Department of Environment & Sport

Sports and Culture

 Museum Receptionist

Band 4: £15,238 - £15,823 pa

1 x 37 hours per week

Established

Based at Bradford Industrial Museum

The Code of Practice on the English language requirement for public sector workers Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 requires that Councils ensure that all candidates applying for customer facing posts must be assessed in order to establish their fluency in English.   The criteria under special knowledge and experience on the job profile is shown in this advert outlines what level of fluency you will be expected to demonstrate.  Therefore it is essential that you provide examples in your application.

An opportunity has arisen to join the dedicated front of house team working for Bradford Museums and Galleries.

The post of receptionist will primarily be based at Bradford Industrial Museum though candidates may be required to work at other museum sites.

Duties will involve meeting, greeting and directing members of the public visiting, being responsible for the presentation and sales of the museum shop, monitoring CCTV equipment as well as general receptionist duties.

The successful applicant will have had experience in a reception or retail environment in the past 12 months, be able to communicate with and relate to a wide range of people, be able to operate telephone systems and accurately record messages and be sufficiently literate and numerate enough to deal with sales, enquiries and cashing up duties.

The post entails some weekend working as part of a staff rota system.

For further information regarding this post, please contact David McIlroy on 01274 435900 or email david.mcilroy@bradford.gov.uk

Closing Date: 3rd January 2017

Please find attached the Job Profile:    Museum Receptionist - JP.pdf