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Our Benefits

WTM offers a range of benefits to its employees including:

Employee Assistance Programme

Life and Progress Employee Assistance Programme where employees can access various services including counselling and legal advice

Wider Wallet Discount Platform

Retail and entertainment discounts at a variety of well known establishments online and on the high street

Flu Jabs

Help with the cost of annual flu jabs

Ticket offers

Ticket Offers and Discounts at WTM shows, events, bars and retail

Our Opportunities

100% Project

The 100% project is a programme which offers 100 hours of work experience across the organisation to give a taste for how an arts organisation runs.

 

This programme is suitable for anyone aged 18 and over, the programme is flexible and can be condensed or completed over the span of 12 months to fit in with college or other commitments. There is no upper age limit, and we welcome applicants who may be considering a change of career or are looking to return to the workforce.

 

The aim of this programme is to break down barriers of access to work in the arts industry by giving those with little or no experience the chance to gain an insight into the different opportunities or career pathways available.

 

We have divided the programme into 5 modules, each module requires 20 hours of work experience to complete.

Module 1: The Customer Experience

In this module you will get the opportunity to work with our Customer Experience teams to complete work and shadow team members working Front of House, on the Bar and in the Box Office.

Module 2: Marketing and Event Programming

In this module you will work with the marketing, programming and hires teams to learn what it takes to book and market events and get stuck into some of the day to day tasks involved.

Module 3: Museum and Heritage

In this module you will get to work with our Museum team to get a taste for the visitor welcome and shop, as well as collection management, exhibition and display.

Module 4: Technical and Facilities

In this module you will work with our Technical and Buildings teams to shadow the different technical roles involved in events, learn about and complete health and safety and maintenance tasks.

Module 5: Finance and HR

In this module you will work with and shadow our Finance and Human Resources teams and learn what it takes to run a charity including day to day administration and accounting, paying artistes, managing a workforce and the structure and governance of a charity.

We are closed for applications at this time.

Work Experience

Our work experience placements are available to over 16’s currently in education and will take place during May 2023 half-term 29th May to 4th June. The placements are 25-30 hours each across the week.

 

There are limited places and we are offering placements in the following departments:

  • Customer Experience
  • Technical
  • HR & Finance
  • Museum
  • Marketing & Programming

 

Applicants may apply for more than one role but if successful will only be able to complete work in one department. Placements are limited and subject to a short interview.

 

We are closed for applications at this time.

 

Volunteering

If you have any general enquiries regarding volunteering please email volunteer@wtm.uk

We are looking for the following volunteers:

 

Distribution Volunteer- Marketing

Distribution volunteers will support the marketing team in creating and maintaining relationships with public venues between Brighton and Chichester, ensuring our brochures are displayed across the area. This is a physical role and includes engaging with the public, so confidence in this area is a benefit.

Worthing Theatres & Museum is a unique arts and heritage charity with a large portfolio of distinct venues: WTM Museum and Gallery (visitors 60K per annum), Connaught Theatre (520 seats), Connaught Studio (164 seats), Pavilion Theatre (750 seats), Pavilion Atrium (creative space with option for 200 seats) and Assembly Hall (950 seats), all positioned within the heart of the borough town of Worthing in West Sussex.

WTM offers a positive and supportive workplace that promotes unity and diversity providing an environment where differences and what we have in common are celebrated. We engage with responsible and respectful working practices and empower our team to shape and deliver WTM’s key objectives with integrity. WTM opposes all forms of discrimination.

Worthing Theatres & Museum is an ambitious organisation that presents a vibrant, diverse and entertaining programme of performances (theatre, contemporary circus, dance, comedy, music, family theatre, talks), events, film, exhibitions and workshops. We manage a museum collection of national significance (costume, archaeology, fine art, toys), present an annual outdoor summer festival and collaborate with leading UK producing and touring companies. We engage with our local communities through a range of projects, partnerships and venue hires, using art and culture to create opportunities for the benefit of the wider community. WTM engaged with 400,000 people per year pre-pandemic.

Our annual turnover, before the pandemic, was approximately £5.8 million. WTM receives an annual service payment from Worthing Borough Council for the management and development of its cultural assets. Additional income is earned through ticket sales, fundraising and other revenue streams which include a contribution from our secondary trading activities, such as bars and kiosks (through our wholly owned trading subsidiary).

Vision

Our vision is a community in which everyone’s lives are enriched through vibrant, exceptional arts and heritage.

Mission

Our mission is to enable everyone to access arts and heritage by:

  • Delivering a rich and diverse year-round programme of cultural activity
  • Creating shared experiences that inspire, challenge, educate and entertain
  • Reaching out into communities, providing accessible pathways to experience creativity
  • Developing opportunities and partnerships with artists and companies
  • Championing inclusion, supporting the creation and presentation of work that celebrates diversity
  • Creating aspirational opportunities for young people within the cultural industries

Values

In everything we do we will:

  • Promote excellence
  • Listen and respond to our community and the sector
  • Commit to inclusivity across all aspects of the organisation
  • Support and enhance the wellbeing of everyone we interact with
  • Nurture a culture of collaboration, respect and integrity
  • Take responsibility for our environmental impact

The charity has ambitious plans for the large portfolio of venues with three large scale capital projects over the next ten years, starting with a £4 million redevelopment of the museum, taking the building back to its original open plan architecture and enabling the display of 30% of the collections (currently just 5%).

This will be followed by a redevelopment of the Connaught Theatre and Studio and lastly the redevelopment of the Pavilion Theatre to increase the wing space (which will allow large scale musicals) and add a balcony and raked seating giving every audience member a clear view of the stage.

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