Summer Front of House Assistant

3 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE03: £20,863.00 to £22,197.00 Per Annum**

**CAHSS / Edinburgh College of Art / Talbot Rice Gallery**

**Fixed Term Contract: Full Time - 35 Hours per Week**

**Fixed Term Contract Duration: 12 weeks, from 16th June 2023 to 8th September 2023**

**2 Posts Available**

**The Opportunity**:
Talbot Rice Gallery are seeking two Front of House Assistants (Fixed Term) who are passionate about the visual arts to join our team.

The Front of House Assistants are the first point of contact for public and professional visitors to the Gallery and provides general secretarial and administrative support for the gallery team. During the Gallery’s public opening times and events, the role includes staffing the reception desk, front of house invigilation, hospitality and customer service duties, working closely with a small team of volunteers. The working hours are usually Tuesday - Saturday 9am-5pm, and in the Festival month of August, the working schedule is adjusted to five days a week, including both Saturday and Sunday.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- Work experience or internship in a customer facing position (ideally at least six months), with demonstrable ability to deal with visitors and contacts in a professional, helpful and welcoming manner
- Ability to speak confidently and communicate enthusiasm for contemporary art to members of the public across various knowledge levels, and to mentor others
- Excellent interpersonal skills, flexibility and ability to stay calm under pressure
- Skills in organising, prioritising tasks and planning ahead
- Excellent written and numeracy skills

**Interview date**:Tuesday 30th May 2023

We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, regardless of age, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, nationality, religion, sexual orientation or transgender status.

**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

**About the Team - **Talbot Rice Gallery**

Talbot Rice Gallery is the art gallery of the University of Edinburgh. It is dedicated to furthering curatorial research through solo exhibitions with artists who can access the University’s collections and research capacity, and also in the creation of conceptual group exhibitions: exploring ideas that relate to the world around us through contemporary art. Housed within a 19th century former natural history museum and a contemporary white cube, Talbot Rice Gallery is exploring what the University of Edinburgh can contribute to contemporary art production today.

Talbot Rice Gallery is a vital part of Edinburgh College of Art, providing students with first-hand experience of exhibition-making and public gallery practice, as well as being a pillar of the Scottish Museum and Gallery experience. Talbot Rice Gallery is committed to the promotion and accessibility of the exhibitions and artists it supports and presents, and aspires to ensure its exhibitions and events are known about and experienced by a diverse audience from Edinburgh and beyond.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our **right to work **webpages



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