Collections & House Officer

Summary

Are you someone who cares deeply about engaging audiences and helping to make beauty and history accessible to all? If so, you could become a Collections and House Officer at Hughenden bringing to life the history and significance of this much-loved place.

Salary: £27,612 per annum

Working Hours: 37.5 hrs/week

Contract Duration: Permanent

Working Pattern: While the preferred working pattern is Sunday to Thursday, we are open to discussion and can be flexible for the right candidate. The role will occasionally require additional weekend and bank holiday working.

Provisional interview date: Friday 8th May

What it's like to work here

The country home of Victorian Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, Hughenden Manor is an impressive red brick mansion surrounded by rolling parkland. The team manages a visionary visitor experience, which has won awards for its forward-thinking approach to display and storytelling. Hughenden Manor is situated a short distance from High Wycombe and local transport links are excellent.

Perched on a hilltop, the country home delivers historic vistas of the surrounding woodland and valleys that come into their own. Its tree-filled pleasure gardens are a mosaic of colour, with the rich golds and reds of the beech trees contrasting to the lush evergreens.

Click here for more information about this location What you'll be doing

As the Collections and House Officer, you'll be responsible for opening the house every day, and making sure there are enough people in the right places to give visitors a consistently good experience.

Supervised by a Senior Collections and House Officer, you'll be responsible for routine conservation, preventive conservation and the annual programme of deep cleaning.

As one of two Collections and House Officers, this role will have a focus on supporting programming and interpretation within the house and volunteer management.

Your attention to detail and expertise will help to ensure excellent standards of care and presentation throughout the house.

You'll collect and record information gathered during cleaning and housekeeping, to improve our knowledge and understanding of the house and all that's in it. You'll use preventive conservation methods to improve how we look after everything, and how we present it to visitors.

Who we're looking for

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

• someone who puts people first, and who knows what's needed to make sure everyone receives great service

• able to work as part of a team, with skills in day-to-day supervision and management

• good at talking to, and getting on with, all kinds of people

• comfortable with managing costs and spending

• full of ideas about how to make spaces and objects accessible to more visitors

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 (for roles that meet the salary criteria)

•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

Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer to support you.