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Jobs

Visitor Services Assistant - Retail & Admissions

Organisation: The National Trust for Scotland

Salary: £24,960 pro-rata, per annum

Location: Threave Estate

JOB PURPOSE

To maximise our visitors’ enjoyment of National Trust for Scotland managed sites by maintaining excellent standards of service, optimising opportunities to generate income and ensuring that the site and its assets are safe and secure. Specifically, to ensure the smooth and safe operations in retail and admission and making Threave Gardens & Nature Reserve the best possible place to visit and work.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

To provide a consistently high standard of visitor care at all times

Welcoming visitors to the site and processing their admission/retail purchase in a friendly, efficient and knowledgeable manner

Providing information about the site, its history, contents, offers and merchandise

Promoting National Trust for Scotland brand to include our Membership scheme, events, upselling other properties and any promotional campaigns, being proactive in the selling of Membership and Gift Aid.

To maintain excellent standards of site and personal presentation at all times

Ensuring site is ready to open and welcome visitors by the set opening time

Wearing correct uniform, name badges, or PPE as required.

Reporting all instances of damage and wear and tear issues promptly to your line manager

Working in harmony with other departments; food & beverage, housekeeping, gardening, estate and site repair employees/contractors.

Financial Responsibilities

To adhere to all financial procedures to include till operation and banking and safeguarding of monies: to implement amendments to standard procedure as instructions may dictate.

Retail/Admission/Plant Sales and other duties

To ensure good housekeeping of and back of house areas, including Plant Sales

To ensure that retail merchandising is in accordance with NTS policy.

To assist in achieving site targets and KPI’s.

To actively upsell products and services to facilitate the visitor’s enjoyment.

To actively feedback visitor comments to line managers to develop and improve offer, service, operations.

To work flexibly across departments and sites as needed.

Health and Safety

To ensure site meets with Health and Safety legislation in liaison with your department manager.

To ensure that visitors vacate the site at close of business and that the site is secured at end of day.

To use personal protection equipment as provided and directed by your line manager

Application Deadline: Sunday 11/08/2024