Festival Coordinator

**Post Title**: Festival Coordinator

**Location**:Scarborough

**Grade**: I - £32,076 - £35,745 per annum

**Hours per week**: 37.5 hours

**Contract Type**: Three year fixed term with the potential to extend beyond term

**Weekend working**: Yes

**Closing Date**: 3rd September 2023

**Interview Date**: 12th September 2023

**The role**

The Festival Coordinator role provides you with a fantastic opportunity to grow and develop partnerships with a variety of organisations as well as contributing to North Yorkshire’s cultural, tourism and economic agendas.

As Festival Coordinator, you will be a key part of the new Scarborough Fair team. The post holder is responsible for supporting the Festival Director to ensure the smooth planning, running and evaluating of the festivals, which take place year-round under the banner of the Scarborough Fair.

A diverse collection of festivals will be operated by the Scarborough Fair, including Scarborough Lights (a one month winter light festival in November-December), Scarborough Streets (a street arts festival over the first May Bank Holiday weekend), Scarborough Art (an affordable art trail for two months in June-August), Scarborough Fringe (an open-access fringe festival for two weeks in June), and Scarborough Extreme (a music and sports festival for one weekend in early September).

**What you will bring**

Ideally, we are looking for someone with the following key skills and experience:

- Proven experience in event coordination, preferably with a diverse range of festivals or events.
- Strong organisational and multi-tasking skills, capable of managing multiple festivals simultaneously.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities to work effectively with diverse teams, vendors and artists.
- Detail-oriented with exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to thrive under pressure.
- Good knowledge and understanding of the arts sector.
- Existing arts industry contacts.
- Ability to work as part of a team or independently when required.
- Able to work flexible hours.
- Ability to work accurately under stress and to meet deadlines.
- Computer literate - Adobe, Word, Excel, Outlook

**Working for us**

When you join us, you are entitled to our outstanding benefits and wellbeing plan as part of your position. With the technology available to us, you can find the right balance that works for you whether it is working from home, working from our Scarborough office or working from one of our many hubs across the county. This role will require you to work occasional evenings and weekends to support events in the Scarborough locality, for which time off in lieu will be provided. Our holiday entitlement starts at 28 days rising to 33 days per year with continued service, plus public holidays. You can get shopping discounts, salary sacrifice scheme for technology or green car plus lots more.

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