As we gear up to opening our doors, we’re looking for a Talent Acquisition Manager. To lead and develop the exciting recruitment strategy at Co-op Live, attracting the very best food and beverage talent through various recruitment platforms and community partnerships, supporting us in creating the best live music experience in the UK. Accountable for organising and managing the recruitment process ensuring the highest calibre people are recruited and placed into the correct positions, meeting all the necessary legal requirements that allow them to work at Co-op Live. To also focus on recruiting entry level candidates who have a natural flair for our incredible hospitality industry and enjoying watching them grow in our arena.

As we gear up to opening our doors, we're looking for a Training Manager. To lead on the planning, development, co-ordination, and delivery of training for our talented food & beverage team. You will deliver training which energises our people and drives an exceptional fan experience and paves the way for the team to develop at Coop Live.   This is a two-phase role: the first year will be focused on developing training structures, creating Co-op Live Training Academy, and mobilizing the UK’s most exciting entertainment venue, ensuring all new staff are trained and ready before opening. Once opened, the focus switches to leading day-to-day training, succession planning, continued compliance, improving skills and knowledge, reducing turnover and embedding the service culture.

Co-op Live is looking for an industry leader to deliver the strategic and commercial ticketing aims for the UK’s largest music arena as our Ticketing Director.   Reporting to the Executive Director & General Manager, you will be a dynamic ticketing professional with demonstrated leadership experience in a large-scale sports or entertainment environments.   You will ultimately build, develop and lead a dynamic ticketing team tasked with harnessing the power of data, sales analytics, and technology to deliver outstanding results. You will need to have a great problem-solving approach and commitment to providing superior customer service to our artists, clients, partners and fans.

As we gear up to be the biggest live entertainment arena in the UK, we’re looking for a People & Culture Project Manager. This is a really exciting, true people generalist role, where every day will bring new challenges.   You will be supporting the set up of all people processes, ways of working and developing how we do things. This is a genuine opportunity to make a difference, developing all people services from scratch and putting your stamp on the role.

Set to become the biggest live entertainment arena in the UK, Co-op Live are looking for a Senior Production Manager to create an industry leading music and entertainment experience for our fans and artists in Manchester.   You will be a part of an awesome venue management team, building and leading the production team from the front driving success. Lead the production operation including policy and procedure creation, ensuring regulatory compliance and industry requirements are met to create amazing shows.

As we gear up to be the biggest live entertainment arena in the UK, we’re looking for a Head of Venue Management who is super passionate about events. Someone who thrives on leading and inspiring others to create the ultimate, unforgettable music and entertainment experience for our fans and artists coming to Manchester.   If you are a positive disrupter who has an outstanding talent of leading from the front, willingness to get involved in everyday activities to drive event successes in the live entertainment industry, we would love to hear from you!

As we gear up to opening our doors, we’re looking for a Head of IT. This is a truly exciting opportunity to build an outstanding team, develop new processes, policies and ways of working from scratch and drive forward incredible performance.    You will ensure regulatory compliance and industry requirements are met to create amazing shows. The role is a hands on position and you will have the opportunity to put your own stamp on the role and identify future development areas.

As we gear up to opening our doors, we’re looking for a Financial Controller who is fully qualified along with excellent communication and a positive can do attitude.   What’s great about this role is it’s a role of two halves. The first 12 months will be working closely with the Finance Director to set up and mobilise the biggest music and live entertainment arena in the UK. Once open, the role will be more operational ensuring financial reporting, controls and compliance, working closely with the teams to report on our event by event successes and long term planning.   The role is a hands on position with full exposure to the day to day finance function. You will have the opportunity to put your own stamp on the role and identify future development areas and be a key person in supporting the growth of the business.

As we gear up to opening our doors, Co-op Live is set to become the biggest live entertainment arena in the UK. We are looking for an experienced Venue Manager to join our awesome events team working directly with the Head of Venue Management.   This is a hands on and varied role that allows you to be innovative to shape and support all areas of our event operation. As the Venue Manager you will play a key role in developing an outstanding venue management offering, creating the most amazing experience for all our partners, fans and artists.

As we gear up to opening our doors, we’re looking for a Training Manager. To lead on the on the planning, development, co-ordination, and delivery of all training for our venue teams.   You will deliver training which energises our people and drives the best in class fan experience.