Our friendly team at Thameside provide fantastic customer service to our visitors to the Trust. As the Assistant Centre Manager, the post holder will work closely with the Site Manager to deliver the day-to-day operations (administrative duties, retail and food and beverage), supervising staff and volunteers and interacting with guests to ensure an engaging visitor experience.
It is essential that the post holder has front-facing retail and/or hospitality experience, is self-motivated, has a ‘can-do’ attitude and willingness to support team members both front and back of house during busy periods. In this role, we are looking for someone who thrives on providing a welcoming visitor experience in a customer-facing environment with has strong people skills. A full job description can be found in the ‘role information pack’.
This role is a fixed term (until 31 December 2025) full time position working 37.5 hours per week between 9:00am to 5:00pm, five out of seven days (Monday to Sunday) with an alternative weekend off arrangement in place.
Our Thameside Nature Discovery Park is located on top of the former Mucking Marshes Landfill in Thurrock, a reserve home to many species including barn owls, short eared owls, water voles, harvest mouse, skylark, cuckoo and shrill carder bee in addition to local cattle that graze the grassland during the year. For more information on our Thameside Discovery Park, please visit our website essexwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/thurrock-thameside.
Benefits include free life assurance, branded uniform and parking; and enhanced annual leave and sick pay provisions increasing with length of service.
Essex Wildlife Trust are the county’s leading conservation charity, committed to protecting wildlife and inspiring a lifelong love of nature; and we would love you to join our committed and enthusiastic team. Our values are Inspiring, Collaborative, United and Professional.
To make an application, please complete an online application form on our website by 9:00am on Friday 14 February 2025. Interviews will be held on Thursday 27 February 2025. We reserve the right to close this advert early. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
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