Visitor Services Supervisor

2 weeks ago


Banchory, United Kingdom The National Trust for Scotland Full time

This is an exciting leadership role within the team that manages Crathes.

Engaging visitor experience and excellent customer service are vital to any visit to Crathes, and as Scotland’s largest conservation membership charity, every penny we make supports our work protecting the nation’s natural and cultural heritage.

The Visitor Services Supervisor at a Trust property plays a pivotal role ensuring that the management objectives are achieved through excellent customer service and is very often the “face” of the Trust to visitors and suppliers.

As such, they directly influence public perceptions of the Trust and is crucial to developing and maintaining the property’s local/national reputation and work with stakeholders.
- Manage the day-to-day operation of the property and environs to ensure an excellent customer/visitor experience
- Develop and promote new products and offers to enhance member and visitor enjoyment, tell the property’s stories and drive visitor numbers.
- Create a culture of ‘exceptional service, every time’, leading by example with the warm welcome you give
- Act as one of the property group’s duty manager team, responsible for ensuring a safe and smooth visitor operation, addressing issues, and opening/closing up the buildings.
- Help achieve targets for the completion of visitor surveys to understand more about our visitors.
- Supervising our Collection Care Assistant and Housekeeping to ensure property standards are maintained.
- Work with the team to ensure sales targets are met.
- Work with the team to ensure Membership sales on target
- Supporting the team with merchandising and stock management.
- Support a health & safety culture, ensuring compliance with all mandatory requirements.
- Accountable for cost-effective stock management, ordering, storage and wastage control.
- Understand and adhere to the sale of alcohol legislation.
- Working closely with the Visitor Services Manager to ensure Health & Safety procedures, emergency procedures, and environmental procedures are adhered to.
- Oversight/maintenance of the buildings with the support of the regional surveyor.
- Responsible for day to day financial administration at the property, including cash/till reconciliation, day-end and week-end reports and reconciliation, completion of the banking processes, and reporting of working hours for payroll.
- Work within the budget constraints set for the Property.
- Support the Visitor Services Manager& National Estates team with the management of our rental properties.
- Work closely with the Visitor Services Manager to support with achieving our annual budgets and cost control.
- Supervise safe and secure till operations, perform end-of-day income reconciliation as a duty manager and conduct end of month and year financial procedures.
- Ensure the longevity of the Trust’s buildings and fittings is maximised through appropriate maintenance and/or replacement regimes
- Recruit, induct, develop and performance manage the team of assistants to ensure they are fully equipped and motivated to undertake their front and back-of-house duties
- Support the Visitor Services Manager to ensure visitor experience, retail, collection care and housekeeping rotas and holiday allocation meets business needs and staff budgets
- Volunteer management - including holding volunteer open days
- Enable the team to operate safely to minimise risk of incidents or accidents and take responsibility for emergency procedures
- Work closely with specialist advisory colleagues with the North East Regional Team and National Team.

**Job Type**: Part-time

**Salary**: £25,603.00-£27,318.00 per year

Expected hours: 30 per week

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 17/03/2024



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