Science Museum Group
Location
Bradford | United Kingdom
Job description
Do you have great communication and problem-solving skills, with an understanding of leading teams in a competitive commercial environment? Do you have a passion for Cinema?
About us
Bradford's National Science and Media Museum (NSMM)'s Pictureville cinema operation houses 3 screens including Europe's first IMAX. The NSMM Pictureville cinema (300 seats) and Cubby Broccoli cinema (100 seats) screen the best of independent cinema with selected mainstream titles and a Screen Arts programme. IMAX (218 seats) screens the best feature titles available in IMAX format and a regular programme of shorter educational IMAX films for museum families and pre-booked groups.
The Screen Team, led by the Head of Screen & Cultural Engagement, are a key stakeholder in our cinema operation. They focus on programming, audience development and special events, working closely with the operational cinema team to deliver a rich and diverse programme of cinema screenings and events.
About the role
As Cinema Manager, you will lead the commercial and operational aspects of our Pictureville Cinema. Your overall focus will be to enhance the customer experience; with maximised income and profit being the natural result of a positive, well planned, and managed cinema operation.
Providing operational direction and motivation to a wider Cinema Team, you will empower them to deliver a successful commercial cinema, including add-on sales from Food & Beverage and memberships. By setting clear vision, objectives and demonstrating the behaviours of a great leader, your team will celebrate the magic of cinemagoing by provide a high level of visitor experience and meeting commercial KPIs.
You will have a significant impact on the organisation, working with the Head of Commercial Experiences and Head of Screen & Cultural Engagement to deliver year on year business growth.
As the Cinema Manager you will be required to work across the hours that the cinema and museum are open, with a varying shift pattern each week depending on priorities. The role will involve duty management shifts, including some evenings and weekends.
Contract: Full time (35hrs), permanentDownload the Vacancy Information Pack file under 'Attachments' on this vacancy listing on the Science Museum Group website for more details about the role and the application process.
About you
With experience managing in a commercial operations previously, you have what it takes to lead a team to deliver excellent customer experience and generate a positive team culture.
You'll be comfortable with managing and reviewing budgets, and bring an understanding of how to lead a team to exceed sales and profit targets in a competitive commercial environment.Don't feel you meet all the criteria? We welcome you to apply even if your experience doesn't match directly. With your transferable skills, you could be the right candidate for this, or other opportunities that we have.
What we offer
Joining us as an employee, you will have the opportunity to develop your career in a world-class museum group. We understand that work/life balance and wellbeing is crucial to our colleagues, so we offer the perks listed below, as well as support for things that happen in life such as parental and adoption leave, sickness, and career breaks.
Open for All is one of the Science Museum Group's five core values and sets out our important aspiration to be a place for everyone. We are working hard to understand our organisation better and to develop a culture that recognises and values different backgrounds, mindsets, skills, experience, knowledge, and expertise. By having greater diversity, we believe that we will be a stronger and better organisation, capable to continue to Inspire Futures .
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Salary
£35.28k per annum
