Visitor experience assistant
• The health & well-being of all visitors to your allocated gallery or working area,
reacting quickly and proactively to any fire alarms, first aid or other incidents / events
in accordance with Trust policies and procedures, for which full training will be
provided as part of the Trust induction process.
• The daily operation of your allocated gallery or working area, including overseeing all aspects of opening and closing routines, visitor information, gallery presentation and
visitor safety delivering guided tours, demonstrations, family activities and gallery
engagement as required.
• Assist with wayfinding and promote awareness of the galleries and services on offer, operating flexibly across a range of customer care roles.
• Support the delivery of corporate and or commercial events and wider Trust public
events.
• Uphold the values of excellence as set out in the Trust’s Corporate Plan to maintain
and enhance the reputation of Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust.
Deliver a duty of care for visitors by ensuring that public areas are safe and
accessible at all times.
• Comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding and Health & Safety Policies & Procedures,
monitoring the safety of the galleries (including undertaking evacuation processes)
and visitors, dealing with, reporting hazards, near misses and incidents in a timely
manner.
• To discreetly and sensitively, safeguard the security of visitors, staff, volunteers and
museum assets in accordance with Trust operational guidelines.
• Use clear and concise communication channels to assist with the day to day
operation of your role including use of the Trust’s radio system.
• Enrich the visitor experience by gaining and retaining knowledge of the Historic
Dockyard and sharing your knowledge with the public.
• Ensure you have a good knowledge and understanding of the galleries, attractions,
exhibitions, catering and retail outlets and any other activities of The Historic
Dockyard.
• Delivering guided tours (Ropery and Ghost) and gallery content as required.
• Supervising and controlling access to visitor galleries.
• Providing information and advice on the collections and objects on display within the
Historic Dockyard.
• Daily ticket checking when working in appropriate positions.
• To maintain the Trust’s standards of both personal and public presentation.
• Regularly monitor the condition and cleanliness of galleries and facilities.
• Undertake cleaning and sanitisation at touch point areas regularly.
• Report defects associated with the museum’s facilities or interpretation across the site.
• Attend any training as agreed by your Line Manager.
• Undertake other such duties as may be reasonably required when necessary.
