The Venue Manager makes sure Wapping Powerhouse is safe, compliant, well cared for and ready for use, for everyone interacting with the site and at every event. You will be the person who knows the building best. You will look after its fabric and services, coordinate everyone who works on it, lead on health and safety, and regularly act as Duty Manager at events.

Your knowledge and passion for the building and buy-in to Glass Castle's values will ensure that audiences attending events at Wapping Powerhouse have a consistently positive visitor experience.

Wapping Powerhouse (Wapping Hydraulic Power Station) was built in 1890. When it closed in 1977 it was the last hydraulic power station of its kind in the world. In 1999, the building was reborn as The Wapping Project and staged a pioneering arts programme. The Grade II* listed building passed to Glass Castle in May 2026, after 14 years of closure.

Glass Castle is in its Prelude phase, testing and learning to inform a long term sustainable future for this extraordinary site, its artists, communities and audiences. Over the last six months we have undertaken improvements to the site, which have enabled us to reopen the building for events with trusted cultural partners, alongside commercial hires. We have a programme of continued improvements to the site planned, alongside our Prelude cultural programme with partners into 2028, ahead of the fuller redevelopment. What we learn will shape a major capital project of refurbishment, conservation and access work, followed by the full relaunch of the site.

Around a quarter of your time will go on sharing what you learn. Your insight into how the building performs during Prelude will shape the brief for Wapping's capital redevelopment and how we run our other sites.

The Venue Manager joins at a formative moment. The venue's operating model, team and policies are still being built, and the Venue Manager will play a crucial role in the set up.