Administration Assistant

Contract: Part-Time Permanent
Salary: £26,841 per annum, pro-rata (which equates to £10,736 PA)
Hours: 16 hours per week (Tuesday & Thursday)

Staff Benefits:

• Working for an award-winning organisation that values creativity
• ‘Getting to know the MAC’ tickets – your path to becoming an insider
• 35% staff discount in our café bar
• Membership of Inspire employee assistance programme
• Employer pension contributions
• Free Flu jab

About the Role:

Reporting to the Creative Programmes Manager, the postholder will provide administrative support to the Programming team.

The role requires great interpersonal skills with strong problem-solving abilities and the ability to thrive when working in a fast-moving environment. Excellent communication skills are crucial, as is a strong attention to detail. The role requires the successful management of competing demands in this busy multi-use arts venue to ensure effective working and timely reporting. Alignment with the MAC’s mission, vision, and values is important to embrace all elements of the MAC’s organisational culture. Having arts administration experience is not an essential job requirement.

Essential Criteria

• Educated to A Level, including GSCE Maths and English at Grade C or above, or 3 years’ administration experience in a busy office environment.
• A minimum of 2 years’ administration experience in a busy office environment.
• Experience of working with a wide range of internal and external personnel to build collaborative relationships.
• Competent in the use of all Microsoft Office software packages – particularly Excel

Desirable Criteria

• 1 year’s administration experience gained within the Arts/Entertainment industry.
• Experience in using Artifax or other event/venue management software.

For further details please download an application pack below:

• Job Description
• Equality monitoring form

To Apply

Please read the information in the job description and send an email to [email protected] with the following attachments in Word or PDF format only (we cannot accept links to online CVs, profiles, document downloads or psd files etc): 

• Your CV, no more than 2 A4 pages long, including your name, home address, email, and contact number.

• A cover letter, no more than 500 words long, outlining why you’re a suitable candidate for the Administration Assistant role based on the criteria in the job description. Please include the names, addresses, email, phone number and occupations of two people, not related to you, to whom references may be obtained. One of your referees must be your current or most recent employer.  

• A completed equal opportunity monitoring form.  

The closing date for receipt of applications for the above post is 12 noon on Tuesday 24 June 2025 and should be emailed to [email protected] or alternatively post your application to the HR Manager, The MAC, 10 Exchange Street West, Belfast, BT1 2NJ.

Please note that we are unable to consider any applications which are received after the deadline. If you have not heard from us by 1 July 2025, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Interviews for this post will take place on Thursday 3 July 2025, if you cannot make an offered interview time, we may not be able to give you an alternative.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

We particularly welcome applications from Black and Global Majority, disabled and LGBTQI+ candidates who are under-represented across the sector.