Costume Assistant

Summary

Nottingham Playhouse is seeking a proactive Costume Assistant with a great eye for detail to join our Costume team.

More Details

The Costume Assistant will assist with all aspects of the day to day running of the Costume department, supporting mainstage and studio productions, tours, community projects, events and more.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic costume maker with hand and machine sewing skills to join one of the UK’s leading producing theatres. If you are self-motivated and passionate about costume, we’d love to hear from you.

The role is offered as a permanent, full time annualised-hours contract. This is a wide-ranging job and we will provide on-going support, such as training, to enable the post holder to fulfil all aspects of the job.

Benefits of working at Nottingham Playhouse include:

  • a relaxed working environment with informal dress code
  • free/discounted tickets and Playhouse Pass membership
  • discounts on travel, parking and at our bar
  • day off on your birthday
  • staff social events including a summer party and Christmas party
  • free access to our Employee Assistance Programme
  • a Cycle to Work scheme

Nottingham Playhouse is committed to a policy of diversity and inclusion, creating a workforce representative of the diverse communities we work with. Our workforce is currently under representative of certain communities and we are taking positive action for equal opportunities through the recruitment process. We actively encourage applications from the Global Ethnic Majority and Disabled people. Nottingham Playhouse is part of the Parents in Performing Arts (PIPA) campaign and welcomes proposals for flexible working around caring responsibilities and anyone looking for a positive work/life balance. We are also a Disability Confident employer, recruiting and supporting disabled people in the workplace.

For more information and details on how to apply, please download the Recruitment PackApplication Form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form. Please note we will not accept a CV in place of an application form.

We would like to help you to fully participate in the application process. If you would like the Recruitment Pack, Application Form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form in an alternative format, support in completing your application, or you would like an alternative way to make your application, please contact us to discuss a suitable format.

The closing date for applications is Monday 23 September 2023 at 12noon.

Organisation

Nottingham Playhouse

Location Type

Specific location

Salary Type

Salaried

Salary (Exact)

£27,693 per annum

Closing Date

23/09/2024

Contract Type

Permanent

Job Type

Backstage & Technical, Production

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