Box Office Assistant

Salary: £12.60 per hour
Location: Liverpool
Status: {Status}

This is a Permanent, Part Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

Liverpool Philharmonic presents over 400 concerts and events every year, so there’s always lots going on at our Box Office. We’re currently looking for a Box Office Assistant to help ensure that our ticketing services and sales are as strong as possible.

Principal Role

To provide an efficient ticketing service for all Philharmonic Hall promotions with the objective of maximising ticket sales in association with the Marketing Team.

Selling tickets for upcoming events by phone and in person using the Spektrix ticketing system, asking for donations, upselling ticket insurance, 1840 Lounge, at seat drinks and car parking.

Responsibilities and Duties

  • Ensuring the ticketing system’s records are maintained and accurate.
  • Answering customer queries covering a range of topics from ticketing to travel advice.
  • Resolving customer issues and problems, escalating promptly to a manager when appropriate.
  • Monitoring Box Office email ensuring queries are dealt with promptly.
  • Print and preparation of postal tickets for dispatch ensuring they are sent to customers in a timely manner.
  • Using Jivo Chat to answer customer queries delivered through the website.
  • Delivering an exceptional level of customer service.
  • Any other duties as may be reasonably required by the Box Office Management team.

Person Specification

Skills & Experience

  • Strong numerical skills for sales.
  • A willingness to learn about building procedures and events. 
  • Ability to work flexibly including weekends, evenings and bank holidays.   
  • Positive communication skills and the ability to solve customer problems or queries efficiently.
  • Be able to remain calm, positive and professional under pressure in a public-facing role.
  • An interest in and enthusiasm for music and live performance and the work of the Liverpool Philharmonic.

We inspire, entertain and engage people of all ages and backgrounds through music. We bring together artists, audiences and communities in shared experiences that uplift the human spirit and transform people’s lives.

We aim to make a valued contribution to the prosperity and wellbeing of the people of Liverpool City Region and to be recognised nationally and internationally as a leading music organisation with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra at its heart.

Our values inform everything we do every day. Equity and inclusion are embedded within every aspect of this Plan. Our values underpin our culture as a collaborative, caring, supportive and inclusive team in which everyone feels valued, enjoys their work, has opportunities to develop, and is part of a progressive organisation that recognises and celebrates success.

  • Passionate about Music

It is why we are here. Everything we do enables us to better connect artists, audiences and communities within and beyond the concert hall, maximising the power of music to transform people’s lives.

  • Excellence

We aspire for the highest quality in everything we do and we are ambitious in being a world class organisation.

  • Ensemble

We work together as one team focused on the impact we make with artists, audiences and the communities we serve.

  • Welcoming

We welcome and value everyone in our organisation and the people with whom we come into contact, committed to advancing equity, diversity and inclusion in music and society.

Liverpool Philharmonic is committed to striving to represent modern Britain in all its diversity. Liverpool Philharmonic is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. In seeking to be representative of the Liverpool city region, applications from members of minority ethnic groups are particularly welcome as they are currently underrepresented within the creative industry. The appointment will be made on merit with independent assessment, openness and transparency of process.