Head of Venues

500,000 VISITORS. 8 VENUES. AND YOUR VISION.

HEAD OF VENUES
£51,992 – £61,191 + bonus + excellent relocation package

This is an exciting opportunity to bring your commercial foresight to our portfolio of venues. We have eight distinctly different sites including a theatre, museum, 30 function/meeting rooms, social facilities for older people and a large outdoor events area.

You will need the vision to identify new income opportunities and the application to meet and exceed an income target of £1.2m pa. Able to take a strategic overview on areas such as marketing, you will also have the operational know how to deliver a quality experience day in, day out. You will need the communication and personal skills to reach the 500,000+ visitors each year, inspire and lead a team of 58, and work with key business partners, directors and politicians. Switching between negotiating major commercial contracts and working with some of our more vulnerable residents, you will also need the financial acumen to manage a budget of £1.7m pa. and the innovation to make it stretch further.

Above all you will need to be able to successfully manage change and to constantly raise standards.

The rewards are everything you would expect in such an important and high profile role, with a generous salary boosted by a performance-related bonus and relocation package of up to £8,000.

If you’re interested in joining a highly committed professional team, and would like an informal chat about the post, please call Bruce Winton, Head of Venues, on 01372 732302 on 12 March 2010. Alternatively, you can download the recruitment pack and apply online at www.surreyjobs.info

Closing date: 21 March 2010 1st Interviews: 31 March 2010
Assessment day: 13 April 2010 2nd Interviews: 14 April 2010