Job Description

Job profile

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The job requirements are detailed below. Essential qualifications, skills and experience are listed in the s/Person Specification which can be found under the attachments section below.

Job details

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Job reference

REQ001528

Date posted

12/06/2025

Apply by

26/06/2025

Salary

12.65 per hour

Contractual hours

0

Basis

Casual

Job category/type

Arts / Events / Tourism

Casual Theatre Assistant - Coliseum & Park and Dare

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Job description

Mae'r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.

RCT ARTS SERVICE - Coliseum THEATRE (Aberdare) & Park and Dare THEATRE (Treorchy)

RCT Arts Service is seeking to recruit a number of casual team members to work in the Front of House & Bar areas of the Coliseum and Park and Dare Theatres.



Team members will be required to cover holidays, sickness and busy periods, with the majority of shifts occurring during evenings and at weekends.



The ability to converse and greet customers in Welsh is essential for this post.



Experience is preferred but full training will be given to candidates that demonstrate a genuine desire to work in the arts and a positive attitude and knowledge of the principles of excellent customer service.




For further information regarding these posts please contact


Lynwen Wilson, Front of House Manager, Coliseum Theatre by email Lynwen.Wilson@rctcbc.gov.uk.



Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.

In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

As part of the Council's longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.



In support of the Council's voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.

Skill

Skill description

Score

Essential

Welsh Language Reading Can read some basic words and phrases with understanding done


Welsh Language Speaking Can hold a basic conversation in Welsh done


Welsh Language Understanding Can understand parts of a basic conversation done


Welsh Language Writing Can write basic messages on everyday topics done