BENEFITS

• 28 days holiday including bank holidays (Pro Rata)
• Access to interest free travel schemes including Cycle 2 work and Season Ticket loans after your probation period
• Free therapy from our therapy partner SelfSpace
• Mental health support via our in house Mental Health Champions
• Two complimentary tickets to a preview performance per production
• Pension scheme with The People’s Pension
• Enhanced sick pay
• All staff social events
• Staff discount in Penny and The Old Vic bars as well as discounts in local bars and restaurants
• Opportunities to get involved with staff clubs and working groups such as the Inclusion Working Group
• Commitment to learning, education and development

HOW TO APPLY

We understand that everyone is different and we want you to apply in whichever way you feel best shows your skills and experience. There are a range of ways that you can apply with us:

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• Sending a short video file of yourself (no longer than two minutes in length), detailing your experience, why you are applying for the role and what about working at The Old Vic interests you (have a look at the person specification in the job description).

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• Sending a short audio file of yourself (no longer than two minutes in length), detailing your experience, why you are applying for the role and what about working at The Old Vic interests you.

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• Completing our application form.

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• Uploading your CV and covering letter, explaining why you are interested in the role and working at the Old Vic.

As a Disability Confident employer, The Old Vic has made a commitment that all applicants with disabilities who meet the essential criteria for this job will be invited to interview. However in the event that we have a high volume of applications all of whom meet the criteria and identify as disabled, meaning it is not practicable to interview everyone, we may apply a weighting to the shortlisting criteria, or add an additional shortlisting stage before any interviews take place. In all cases we will take care to ensure that any criteria or weightings do not disadvantage disabled applicants.
All appointments are made subject to satisfactory references and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

ROLE BACKSTAGE FRONT OF HOUSE CREW - WAITING STAFF

Department/Team Backstage F&B
Contract Permanent
Hours Full Time or Part time contracts available, with a minimum of 4 days per week (although a job share may be considered)
Hours scheduled on a shift basis across Monday-Sunday (Monday to Saturday initially, but we may open on Sundays as the operation develops), between the hours of 7.30am and 3am.
Shift lengths will be between 5-8 hours.
Location Backstage, The Old Vic, The Cut, London, SE1 8NB
Salary £14.00 per hour, plus Tronc
Responsible to Deputy Head of Food and Beverage Operations

ROLE SUMMARY

The Waiter will be responsible for ensuring exceptional dining experience by providing friendly and tailored service, maintaining a welcoming atmosphere as well as taking orders and delivering food and drinks.
This role is part of our Front of House Crew – working as part of this group will require you to work multi functionally across our bars and food service in Backstage to cover busy periods as required and colleague holiday etc. We’re looking for exceptional skill in one key area: Barista, Bartending or Waiting, and we’ll support your training in the other areas.

The recruitment process for this role will be one stage:

• 1st stage in person conversation
• You may be asked to complete a work based skills assessment or challeng