£13,559.00 per annum, part-time (20 hours per week)

Fixed-term contract until August 2022

Ballet and opera capture the deepest emotions and tell universal stories. The Royal Opera House wants to share these life-changing artforms and their power to move and excite with as many people as we can. 

Our extensive Learning and Participation programme encourages participation and deepens learning, offering people of all ages the chance to discover and question our artforms and create their own responses to opera and ballet. Our ambition is to ignite interest and passion in our artforms, open up opportunities to diversify the talent pipeline and build a culturally literate and creative nation. 

We are now looking to recruit a Resource Officer to work alongside the General Manager to support the business, administration and financial management of the ROH Learning and Participation programme. The successful candidate will liaise with a range of departments across the ROH and ensure good practice in budget and office management.

This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your administration experience to one of the UK`s busiest theatre. We would love to hear from you if you can demonstrate the following: 

• Excellent organisational skills with strong administration and planning skills and a systematic approach to managing a busy office;
• Strong financial acumen with evidence of successful resource and budget administration and proven experience of using e-procurement or accounting software;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a high standard of written English and experience of report writing;
• Strong time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines and identify future workload;
• Experience of compliance and its management;
• Excellent level of IT skills including Microsoft Office and proven experience of database management and operation. 

All of our staff are expected to uphold the Royal Opera House values: respect, openness and valuing the highest standards. 

The Royal Opera House is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from those who are currently under-represented in our workforce, in particular those who are ethnically diverse and/or disabled. As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential minimum criteria for our vacancies. 

A full job description is available below. To apply please scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Apply Now”. For queries please contact the HR Department at hr.recruitment [at] roh.org.uk. You can also contact us if you have any access needs to assist you with making an application. Interviews will be held online.

Closing date for applications: 8am on Thursday 2nd September 2021

Applicants must have work authorisation for the UK. No agencies please.