Visitor Experience Assistant

4 weeks ago


Bakewell, United Kingdom The Devonshire Group Full time

Would you like to join our friendly and supportive Visitor Experience Team as a Visitor Experience Assistant, working across both elements of the Guiding and Welcoming team, providing visitors with the information they need to ensure they experience the very best of Chatsworth?

You will be integral to the enjoyment of our visitors, bringing the experience of Chatsworth alive as you help inform visitors about Chatsworth, its history, it stories and the visitor attraction. You will create a warm and engaging welcome for our visitors, taking payments, processing bookings, promoting Gift Aid, selling guide books, and tours as well as answering customer queries. In this diverse role you will spend periods of time both on the visitor route, at all the attraction entry points and in the garden.

To succeed in this role you must enjoy engaging with members of the public, and working as part of a team. You will provide an excellent customer service and be comfortable working outdoors during all weathers be adaptable to switch tasks at short notice. A current driver’s license would also be a bonus, as you will occasionally be asked to drive a buggy.

We have the following shift patterns available:
1. Minimum of 16 hours per week, working 4 days over Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
2. Minimum of 12 hours per week, working 3 days over Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

These roles will work between the hours of 8am and 8pm, with the need for flexibility and additional hours in busy periods as part of your appointment.

These are seasonal permanent roles, meaning you will work from late March to early January each year during the open season.

Please see attached job description for further information.

**In return**
As part of the wider Devonshire Group, owned by the Duke of Devonshire, which includes Chatsworth, Bolton Abbey, Lismore and the Devonshire Hotels & Restaurants Group, we pride ourselves on our commitment to building friendly and efficient teams who are focused on delivering exceptional customer service.

We are committed to ensuring the happiness and wellbeing of our staff and as such offer fantastic benefits include:

- Free access to Chatsworth and Bolton Abbey Estates.
- Excellent personal development and career opportunities.
- Free entry to the Chatsworth fairs and many of the events.
- Membership of the Life Assurance Scheme.
- Competitive annual leave (and the ability to buy more)
- Free on-site parking
- Employee assistance programme
- Uniform allowance



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