Southampton City Council
Visitor Assistant Supervisor/Assistant Visitor Experience Supervisor
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The Museums, Art Gallery and Heritage Service
The Museums, Art Gallery and Heritage Service sits within Southampton City Council’s Culture and Tourism Division and plays a vital role in sharing, celebrating and caring for Southampton’s rich art, history and heritage. Through Southampton City Art Gallery, SeaCity Museum, Tudor House & Garden and the city’s collections, we create opportunities for people to explore stories, ideas and experiences that connect communities, visitors and future generations.
We are a public-facing, people-centred service that brings together collections, exhibitions, learning, engagement, volunteering, commercial activity and venue operations. Our teams work collaboratively to provide welcoming, inclusive, safe and inspiring experiences for residents, schools, families, partners, communities and visitors to the city.
Joining the service means being part of a creative, supportive and ambitious team that is committed to excellent visitor experience, meaningful community connection and responsible care of the city’s heritage assets.
Visitor Experience Assistant (Venues)
The Role
As Visitor Experience Assistant (Venues), you will be one of the first faces visitors meet when they come to our museums and gallery. You will provide a warm, helpful and efficient welcome, support visitors through our venues and help create positive first impressions for people of all ages and backgrounds.
You will support daily front of house operations, answer enquiries, provide information about exhibitions, collections, services and places of interest, assist with online ticketing and e-resources, take payments, support retail, help maintain venue presentation, collect visitor information and support venue hire, exhibitions, learning and events activity.
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We are looking for someone friendly, flexible and customer focused, with clear communication skills and a commitment to inclusive service. You will need to work well as part of a team, respond positively to visitors and support high standards across our venues.
Assistant Visitor Experience Supervisor (Venues)
The Role
As Assistant Visitor Experience Supervisor (Venues), you will support the day-to-day running of our venues and help ensure the front of house team is organised to support visitors, volunteers, retail, commercial, catering, learning and exhibitions activity.
You will assist supervisors with daily operations, venue presentation, customer enquiries, cash handling, retail activity, reporting repairs, maintaining security, supporting events and learning activity, and implementing health and safety and emergency procedures. You may also act as the responsible person for a building on the day when required.
We are looking for someone practical, approachable and well organised, with strong customer care skills and the confidence to support colleagues, volunteers and visitors. You will need to work flexibly, communicate clearly and help maintain high standards across our venues.
We have 2 posts available which are a mixed Visitor Experience Assistant and Assistant Visitor Experience Supervisor, these are both 34hrs with one work pattern of Tuesday-Friday & Sunday. The other is Monday-Tuesday & Friday-Sunday.
If you are successful in being invited to interview, you may be asked to complete one or more interactive tasks on the day as part of the selection process.
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Interview date will be on 7th or 9th September and will be confirmed after closing date.
What We Can Offer You
Salary: The salary band for the above 2 roles are £25,583 - £26,139 per annum (pro rata) and £26,402 - £28,207 per annum (pro rata). The starting salaries are £25,583 and £26,402 (pro rata) with annual progression through the salary bands.
Here at SCC we have a range of different benefits, a few examples can be found below.
- Excellent Death in service benefit of x3 salary, and optional salary sacrifice shared cost AVC (additional voluntary contribution)
- Generous holiday 25–31 days, based on role and service
- Flexible working options (role-dependent)
- Family-friendly policies - Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Shared/Unpaid Parental Leave, Time off for Dependents
- Training and development, including coaching and mentoring
- Health and wellbeing support - Employee Assistance Programme, Menopause Pledge, Mental Health First Aiders and access to a variety of staff networks
- Veteran-friendly employer with the Armed Forces Covenant
- Retail discounts and savings through the Southampton City Council benefits platform
- Discounted memberships at local sports and fitness centres
- Sustainable travel benefits - low emission car scheme, cycle to work, season ticket loans
- Employee volunteering scheme with 2 paid days leave to volunteer
Recruitment Contact Details
For further information on our benefits package please visit:
Tel: 023 8083 4033
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