Senior Programme Manager: Freelance and Entrepreneurship
The Roundhouse Trust Closing date: Sun, 06 Sep 2026
- Full time
- £40k-£50k
- Apply now
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Job Summary
Job Description
Benefits:
25 days' holiday per year plus bank holidays pro rata, increasing after 2 years service up to 30 days
Ability to buy up to 3 days annual leave
Pension scheme
Cycle to Work, Tech and Home Scheme
Season Ticket Loan
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Health Cash Plan
Group Life Assurance
Staff discount at our bar and caf
Complimentary staff tickets
Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave
Staff networks, forms and social groups
The Role:
The Roundhouse Food & Beverage Bartenders play a key role in supporting the Food & Beverage Supervisors and wider Food & Beverage management team by delivering exceptional customer service and demonstrating excellent product knowledge.
This position is essential in ensuring that anyone who visits the Roundhouse has a memorable experience. Whether that be pouring the perfect pint, or recommending a new favourite beverage, our bartenders are committed to enhancing each guest's visit through attentive service and a passion for hospitality.
Primary responsibilities will be providing excellent, friendly and inclusive customer service to diverse audiences, driving revenue, maintaining excellent and consistent product delivery and product knowledge, and working to Health & Safety, Food Hygiene, and Licensing standards as set by Food & Beverage Managers, and Supervisors.
Weekend and evening work will be required according to business needs. Our bar team works across varying shows and gigs which mainly fall on weekends and evenings. Please take this into consideration when applying.
Job Requirements
About you:
You'll be an experienced programme leader with a strong understanding of the creative industries, freelance careers and entrepreneurship, alongside a passion for improving access to opportunities for young people. You'll have experience designing and delivering high-quality programmes, building strategic partnerships and using data and evaluation to drive continuous improvement. Confident managing projects, budgets and people, you'll bring a collaborative approach, a commitment to inclusive practice and the ability to translate emerging industry trends into meaningful opportunities that help young people build sustainable careers in the creative sector.
We welcome applications from people who feel they can bring their own skills, experiences and ideas to the table and empower those around them to do the same. We encourage those currently underrepresented across the cultural sector and all intersections of our diverse society to apply.
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Job Overview
- Job Title: Senior Programme Manager: Freelance and Entrepreneurship
- Salary: £40k-£50k
- Hours: Full time
- Artform: Charity
- Role: Creative
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing date: Sun, 06 Sep 2026
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Location:
London
How to Apply
For more information please download the full job description from our website and if you would like to apply, and feel you have the skills and experience we are looking for, please click “Apply Now” to complete your application by midnight on Sunday 6th September 2026.
About The Roundhouse Trust
About the Roundhouse:
The Roundhouse is a youth charity and independent multi-arts venue based in Camden, London. We've spent the past 20 years shaping the UK’s cultural landscape as a home for world-class music, boundary-breaking theatre, circus, poetry and immersive installations. We're the UK’s leading creative centre for young people, engaging more than 10,000 young people annually through our creative youth programme.