Heritage is for everybody, and we are here for heritage.
Heritage lives in places and people, memories and stories, artefacts and traditions. It can connect us all to the past, and to each other. It can make us happier, strengthen every community, and help shape society for the better. Everybody should be able to enjoy the benefits it brings.
That's why, as a charity, we care for over a million objects and hundreds of historic sites in every part of England, from international icons to local treasures. And it's why we open them up, share their stories and find new ways for everybody to enjoy, learn, play and create.
We are looking for two Stone Circle Experience Hosts to join our team. The role is part time and permanent with varying shift patterns available across the year for each of the two roles. Please see the additional information document for more details.
You will deliver tours at either end of our opening hours, either early morning access, ranging from 05.15am - 09:00am in the summer, or evening access tours, ranging from 6:15pm - 9pm in the summer. Due to daylight hours and periods of rest for the grass, tours are variable across the year so your working hours will change dramatically from winter to summer (see additional document for details). For this reason there is the option for salaries to be annualised, spreading your salary across 12 consistent monthly payments.
The Benefits:
- Salary from £12.22 per hour, depending on skills and experience
- 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, pro rata, rising to 28 days after 3 years
- Matched pension contributions up to 10%
- Flexible hours
- The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector
- Apprenticeship opportunities
- Subscriptions to professional bodies
- Free access to all English Heritage sites for you and up to six friends and family members
- 25% discount in our shops and cafes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity or shared parental leave
- Options to buy additional leave
- An inclusive working atmosphere everybody is supported from all backgrounds, religions and with different needs
- Opportunities to go to some of our great live music and history events
As a Stone Circle Experience host, you will join an amazing team of employees and volunteers, making sure visitors have a great time from the moment they arrive until they say goodbye.
The Stone Circle Access Host plays an essential role in giving our visitors a unique and wonderful VIP experience during our out of hours Stone Circle visits. Working in pairs you will provide a warm welcome to a diverse range of visitors to this historic site, and lead a tour of the inner stone circle and wider Henge monument. You will be working alongside our on site security team, drivers and management team to give our visitors a truly unique experience. A full training programme will be available to you so knowledge of site, although preferable, is not essential.
As a Stone Circle Experience Host you will be responsible for providing a world class VIP experience to our guests, facilitating not only a safe and well organised visit into our iconic stone circle, but also, with your enthusiastic and engaging story telling skills, ensure that they have a special and memorable experience that they will never forget.
You will be responsible meeting and greeting the visitors, checking their bookings and any additional needs /requests they have. Across a one hour tour you and your colleague will each guide a group of 25 on a tour of the Stones as well as pointing out relevant historical features in the surrounding landscape.
You will also be responsible for managing the safety of your tours and be ready to adapt to weather conditions.
To be considered as a Stone Circle Experience Host, you'll need:
- Outstanding levels of customer care and visitor experience.
- Ability to engage and captivate a large and diverse group
- Awareness of Health & Safety principles
- Ability to use initiative to overcome practical issues
- A passion for heritage, its conservation, protection and engagement with communities.
If you would like to talk to us e.g. about workplace adjustments or working patterns, please contact Scarlott Rolfe, Deputy Operations manager, on
scarlott.rolfe@english-heritage.org.uk
No agencies please.
Interviews will take place from the 9th April onwards with a view that the role will commence mid April.
Find out more about us and what we do: You can also meet some of our people and hear about why they enjoy working with us:
Everybody's welcome at English Heritage
Forget the stereotypes. It takes thousands of people from every background to care for England's heritage and open it up for everybody to enjoy. We're looking for every type of person with every kind of skill and experience, and we're committed to making sure that English Heritage is an equitable, diverse and inclusive place to work. You can connect with others through our EDI networks as a member or ally. These include Ethnic Diversity, Faith & Belief, Social Equity, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergence, Age, Disability and Gender Health and Wellbeing.
We take wellbeing seriously. We are committed to ensuring everyone feels safe at work and can carry out their role. To support this, we have a network of Mental Health First aiders, regular information and awareness events, unlimited access to an Employee Assistance Programme and work with our people to implement reasonable adjustments.