The Assistant Managers are at the heart of our theatre operation; regularly acting as the lead Front of House manager for the Olivier, Lyttleton or Dorfman theatres.
The Assistant Managers are responsible, in conjunction with the VE&O Managers, for providing a pro-active, visible presence and leadership within all FOH areas of the building and the external public realm, including Stage Door back of house. They will ensure health and safety, visitor experience, look and feel and employee engagement are all maintained to the highest standard throughout their shift. They will drive an excellent visitor experience for all guests and enable their team to deliver consistently high performance and achieve commercial targets.
The Assistant Managers will support the departmental focus on driving presentational standards, identifying new sales opportunities and ensuring proactive up-selling, seeking opportunities to deepen audience engagement with the NT via the promotion of all services and products and developing a strong supervisory, CSA and Stage Door team.
The successful candidates will have the following:
- Experience of managing a diverse, customer facing, operational team
- Financial awareness and experience of managing a team achieving sales targets
- Strong problem-solving skills and experience of managing emergency situations
- Experience of working with complicated rotas and shift patterns.
- A motivational and inspiring work ethic with the ability to lead by example.
If that sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!
To apply, please follow: https://jobs.nationaltheatre.org.uk/job/ve-and-o-assistant-manager-5800842
The closing date for the receipt of a completed application is Tuesday 17th February 2026 at 10:00am.
