Casual Event Steward

Make a Difference in Lancaster
Join Lancaster City Council’s vibrant event team and play a key role in creating memorable experiences at The Platform and other council venues. Your friendly presence and dedication will help ensure every event runs smoothly, safely, and enjoyably, contributing to the community’s cultural life and wellbeing.

What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll welcome guests with a warm smile, assist with seating, manage ticket and bar sales, and help set up and clear away equipment. Maintaining cleanliness and safety standards, you’ll ensure fire exits are clear and emergency procedures are followed. As an event steward, you’ll support festivals and events, handle incidents professionally, and keep information displays up to date.

You’ll Fit Right In If…
You have experience in customer service and enjoy working with the public. You’re a great communicator, flexible, and motivated, ready to work evenings, weekends, and bank holidays. You work well both independently and as part of a team, taking pride and ownership in your role. Experience in stewarding, bar work, or first aid is a bonus. Above all, you share our values of Working Together, Ambition, Pride, and Ownership to help make every event a success.

Ready to Join Us?
If you’re enthusiastic about supporting community events and delivering excellent service, we’d love to hear from you. Find out more about what it’s like working with us, our benefits, values and culture, by visiting lancaster.gov.uk/sites/recruitment.

Why Work With Us
Our Benefits
• Generous annual leave
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Car purchase scheme
• Lifestyle savings
• Health Care Cash Plan
• Volunteering days
• Wellbeing support

Flexible working friendly
We welcome discussions about flexible working and may be able to offer hybrid working, a generous flexi-time scheme, and agreed working hours to support work–life balance.

Inclusive employer
We welcome applications from all parts of the community and are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
We guarantee interviews for applicants with a disability and armed forces veterans who meet the essential criteria.