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Job Title: Casual Front Of House and Events Assistants
Salary Range: Scale (£ Hourly)
Contract Type: Casual
About us
Are you looking for working arrangements that enhance your work-life balance?
Do you enjoy delivering excellent customer service in thriving cultural venue?
Do you like working as part of small team to complete a varied list of day-to-day operational duties?
If you answered yes, we want to hear from you!
Who we are:
The Front of House Team for Orleans House Gallery and Richmond Arts Service provide a crucial role in ensuring visitors have an enjoyable and safe visit to a beautiful cultural space situated just off the banks of the Thames in Twickenham.
About the role:
The Richmond Arts Service is looking for Gallery Front of House and Events Assistants (Casual) to work as customer service professionals at its contemporary, riverside arts venue, Orleans House Gallery. You will be helping to safely open the gallery to the public and deliver its public programme. You will also have opportunity to support in the delivery of a busy programme of commercial events and weddings. This will include evenings and weekends.
You will:
Maintain day to day safe, secure operations that also allow for the delivery of focussed high quality and innovative creative engagement activities.
Ensure that the Front Desk, gallery spaces and other key points are staffed, wherever necessary, and all personnel maintain safe communication and follow policy best practice on personal safety issues.
Be responsible for the presentation of the Orleans House site and building, and to assist with functions and hires as necessary.
About you:
You will have experience of working in a customer focused environment, ideally within a public or cultural building.
You must understand the importance of working within agreed operating procedures and be an ambassador for onsite Health and Safety.
You will be willing to receive training in Health and Safety procedures.
Open to receive further training in areas such as customer service.
In addition, we offer a comprehensive range of staff benefits such as membership of the Local Government pension scheme, childcare vouchers, new technology scheme, interest-free loans on annual travel cards, discounts with many leisure activities, restaurants, shops and other establishments.
Indicative Recruitment Timeline
Closing Date: Thursday th November
Shortlisting: Week of th November
Interviews: TBC