HR Advisor
HR Advisor
Part time -15 hours per week
Fixed term for 12 months
£15,245 per annum (£37,606 FTE)
Closing date 26 October 2026
We are recruiting for an HR Advisor with strong interpersonal skills, demonstrable HR casework and administration knowledge, and experience providing reliable, compliant HR advice in the moment across a range of settings.
You should be CIPD qualified or a student member (working towards Level 5/7) and up to date with ERA 25 and HR best practice. This role is within an organisation that invests heavily in manager development, staff skills and training to support our own success and the wider creative arts industry. You will also need to complete a Basic DBS check.
The role is fixed term for 12 months to support the HR Manager and our team of 230 staff through ERA 25 changes, the continued delivery of our Culture Action Plan, and the implementation of new business and people plans in 2027, while also providing day-to-day HR advice.
You will work at the theatre buildings in Canterbury city centre, with home working available where appropriate. The role is 15 hours per week over a minimum of three days.
Take advantage of complimentary tickets, Friends-level membership, food and drink discounts, occupational sick pay, free flu jabs, enhanced pension schemes including salary sacrifice, and the option to buy additional annual leave.
The Marlowe Theatre is an inclusive and Disability Confident employer. We value difference and recruit by merit through fair and open competition. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect that makes them unique.
You can contact the hiring manager, Mark Wild (mark.wild@marlowetheatre.com), for a pre-application discussion, or recruitment@marlowetheatre.com if you have a general query about the role.
About Us
The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury is one of the UK’s most successful large-scale regional theatres (UK Theatre of the Year in the Stage Awards 2022). Our mission is to be the engine house for the performing arts in Kent, shaping the spirit of our region.
We bring West End musicals, national companies, a symphony orchestra season and high-profile tours to Kent audiences, in a year-round programme of theatre, dance, opera, music and comedy in our 1,200-seat Main House. This year we begin producing large-scale plays made in Kent and touring nationally. Our 150-seat Studio is dedicated to the development of new ideas, with a mix of R&D with resident and visiting companies, sharings and presented shows.
Our ground-breaking work with young people focuses on skills development and includes co-delivery of a UAL Level 3 Performing Arts course with East Kent Colleges Group; being the national home of Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures’ Cygnet School and the RSC’s Associate Theatre in the South East. We launched our Writers’ Room, developing regional talent and supporting our producing aspirations. As the largest performing arts employer in the region, we are committed to developing the workforce of the future, providing apprenticeships and work experience opportunities for over 100 young people every year across all areas of theatre-making.
We are also fast outgrowing our spaces and developing major capital projects as a result, including turning the 800-year-old Poor Priests’ Hospital within the city walls into a Creative Learning Centre and free heritage destination, with support from Levelling Up and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. We are also looking towards the long-term development of our theatre building, increasing our technical and producing capacity.
Our investment in our loyalty strategy has ensured that we have consistently strong and engaged audiences for our varied programme. We’ve also received recognition from our industry, winning a Stage Award for our innovative approach to supporting the theatre sector and a Workforce Award from UK Theatre for our investment in our People Plan, ensuring our high calibre team are rewarded and supported.
We are a Creative Green organisation and are committed to taking action on climate change and environmental sustainability.