Fringe Central Manager

We are seeking to appoint an experienced individual to the position of Fringe Central Manager (reporting to the Facilities Manager). They will work closely the Artist Services team. They will be required to manage the setup, coordination and operations of Fringe Central and associated offices. In this role you will need the confidence and patience to deal with hundreds of performers and participants on a daily basis in a fast-paced environment.

Role and responsibilities

The successful candidate will perform a wide range of duties, including but not limited to:

Management of Fringe Central Office

• Manage reception at Fringe Central


• Create and distribute fire evacuations and security processes


• Line manage Fringe Central Assistant


• Run printing services and report on printing costs and sales


• Carry out risk assessments to ensure Health and Safety policy is followed


• Liaise with the Facilities Manager to move the relevant teams from the Fringe Society offices into Fringe Central for the duration of the festival, and moving back at the end


• Set up Fringe Central including furniture, signage, tech and equipment hire


• Deal with suppliers and contractors, including leading on our relationship with the organisation who own the building and its staff


• Manage resources for staff and users of Fringe Central, including office configuration, email, internet in coordination with Society IT staff.


Event programme

• Support Artist Development Manager with the logistics of running of Fringe Central Events


Financial

• Manage Fringe central budget


• Report on expenditure


Evaluation and wrap up

• Support evaluation and producing a final written report of the project
  
  Support evaluation and producing a final written report of the project


• Proven event or venue/building management experience.


• Experience of working in busy, dynamic, creative environments.


• Excellent administrator with highly developed project management skills and keen attention to detail.


• Strong logistic and operational skills.


• Professional and friendly approach in communicating with all stakeholders.


• Managing information across multiple software and databases.


• The ability to solve problems independently, confidently and calmly.


• Familiarity with Health and Safety regulations.


• An understanding of manual handling techniques.


Desirable

• First aid training.


• Experience of working in festivals.


• Experience of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.


• Full UK Driver's License.
  
  The idea at the heart of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is simple: anyone with a desire to perform and a venue willing to host them is welcome. No individual or committee determines who can or cannot perform at the Fringe.


It all began in 1947 with eight companies - six of them from Scotland - taking a risk, turning up uninvited and performing on the 'fringe' of the inaugural Edinburgh International Festival. Over 75 years later, the Fringe has grown to become one of the greatest platforms for creative freedom in the world, second only to the Olympics in terms of global ticketed events. In 2023, 3,553 shows took place in 288 venues across Edinburgh.

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society was founded by artists to nurture and uphold the Fringe's values of inclusivity, experimentation and imagination. We exist to support, advise and encourage everyone who wants to participate in the Fringe, provide information and assistance to audiences, and celebrate the Fringe and what it stands for all over the world.

During August we programme and deliver Fringe Central - the resource centre for participants in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe catering to the needs of artists, companies, media representatives and arts industry professionals during the festival season. Fringe Central becomes the hub from which our artist services and media teams operate during the festival and sees a range of events delivered for participants throughout August.

The rate of pay for this post is £15.00 per hour.

Normal working hours 35 hours a week, worked from 9.30 to 5.30, Monday to Friday with a daily one-hour unpaid lunch break. From Monday 29 July to 06 September, your hours will increase to 42 to work six days over seven.