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The Role - Entertainments Coordinator (Live)
The UKs Number 1 Students’ Union is looking for an Entertainments Coordinator to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing Foundry’s live music programme, alongside a varied programme of one-off and recurring club nights and events.
In this role, you will take full ownership of the in-house marketing, promotion, and delivery of our live music programme. You will be responsible for the end-to-end management of events, including diary management, artist confirmations, event advancing, duty management, post-event settlements, and financial reporting, whilst developing and maintaining strong working relationships with local and national promoters. The successful candidate will be confident in overseeing events operationally, ensuring they are delivered safely, legally, and in accordance with venue policies and licensing requirements.
You will be joining the team responsible for delivering all events across Sheffield SU and Foundry, including live gigs, comedy, Roar, Pop Tarts, Grapefruit, and many other well-known nightclub brands. As part of this team, you will play a key role in developing new event concepts, inclusive and engaging experiences, and entertainment brands that resonate with student audiences and strengthen connections with the wider community.
The successful candidate will have experience in delivering live music events and commercial entertainment programmes, working closely with promoters, artists, agents, and venue teams to create exceptional audience experiences. You will also have a strong understanding of club nights, student events, and the wider live entertainment sector.
In addition, you will have experience creating engaging marketing content across a range of channels, including social media, email marketing, digital advertising, and event listings. You will be confident in developing innovative campaigns that build audiences, drive ticket sales, and maximise the reach and impact of our events programme.
Working at the Students’ Union
We exist to represent, support and enhance the lives of our members. We’ve done so since 1906. We are an independent charity and work closely with the University to achieve a world-class student experience. The Students’ Union is a unique and exciting environment to work in. We have a fantastic modern building featuring two shops, food and drink outlets, a nightclub, an advice centre, and our activities and sports zone, where students can join over 400 sports clubs and societies. We even have a nursery which provides an exceptional childcare provision. There’s something different happening in the SU every day: from club nights to film screenings, live music and theatrical performances.
Creating a more diverse team
Sheffield Students’ Union is committed to creating a fair and inclusive workforce for all. Some of the actions that we have taken/ are taking to ensure this include:
- Inclusive policies and procedures
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements (where roles allow)
- Inclusive recruitment practices
- Training and development in ED&I
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion working group and staff network
We want to support you to do your best during the application process, so please do get in touch at
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Your Benefits
You will work in an exciting and progressive environment and enjoy great staff benefits:
- 30 days annual leave per year + Bank holidays
- Opportunity to buy additional annual leave (Up to 10 days per year)
- Cycle to work scheme and cycle hub
- Flexible working hours and hybrid working opportunities
- Generous workplace pension scheme
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme and resources
- Opportunity to purchase an TOTUM card
- Enhanced entitlements following successful completion of probation period, including sick pay, parental leave payments, leave for caring and compassion
Use of AI in applications
At the Students’ Union we recognise the potential benefits of AI during the recruitment process, however we encourage candidates to consider how they use AI to support them, should they choose to do so. The recruitment process is designed for both parties to assess whether the role is a good fit. It is therefore important that candidates are providing personalised applications based on their own knowledge, skills and experiences rather than copying and pasting answers generated by AI tools or relying on automated personalisation. AI tools can help to structure your thoughts, improve clarity in responses and may help you to do some generic preparation in terms of things like types of interview questions that you may be asked. Over-reliance on AI tools, however, may lead to additional challenges during the recruitment process or being hired into a role that you don’t enjoy and/or feel that you can’t perform your best in
Application process
Please review our Job Description
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You can submit your application by clicking apply, completing our application form outlining and relevant skills, experience and why you are interested in the role. Following the closing date stated on our job adverts, applications will be shortlisted against the criteria outlined in the person specification and job description.
We will contact you by email to let you know whether or not you have been shortlisted to participate in the next stage of the selection process.
If you have any questions about the role, application process or working for Students' Union then please don't hesitate to get touch [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Location: The University of Sheffield Students' Union
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £30,305 (B4)
Specific Hours: 39hrs per week
Closing Date: Thursday 2nd July 2026 (11:59pm)
Interviews/Assessments: Monday 13th - Tuesday 14th July
Start Date: Wednesday 2nd September 2026
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