Museum Visitor Services Assistant
6 months ago
We are looking for an enthusiastic, responsible and organised individual, with a passion for customer service and a keen interest in culture and heritage to join RAMM's Visitor Services team.
**About you**:
You will be articulate and friendly and enjoy working in a busy, visitor-facing environment. Energy and reliability are key qualities to bring to the role as you support the set-up of our busy programme of events, activities and corporate hire while also playing a key role on keeping the building and collections safe, secure and welcoming for all our visitors.
**About the role**:
Reporting to the Visitor Services Supervisor, Museum VS Assistants are responsible delivering a visitor welcome that exceeds expectations, while also fulfilling many back-of-house and visitor facing support tasks.
The role is one of a team sharing a 9-week rota pattern of working that covers our 7-day operations. Evening and weekend working form a key part of the role.
All Museum Assistants act as keyholders for RAMM and receive training to undertake out of hours security call-out response (1 week in 9), for which a vehicle is provided.
The role requires you to have a full clean driving licence and to live within a 20 minute drive of the Museum; this is a non-negotiable requirement as it forms part of our emergency response. Only applicants who can meet this requirement will be considered for the role.
**About the team**:
The Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) is an award-winning regional museum funded by Exeter City Council and by the Arts Council through the National Partner Organisation scheme.
Re-launched in 2011 following a major Heritage Lottery Funded redevelopment, winner of the Arts Fund Museum of the Year Award in 2012 and with a vibrant exhibition, events and corporate hire programme, as well as visitor figures in the region of a quarter of a million per year, RAMM is a friendly and welcoming service that sits at the heart of Exeter’s cultural and economic life.
With consistently ‘Excellent’ reviews on Trip Advisor and a host of tourism awards since opening, RAMM has built an outstanding reputation for high quality exhibitions and a great visitor experience. The Visitor Services Team plays a key role in delivering these standards.
A visit to RAMM should consistently surprise and delight our Visitors and we aim for every interaction with the Visitor Services Team to exceed their expectations
**What next?**
**Our commitment**
At Exeter City Council we are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve.
To support this commitment we will strive to implement reasonable adjustments to support any members of our communities who face barriers in recruitment processes, irrespective of the reason.
**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent
**Salary**: £23,500.00-£24,294.00 per year
**Benefits**:
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
**Experience**:
- Customer Service: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (preferred)
Work Location: In person
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