Venue Manager

North Devon Council is seeking an ambitious, creative and commercially minded Town Centre Venue & Asset Manager to lead the operation and development of two of Barnstaple's most important cultural and community assets:

Barnstaple Pannier Market

and

Boutport Studios

.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in the ongoing regeneration of Barnstaple town centre, helping to create a thriving cultural destination that supports local businesses, artists, residents and visitors. You will be responsible for

both the

day-to-day

management of the assets as well as

delivering the vision and business plans for both venues

;

growing income, developing innovative programming, supporting tenants and traders, and building strong partnerships across the cultural and community sectors. If you're experienced in venue, cultural or place management and want to make a lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you. You will need to

have : Educat

ion

to degree standard or above, or

have

equivalent experience Experience of managing

venues,

markets, cultural or hospitality

spaces

,

including

business planning and operating a commercially successful venue Experience managing budgets and delivering business objectives Experience developing partn

erships and stakeholder relationships Experience planning and delivering events, cultural activities or

community

pr

o

grammes Experience supervising and developing staff Ability to work flexibly

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