Producing Assistant

**We are looking for a Producing Assistant to join our Arts Planning and Producing team on a full-time, fixed term, Maternity cover contract until October 2025.**

The Producing & Event Management team work on festivals, events and seasons across the breadth of Southbank Centre’s artistic programme, including: Contemporary Music, Classical Music, Performance & Dance, Literature & Spoken Word, Public Programming - including Festival and Public Space programming. Recent and current projects and festivals include Imagine Children’s Festival, Chaka Kahn’s Meltdown, Marina Abramovic Institute Takeover, London Literature Festival, South Asian Sounds, and many more throughout the year. We care about our artists, our audiences and local residents with our location in the heart of Lambeth and we have a considerable programme of events available free at the point of entry bringing people together, and bringing unbeatable cultural experiences to underrepresented audiences.

Working closely with the Head of Producing & Event Management, Producers and wider artistic team, this role is instrumental in providing producing support for festivals and events, including Artifax set-ups, event on sales, event contracting, payment processing, artists visas, travel and accommodation, event delivery support and any other duties as required.

**The majority of the Southbank Centre’s artistic events take place Tuesday to Sunday and the post-holder should expect to work some irregular hours during evenings and weekends as required. Time off in lieu (TOIL) is available for extra hours that are necessary to work.**

**Role objectives**
- To provide effective and proactive logístical, administrative and producing support on Festivals and Events at Southbank Centre, working closely with the Head of Producing & Event Management and the Producers.
- To provide efficient and courteous support, and be an informed point of contact, to all those involved with the Producing & Event Management team, including, but not limited to; internal colleagues, artists, partners, producers and promoters.
- To provide administrative and event support to the Event Managers as required.

**Please download the attached Job Description for a full overview of this role responsibilities.**

By attracting people to work for us from a broad range of backgrounds with diverse attitudes, opinions and beliefs we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things. The Southbank Centre is a warm and welcoming place to work, with great aspirations and ambitions to create great and accessible work for all. We pride ourselves in building a supportive environment to enable the development of our staff.
- If you feel you have just some of the required skills and experience but meet the person specification, we would still encourage you to apply; we are very open to continuing the training and development of individuals who are self motivated to acquire new skills and knowledge relevant to the role._

**Southbank Centre**

The Southbank Centre is Europe’s largest arts centre and one of the UK’s top five visitor attractions, occupying an 11-acre site that sits in the midst of London’s most vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames.

Its impact and reach are significant and it is respected internationally as a convener of great artists and diverse audiences and for being entrepreneurial and innovative in response to a volatile and changing financial landscape. The Southbank Centre is a charity that is determined to demonstrate its ambition to remain innovative, disruptive and experimental in what it does and to be highly relevant to the artists it wants to work with and to the audiences it wants to attract.

The Southbank Centre believes that a commitment to diversity and inclusion helps it be a more relevant and effective organisation.

**Our Artistic Mission**

Southbank Centre exists to provide great artistic experiences for everyone. Through art, we invite our visitors to enjoy shared cultural encounters together. To gaze. To listen. To be moved. To discover a new idea or a new perspective. We are proud that for the last 70 years, the performances and exhibitions here have moved millions. We have provided a home for art and for artists. A community centred on art, where everyone, no matter their job, helps make the experience.

**At the Southbank Centre we believe in**:
**Creating welcoming spaces**
- Because upholding respect, safety and belonging is at the heart of vibrant teams and communities.
- This means us all taking responsibility for shaping and protecting a kind, compassionate and inclusive environment for others.

**Making wonderful experiences together**
- Because we all contribute to amazing artistic moments at the Southbank Centre.
- This means us all understanding and valuing the different parts we play in creating enjoyment and success.

**Sparking new thinking**
- Because different views and thou