Oversee the maintenance of all office equipment including printers and photocopiers and ensure stationary stocks are maintained at an appropriate level.
- Take responsibility for filing and archiving of records within the venue in line with GDPR and other legislation.
- Always operate with discretion and integrity including compliance with the company’s bribery and corruption policy.
- Some previous administrative experience is essential; experience processing payroll or other types of data would be an advantage.
- Excellent IT skills, with the ability to learn to use new software and systems (current systems include Windows 10 and Office 365).
- Numeric Skills (equivalent to GCSE Maths).
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to be proactive and adaptive, to prioritise a varied workload and manage own time effectively while working to deadlines.
- An ability to create a positive, engaging, and collaborative working environment.
- Thorough attention to detail.
- Creative problem solver.
- Experience of working in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects at once.
- Experience of working with other partners and suppliers to tight deadlines.
- Advanced use of Microsoft teams.
- THRIVE doing what we love (with passion and dynamism)
- CONNECT through every act (with collaboration and kindness)
- DARE to do different (with curiosity and courage)
- PERFORM at our best (with customer focus and ownership)
- Inclusion: Committing to creating and upholding a positive, inclusive culture that nurtures potential and supports well-being.
- Sustainability: Playing your part in reducing our environmental impact and finding more sustainable ways of working.
- Next Generations: Encouraging the next generation in live entertainment by contributing to our outreach and training programmes, including mentoring students and trainees, and supporting our Creative Learning and Community Partnerships work.