Stage Door Keeper

**JOB DETAILS**:**

**Job reference**

REQ01156

**Date posted**

30/01/2025

**Application closing date**

16/02/2025

**Location**

Southend

**Salary**

£11,916.00 per annum

**Package**

**Contractual hours**

20

**Basis**

Part time

**Job category/type**

Stage Door

**Job description**

**ABOUT TRAFALGAR ENTERTAINMENT (TE)**

We’re a leading theatre and live-entertainment group with a national and international footprint.

Co-founded by Sir Howard Panter and Dame Rosemary Squire in 2017, Trafalgar Entertainment is a business focussed on bringing people together to share in the live experience; through new productions, through the operation of amazing theatre and live-event spaces, and through distribution of live-streaming content. The group is home to Trafalgar Theatres, Trafalgar Theatre Productions, Trafalgar Releasing, Stagecoach Performing Arts, Helen O’Grady Drama Academy, Trafalgar Tickets, London Theatre Direct, Stagedoor App, Jonathan Church Theatre Productions and Chiswick Cinema.

**ABOUT TRAFALGAR THEATRES**

**Trafalgar Theatres** is the venue-operating division of TE. We currently operate 15 venues; including 12 in the UK regions; the Trafalgar Theatre in London’s West End and the Theatre Royal in Sydney. We’re growing fast, we’re confident in what we do, and we’re ambitious about the future. There’s never been a better time to get onboard.

We are passionate about entertainment, audiences, and the live experience and we value **Creativity, Collaboration, Excellence**and **Respect.**

**ABOUT THIS ROLE**

Under the overall direction of the Buildings and Technical Manager, to operate Stage Door provision at Southend Theatres, providing a welcoming, safe, efficient and secure back of house environment. To provide administration support and information to Technical and other departments.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Provide switchboard services for the organisation, including radio communication with staff to ensure effective routing of calls.
- Manage the signing in and out of personnel, keys and radios in line with company procedures.
- Provide security for back of house areas allowing and restricting access as appropriate.
- Act as first point of contact for visiting company members, providing relevant information as requested and presenting a welcoming and helpful approach at all times.
- Report faults using the Maintenance Log system.
- Manage the Dressing Room areas, including arranging hospitality riders, checking cleanliness and carrying out health and safety checks as instructed by the Buildings and Technical Manager.
- Provide a central point of contact for the technical team and external contractors during operational times.
- Manage the organisation’s digs list, arranging quality visits on a regular basis.
- As part of the backstage team, assist with backstage evacuation in accordance with company procedures.
- Assist in maintaining the Technical Department’s stock and provision of First Aid supplies and equipment.
- Assist the Buildings and Technical Manager in ensuring Riders and associated technical information is received, disseminated, and stored as instructed and within the required deadlines.
- Assist the Building and Technical Manager with correspondence between the venues and in-coming companies and the booking of show requirements and personnel within the required deadlines.
- Provide administration and clerical support for the Buildings and Technical Manager, including preparation and implementation of technical forms and procedures, record keeping, diary and file management, arrangement and minuting of meetings as required.
- Supervise casual Stage Door personnel, ensuring a daily flow of information and communication between each operational shift and with other departments, as required.
- Ensure casual technical recruitment and working processes and procedures are adhered to, in liaison with the HR Manager.
- Carry out any other duties relevant to the post as instructed by the Buildings and Technical Manager.
- Undertake training and development relevant to the successful execution of the job role.

**OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Dress in accordance with Company uniform policy and wear protective clothing where issued and instructed.
- Attend staff meetings as and when required.

Trafalgar Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We are curious, courageous and ambitious, empowering people to challenge and innovate in pursuit of excellence.