Salary Grade 1.3 7.88 per hour Variable Hours Contract Fixed Term to December 2016 IMMEDIATE START The Ashmolean Museum has a growing reputation for the vast variety of evening events that it hosts and we now have an exciting opportunity available for you to join our established Events team. Your role will be to help us ensure our evening visitors enjoy an experience that exceeds their expectations, as well as playing your part in helping to protect our priceless collections and our stunning museum. Ideally, you will have working experience from a busy catering, retail or customer services background, or similar. Also, youll have some knowledge of basic security procedures and health and safety requirements in a public environment. Youll need to possess first class communication skills and enjoy using them! Nothing will be too much trouble for you in helping visitors meet their requests in a professional and polite manner. Youll also have a confident and pro-active approach to dealing with arising problems and issues as well as a positive approach and a desire to be a team-player. When scheduled to work you will be able to work evening shifts on weekdays, weekends, bank holidays and you will be available to work at short notice. Shifts typically take place from 16.00 to 00.30 or 17.00 to 21.00. There is an expectation that you will be able to commit to a minimum of 4 events each month. This role involves mainly patrolling the Museums galleries to assist guests and maintain security. You may also be required to do some light-lifting. Physical fitness for standing and walking is required, since there is limited opportunity to sit during the shift. Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting statement as part of your online application. The supporting statement should be no longer than 250 words and should tell us why your experience, skills and knowledge are the perfect match to the criteria for this position.