General Manager - Albert Hall - Manchester

General Manager - Albert Hall - Manchester

We are looking for a truly world class General Manager to lead all aspects of the management at the prestigious Albert Hall in Manchester.

The Albert Hall is a Grade II listed Wesleyan chapel in Manchester City Centre closed and hidden for over 40 years. Resurrected in 2014 as an unrivalled events venue. The grand and ornate chapel has been restored into a stunning music hall and is  one of the most atmospheric music and events venues in the UK.

With a full calendar of live music and club events throughout the year the past twelve months has seen Albert Hall feature live shows from Beck, Sam Smith, Primal Scream, Manic Street Preachers, Placebo, Suede, Underworld, Tame Impala and has been an excellent home for club nights such as Bongo’s Bingo, La Discotheque, Warehouse Project, Glitterbox, Fatboy Slim, Community, Elrow, Steve Aoki & more.

We need a creative individual who will relish the opportunity to lead this unique business – from raves for 2500 and indie festivals to intimate sit down weddings - this is no usual General Manager position.

With annual turnover of £5m this site requires an experienced, versatile and resilient General Manager with proven event large scale event management experience.

It is a fast paced and exciting venue to be part of, but not one for the faint hearted!

The perfect candidate

• Proven event management experience preferably across live, club, corporate hire and weddings
• A natural communicator who is able to build and maintain great relationships with key stakeholders and partners (security, promotors, neighbours and licensing)
• A true boss who is able to lead a large team of senior event managers, operational managers and sales team to deliver on KPI’s
• An innovator who can identify opportunities for developing events and in house shows 
• Experience in managing large scale events with complex security and licensing challenges.
• Has experience of building an engaged team who are excited to deliver a world class guest experience
• Experienced at all aspects of financial control – event forecasting, business planning, margin control and budgeting.
• A proper grafter - the prospect of managing truly world class events should make the hair on your neck stand up!

Who We Are

Mission Mars is an award winning multi concept operator based in the North West. Our mission is simple. Deliver world class food, drink and entertainment. Our venues include Albert Hall, Rudy's Neapolitan Pizza, Albert's Schloss, Gorilla and The Elephant Pub & Bakehouse. In 2018 we received £10.5 million investment to grow our business and were recently list 5th in the fastest growing companies in the UK. Come and be part of it!

Rewards

• Bonus - earn up to 30% of annual salary per year
• Comprehensive training and development programme with over 38 courses for various roles and levels
• Annual conferences to exciting locations
• Excellent opportunities for development and growth
• An independent culture where your ideas matter
• Discount on food, drink and gigs at all Mission Mars venues
• Invites to great parties including a Christmas awards ceremony, Summer BBQ and our annual ‘Dreams Dinner’
• A card and gift on your Birthday and a birthday lunch with the CEO!

Want to know more

Visit alberthallmanchester.com and wearemissionmars.com.

Candidate Information

We will respond to everyone within 7 days. If you are successful, you will be invited to an interview and a taster shift.