Wednesday, 15 March 2017

Part-time job offer: freelance festival assistant

Hebden Bridge Arts Festival is seeking a freelance festival assistant to work one day a week to provide flexible administrative and event support to the Artistic Director in the run up to the festival. We are looking for someone with: 

• Experience of working in arts administration or an understanding of the producing processes within festivals
• Experience of contracting artists and working with community organisations
• Experience of dealing with financial systems including petty cash reconciliations and invoice processing
• Excellent administrative skills including excellent literacy and numeracy, good attention to detail alongside good IT skills and fluency in Word and Excel
  
• Excellent organisational and communication skills
  
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work on his/her own initiative as well as part of a team
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude, including a flexible approach to developing and delivering the job

Fee: £100 a day (7.5 hrs), flexible hours – one day per week April-July + festival week (23 June – 9 July)

Please send a CV and one side of A4 outlining your suitability for the post to helen@hbaf.co.uk. 

Closing date 31 March. Interviews w/c 3 April. Late April start.