Description
Cameron Mackintosh Ltd are looking for an assistant to join the office management department at the Bedford Square office. Please note that although we work in a musical theatre production company this role is within the office management department and has little involvement with the productions.
The hours are from 11:00am to 7:00pm Monday to Friday and the contract is fixed term for one year (with the possibility of extension and/or permanency). The role covers a wide range of office management duties, which also includes covering reception. Office Management provides IT support to the company, and therefore an interest in IT would be a benefit, and a demonstrable knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook is essential. There will be an amount of manual labour i.e. carrying boxes, crates, helping to move desks, drawer units etc.
To be successful in this role, you will be a self-motivated individual who can prioritise and follow through with tasks. You will have the initiative to take the next step, implement new systems to increase efficiency, and think on your feet to expedite processes. You should be presentable, approachable, and punctual, with a keen eye for detail and a proactive approach to health and safety issues. Additionally, you must be able to handle a varied workflow, manage tasks effectively, and maintain a ‘can do’ attitude whilst being part of a team.
Key Responsibilities
1. Support the Office Management Team with general office maintenance as required, including responsibility for updating required building maintenance logs and ordering office and kitchen supplies.
2. Support of reception duties, including the covering of reception and general administrative duties – maintaining a clear area, answering the phone and dealing with general enquiries, data input and appointment making.
3. Responsible for helping to organise and oversee building repairs with the Office Management Team.
4. Printer and photocopier maintenance, ensuring that the photocopiers within the building are in full working order.
5. Ensuring all office contractors carry out their visits/responsibilities/tasks when due – upkeep of contractor calendar.
6. Once trained, active involvement in the upkeep of our Health and Safety policy throughout the building.
7. Being ‘hands on’ with other tasks as requested by team members.
8. Organising pick-up of recycling and secure shredding.
9. Assisting with weekly fire alarm tests and conducting alone when necessary.
10. Providing IT support where appropriate (this is dependent on experience).
This job description is not an exhaustive list and may be amended by the Office Management Team from time to time. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and have an equal opportunity approach across all personal characteristics. Your cover letter should note your salary expectations, the duration of notice period for your current position (if applicable) and confirmation that the times of work present no issue for you (11am to 7pm Monday to Friday). Please note that all applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
About Cameron Mackintosh Ltd Cameron Mackintosh has been producing shows since 1967 and remains the world’s most prolific producer of musicals in theatre history.
As well as producing three of the world’s longest running musicals, Les Misérables, The Phantom of The Opera and Cats, his legendary productions include Miss Saigon, Mary Poppins (co-produced with Disney), Oliver!, Side By Side By Sondheim, Little Shop Of Horrors, Song And Dance, Tomfoolery, The Witches Of Eastwick and Five Guys Named Moe. His acclaimed new productions of My Fair Lady, Oklahoma and Carousel have all been International successes, as have his reinvented new productions of Les Misérables, Miss Saigon and The Phantom of The Opera. Cameron is also co-producer with Jeffrey Seller of Hamilton in London.
In 2013, alongside Working Title Films and Universal, Cameron produced the hugely successful Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA award-winning film adaptation of Les Misérables which is one of the most successful movies ever of an original stage musical. The concert version of Les Misérables, which was first staged in 1989 at Domain Park in Sydney, has proved to be just as successful as the staged musical around the world. It has been filmed three times – at the Royal Albert Hall, the O2 Arena and the Gielgud Theatre and is continually rescreened on TV and in cinemas throughout the world and, alongside his spectacular Royal Albert Hall production of The Phantom of the Opera, regularly breaking attendance records for live recording performances of musical theatre.
Cameron owns and operates eight historic London theatres which have all been spectacularly rebuilt and refurbished for the 21st century. They house many of London’s most successful hits. The Sondheim, formerly known as the Queen’s, has been rebuilt and renamed in honour of Cameron’s great friend, theatrical legend Stephen Sondheim who died in 2021. The last show he and Cameron were working on, Old Friends, premiered onstage and then TV as a sensational all-star gala last year and is now open at the Gielgud Theatre for a limited season with a terrific cast, headed by Broadway legends Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga.
In 1990, Cameron inaugurated the Chair of Contemporary Theatre at St. Catherine’s College in Oxford University, with Stephen Sondheim as his visiting professor and his current professor is Adjoa Andoh, co-star of Bridgerton.
Music Theatre International, the world’s largest owner of secondary rights of many of the greatest musicals ever written, is now one of Cameron’s companies. Cameron was knighted in the 1996 New Year’s Honours for his services to British theatre and he is the first British producer ever to be elected to Broadway’s Theater Hall of Fame.
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