Centre Assistant at The Naze Nature Discovery Centre

Our friendly team at The Naze play an important role in providing engaging and fantastic customer service to our visitors to the Trust.

Working as part of a visitor centre team, the post holder will need to be a team player who can engage in a welcoming and professional way with our visitors both in retail and food and beverage - ensuring excellent customer service is always at the forefront. The success applicant will be using the till, preparing and serving hot and cold refreshments, clearing tables, restocking retail stock and engaging to customers.

We are looking for a friendly individual with an interest in customer service to join Essex Wildlife Trust in this visitor engagement role. Our profits from the Nature Discovery Centre's are used to fund the conservation, educational and other work key of the Trust.

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Essex Wildlife Trust are the county's leading conservation charity, committed to protecting wildlife and inspiring a lifelong love of nature; and we would love you to join our committed and enthusiastic team. Our values are Impactful, Collaborative, United and Proactive.

This role is a one-year fixed term position until 31 December 2025, working 12 hours per week on a rota basis between Monday and Sunday, including most weekends and bank holidays. Most shifts will be 4 hours within the centre operating hours of 9:00am and 5:00pm. The salary is £7,138.56 per annum (FTE £22,308). For further information about our Naze site, please visit our website.

Benefits include free life assurance, branded uniform, onsite parking, enhanced annual leave and sick pay provisions increasing with length of service. More information on our rewards package can be found in the 'Role Information Pack on our website.