The Harwich Electric Palace Trust is looking to recruit an experienced Archive Project Manager
JOB DESCRIPTION & PERSON SPECIFICATION
Job Title: Archive Project Manager
Responsible To: Chair of Trustees
Salary: £34,000 (Pro Rata £13,600)
Hours: 14 hours per week, flexible
Contract Period: 24-month part time fixed term contract
SUMMARY
Built in 1911, The Electric Palace is one of the world’s oldest and least altered purpose-built cinemas and is one of only five working Grade II* listed cinema buildings in the country. Our heritage has national significance, and the cinema is a popular venue. The Cinema recently reopened (2022) following closure for extensive restoration.
As part of the restoration project, we undertook a scoping survey of our existing archive, which indicates that the collection is currently at risk. We are looking to recruit an Archive Project Manager to take a lead role in managing the project of appraising, undertaking a condition survey, cataloguing, and identifying gaps in the archive. The Archive Project Manager will also work with our Archivist & Education and Community Engagement Officer to help us open the archives up to the wider community and to develop a volunteer plan to manage the archive on a long-term basis.
Documents within the collection include unique, irreplicable items such as the original architects’ drawings and interior images from the cinema’s early days. The Archivist will assess and advise on preserving these items.
The recent scoping report also indicates that the collection has the potential to play a unique role in cinema history and offers an opportunity for academic research into the development of volunteer activities.
INTERVIEW PROCESS
Post advertised: 18th February 2025
Deadlines for applications: 7th March 2025
Post start: April 2025
Interviews may take place at the Electric Palace Cinema or at another location in Harwich.
APPLICATION PROCESS
To apply for this post, please submit a CV and a letter of application addressing how you meet the person specification attached with this job description. Submissions and further enquires should be made via email to the following address treasurer@electricpalace.com
Electric Palace (Harwich) Limited is looking to recruit a part-time Cinema Manager
JOB DESCRIPTION & PERSON SPECIFICATION
Job Title: Cinema Manager
Responsible To: Chair of Trustees
Salary: £15 per hour
Hours: 7-10 hours per week, flexible
Contract Period: Permanent
SUMMARY
The Electric Palace is one of only five working Grade II* listed cinema buildings in the country. Our heritage has national significance and is a popular venue. Thanks to major funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF), Historic England and other grant making trusts and individuals, in early 2022 we completed the first major repair works in 35 years to the ceiling and building structure. The cinema is run as a charity overseen by a Board of Voluntary Trustees with the majority of events managed by volunteers.
We are seeking a part-time Cinema Manager to support the day-to-day running of the cinema operations ranging from managing IT systems and the website for film programmes through to physical oversight of the building.
INTERVIEW PROCESS
Post advertised: 18th February 2025
Deadlines for applications: 7th March 2025
Post start: April 2025
Interviews may take place at the Electric Palace Cinema or at another location in Harwich.
APPLICATION PROCESS
To apply for this post, please submit a CV and a letter of application addressing how you meet the person specification attached with this job description. Submissions and further enquires should be made via email to the following address treasurer@electricpalace.com