Britten Pears Arts (BPA) is a pioneering Music & Arts based charity, situated on the beautiful Suffolk coast, working across a wide range of activities. Music-related charitable work includes Artist Development, a year-round Performance Programme, Music in the Community and Creative Health and our Living Heritage Museum and Archive at The Red House.

At Snape Maltings, our significant commercial activity includes Retail, Hospitality, Galleries and Property – including holiday lets and accommodation for visiting artists. All commercial profits are used to support the BPA charity. We employ more than 150 permanent colleagues, many of whom work flexibly, together with significant numbers of seasonal staff and freelancers.

Our mission is to use Music, Arts & Heritage to transform people’s lives for the better, to bring communities together and effect positive social change. BPA continues to follow in the footsteps of founders Britten and Pears, inspired by their goal to make the arts useful and available to all. At our two internationally recognised cultural destinations, Snape Maltings and The Red House, we create vibrant, uplifting and life-enhancing experiences for visitors, customers and audiences alike. We deliver this vision through our remarkable people and brilliant inclusive teams, working together with a sense of purpose.

Britten Pears Arts is embarking on an ambitious £14 million capital programme to modernise and refurbish many of its buildings, improving accessibility and the organisation’s environmental and financial sustainability. The first phases will start in 2025, renovating the Britten Pears Building for greater community use, and raising the Snape Maltings flood defences that will protect Britten Pears Arts’ property including those occupied by its many residential and commercial tenants.

Our values guide all of BPA’s activities, with a Pioneering sense of creativity, openness to new possibilities and the courage to take initiative, a Collaborative spirit, knowing the power of teamwork, inclusivity, mutual support and challenge, a Rigorous pursuit of excellence, ambition to go the extra mile, and attention to detail, always Empowering people to learn, grow, find their potential and inspire others.

The main purpose of the Operations and Property Administrator’s role is to support the Chief Operating Officer and also the Head of Property Management (who is also Head of the Capital Programme) with their many and varied responsibilities.

The post-holder will be immersed in all aspects of our property and commercial work as BPA gears up for a busy period. The role will also include diary management, administration of meetings, handling of correspondence and direct project administration as and when needed.

This is a varied role, with some level of responsibility but primarily a supporting role. It is permanent, working 28 hours per week, which is equivalent to 0.8 FTE. Hours can be worked over 4 or 5 days.

We are looking for:

• A forward thinker with strong administration and organisation skills.
• Experience working in property management.
• Good interpersonal skills, communicates well at all levels, both in writing and verbally.
• Excellent IT skills - proficient with Microsoft, we work on office365 – including Sharepoint and TEAMS.
• Ability to manage time and prioritise, working to strict deadlines.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Full clean drivers licence.

As well as the opportunity to work in a beautiful location, we offer:

• 35 days holiday per year FTE (including bank holidays)
• Company Sick Pay*
• Simplyhealth Cash Plan**
• Life Assurance*
• Pension*
• Staff Discount*
• Complimentary tickets
• Free parking

*after three months

** after 6 months

We are an equal opportunities employer and believe that diversity strengthens and enriches us. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates of all ages and from all backgrounds, in particular from minority ethnic backgrounds and disabled candidates who are currently under-represented at Britten Pears Arts.

To apply, please send a completed application form to careers@brittenpearsarts.org in advance of the closing date.

Closing date: Thursday 15 May, 0930hrs