Collections Assistant - Warminster

jobs24.co.uk; Warminster; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a passionate team at a historic 18th Century mansion where you will play a vital role in preserving collections and engaging with visitors. As a Collections Assistant, you will help maintain the beauty and integrity of our treasured items while ensuring a welcoming environment for guests. This role offers a unique opportunity to work in an iconic location, contributing to the community and promoting the National Trust's mission of conservation. If you are a proactive individual with a knack for organization and a love for history, this position is perfect for you!

Benefits

Substantial pension scheme of up to 10%

Free entry to National Trust places

Rental deposit loan scheme

Season ticket loan

EV car lease scheme

Gym membership discounts

Holiday allowance up to 32 days

Flexible working

Employee assistance programme

Free parking at most Trust places

Qualifications

• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Strong organizational skills and adaptability are essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist with cleaning and caring for collections in a visitor-facing role.
• Maintain accurate records and monitor environmental conditions.

Skills

Teamwork

Organization

Customer Focus

Manual Dexterity

Adaptability

Job description

We protect everything from bats to buildings to beaches - and we want to share them with everyone too. But how do we care for our special places while helping everyone to enjoy them and their fascinating stories? It's no small task. In fact, it's a big team effort, and it's why our Collections Assistants are so important. As a Collections Assistant, you'll be working with a great housekeeping team in an incredible place, helping with the day-to-day cleaning and care of the collections. No detail will go unnoticed, and you'll keep a keen eye on everything from the environmental conditions in a room to signs of wear and tear. You'll keep accurate records too. In this visitor-facing role, we'd love you to talk to visitors about the work you're doing and the collections we have. You'll also be part of the wider team of employees and volunteers, helping to cover where necessary. You don't need to have all of the knowledge, skills, and experience listed in the role profile; this is just to provide a full picture of what's possible in this role.

We'd love to hear from you if you're:

• a team player, but can also work on your own initiative
• well organized and adaptable
• customer-focused with a positive attitude
• willing to learn new skills
• someone with good manual dexterity and hand-to-eye skills and ability to work from ladders and tower scaffold

An 18th Century Palladian mansion with a world-famous landscape garden, it's no surprise that Stourhead is one of our busiest and 'best loved' properties. It's a centerpiece of the community, and the high level of repeat regular visitors makes it a hugely rewarding place to work. With a huge catering operation and sizable retail outlet, the 50-strong team works closely with local partners and businesses. Whether you want to work indoors, outdoors, in the ice cream parlour, or restaurant, there are opportunities for everyone at Stourhead.

The National Trust is committed to promoting and preserving those places of natural beauty and historic interest for which it has the privilege to be responsible for the benefit of the nation, for everyone, for ever.

The Trust is proud of what has been achieved over the last 126 years and is determined to maintain those high standards of conservation, stewardship, and curatorial care for which it has been recognized throughout the world. Its achievements have enabled the general public and the Trust's members and visitors to enjoy and appreciate the countryside, coastline, gardens, historic buildings, and collections, all of which encapsulate so much of the history of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. There is a duty to tell that history in a complete, balanced, and accurate way, and without judgment. The National Trust continues as a guardian of the past and for the future, to uphold its duty to maintain and enhance what has been entrusted to its care.

The package: The National Trust has the motto 'For everyone, for ever' at its heart. We're working hard to create an inclusive culture where everyone feels they belong. It's important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we're for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
• Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest, and your children (under 18)
• Rental deposit loan scheme
• Season ticket loan
• EV car lease scheme
• Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
• Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria
• Flexible working whenever possible
• Employee assistance programme
• Free parking at most Trust places