Applause Job Opportunity – Outdoor Touring Development Officer

Applause Rural Touring works throughout Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex and Essex as well as further afield to ensure communities access professional theatre, music and other performing arts.

About this role at Applause

We are looking for a pro-active person to manage and develop our established outdoor touring programme. Applause runs an extensive outdoor touring season of over 100 dates sending out its commissioned performances to a range of commercial and voluntary led hosts.

This fixed term post will develop our outdoor touring model and requires a pro-active approach, a high level of accuracy and good communication skills. Our office base is currently in Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, with a pending move planned and likely to be in the immediate area. You will oversee research into the business potential for our outdoor commissioned performance offer whilst building our programme to secure both commercial and subsidized outdoor performance bookings.

Hours of work:  35 hours per week (full-time)

Salary:  £ 23,000 pro rata

Contract:  Fixed term until October 2023

Deadline to apply:  Thursday 12th January 2023

Click on the link below for full job description and information on how to apply.

If you would like any information in a different format, please contact touring@applause.org.uk.

Applause Job Opportunity – Participation and Engagement Officer

Applause Rural Touring works throughout Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex and Essex as well as further afield to ensure communities access professional theatre, music and other performing arts.

About this role at Applause

We are looking for a dynamic individual to work alongside the Applause team developing our community and audience engagement programmes. Working closely with communities across the Applause network in the South East (but with an emphasis on our priority areas within the counties of Kent, Medway, and Essex) the postholder will help drive our core programmes of work in the first 6-12 months as well as lay the ground work for future participation programmes.

You will be working with communities, artists, creative and non-creative networks and organisations supporting our strategic aim to widen participation opportunities for and with individuals and groups in rural and underrepresented communities.

Hours of work:  35 hours per week (full-time) evening and weekend work will be required.

Salary:  £ 27,000 pro rata

Contract:  3 year post

Deadline to apply:  Monday 23rd January 2023

Click on the link below for full job description and information on how to apply.

If you would like any information in a different format, please contact touring@applause.org.uk.