Business Receptionist - Hillsborough Castle

Historic Royal Palaces is the independent charity that looks after the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace, the Banqueting House, Kew Palace and Hillsborough Castle & Gardens.

Hillsborough Castle
Hillsborough Castle
Fixed Term Contract
1 April 2018
1 March 2019
£19,894
Per Annum
Initially Monday to Friday however this role should be prepared to work weekends as well on a 5 out of 7 day per week

Hillsborough Castle is a working Royal Residence, the base for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and a great place for the public to visit.  Historic Royal Palaces’ exciting landmark project will see this exquisite and fascinating historic property open its doors to everyone.  Our ambitious programme of conservation, re-presentation and re-imagination, will make Hillsborough Castle and Gardens a place for discovery, delight, and learning for visitors of all ages.  The transformation has begun with work on an inspirational Clore Learning Centre, the conversion of the Stableyard into an elegant visitor facility and the addition of a car and coach park with access directly from the A1.  The Castle and Gardens will be closed for the re-presentation of the magnificent State Rooms, re-opening in July 2018. Visitors will then be welcomed to visit the elegant Castle and lovely Gardens, with new features to see almost every month, culminating in the opening of the beautiful Walled Garden and visitor facilities in 2019.

Within this role you will be responsible for supporting our front of house team with visitor enquiries both face to face and over telephone or email. You will also support the operations team with administrational duties, relating to the 2019 project opening and customer support.

To succeed in this role you will need to be an enthusiastic individual who is calm under pressure and has an efficient and diplomatic approach in dealing with customer enquiries. You will need to possess excellent IT skills in Word and Excel and be able to manage databases and spread sheets as necessar
Historic Royal Palaces is an equal opportunities employer and truly values a diverse workforce.  Applications are welcome from candidates regardless of their background.

This vacancy is closed to applications.