Visitor Services Assistant

3 weeks ago


Glasgow, United Kingdom The National Trust for Scotland Full time

This is an exciting and varied role within the Visitor Services Team, primarily based at the Tenement House as part of the Tenement House, Holmwood and Weaver’s Cottage cluster. We are looking for energetic, cheerful, and talkative individuals to join our team this season.

Working at all 3 sites will be required on a rota basis, but the role will be primarily based at The Tenement House. Through engaging and informative interactions, you’ll help share stories about these iconic sites and build support and understanding for the National Trust for Scotland.
- You’ll help welcome visitors from across the globe and ensure they have an enjoyable and memorable experience here from the moment they arrive to the moment they leave.
- You’ll work flexibly and with an eye for detail, ensuring the smooth and safe operations in Admissions, Retail, Catering and Events activities whilst making the property the best possible place to visit and work.
- By maintaining excellent standards of service, optimising opportunities to generate income, and ensuring that the site and its assets are safe and secure you will be a vital part of furthering the valuable work of the National Trust for Scotland.
- You will contribute to the team property targets and work well within a team, by maintaining and exceeding your own targets.

Someone who wants to help us generate the income and recruit the members that enable us to care for all the unique and valuable properties within the Glasgow cluster. They will enjoy the variety and exciting challenges that come with working across several different sites and areas. A Visitor Services Assistant is crucial to visitors’ understanding of the property and in establishing and maintaining the Trust’s reputation as a guardian of Scotland’s heritage, and as the organisation that actively wants people to engage with and enjoy the properties it cares for.

**Provide a consistently high standard of visitor care**
- Engage with and make our visitors feel welcome at all times, exploring the unique exhibitions and experiences each site has to offer.
- Be responsible and proactive. Ensuring all day-to-day tasks and housekeeping are completed as instructed.
- Provide a responsive, friendly and efficient service tailored to the needs of both individual visitors and tour groups.
- Be passionate about our sites. Develop a thorough understanding of the sites within the Glasgow Cluster, enabling you to share stories with visitors, offer ideas to help them enjoy their visit and answer common questions. Training of each property will be provided.
- Have a flexible approach to working hours and days including working weekend and Bank Holidays as appropriate.
- To work across departments when necessary, supporting the wider Holmwood and Weaver’s Cottage teams.
- Promote other local properties and the work of the Trust.
- Focus on the details. Ensure retail or catering displays remain stocked, tidy, and enticing throughout the day.
- Assist with the set-up, running and clean-up of functions and events.
- Work flexibly and in harmony with your colleagues across sites and departments, supporting each other to make best use of team resources, especially at busy times.
- Take the initiative and address problems or deal with tasks as they arise working with the rest of the property team.
- Listen and respond open to visitor comments to ensure that visitors leave happy and looking forward to their next visit. Feedback any issues as they arise to ensure the smooth running of the site.
- Help gather photos/videos for social media to promote our activities and encourage visits.
- Be able to take responsibility for your own development and learning.
- Be able to communicate accurately with the VSS and VSM team.
- Support our volunteers teams across all sites.

**Job Type**: Part-time

**Salary**: £10.90 per hour

Expected hours: 8 per week

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 03/03/2024



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