Venue Hire Manager – Norwich | 10234 | Permanent Contract | 37 hours per week | £32,061 to £33,699 per annum (Scale G) | Norwich Castle Museum

Norfolk Museums Service is looking to recruit to an exciting new role of Venue Hire Manager. The successful candidate will manage the delivery and development of the Norwich Museums Venue Hire offer across 4 sites. Ensuring high quality outcomes and maximising income generation opportunities.

Norwich Caste Museum has undergone a major redevelopment in recent years with new fantastic spaces. We want to develop the venue hire offer at Norwich Castle, but also our other Norwich museum sites.

Leading a small team of Business Support Assistants, the Venue Hire Manager will be based at Norwich Castle Museum and will be responsible for the promotion and delivery of venue hire and other commercial activities.

If you have a passion for heritage sites and a proven track record in marketing and delivering commercial venue hire events, we would love to hear from you.

If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Stuart Garner (Norwich Area Operations Manager) on 01603 495896.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary

• Generous holiday entitlement

• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service

• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need. 

• Financial benefits such as:

  • ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.   

  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers

  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)

  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work

  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions

  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes

  • Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)

  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job description and person specification to help you demonstrate how you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for all internal and external vacancies via myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.  

Redeployment closing date: 10 April 2026 23:59

All other applicants closing date: 19 April 2026 23:59

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