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Join the Vibrant Team at V&A South Kensington and Become a Guardian of Global Creativity
Overview
Salary £12.55
Location Cromwell Road, London
Nomad Friendly? In-person- London United Kingdom
Expires Expires at anytime
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) is a beacon of art, design, and performance, located in the heart of London. This prestigious institution celebrates human creativity with a vast collection that spans 5,000 years of history. It's an exciting time to become part of a world-renowned museum that aims to inspire and educate through its exhibitions and collections.
- Engage with visitors and enhance their museum experience.
- Guide guests through the museum's galleries, entrances, and shops.
- Provide information and assistance to ensure a memorable visit.
- Promote museum donations, gift aid, and memberships to support the V&A's mission.
- Opportunities for career progression in Front of House Operations.
- Excellent communication skills with a visitor-centric approach.
- Adaptability to meet the needs of a diverse audience.
- Commercially minded with a focus on supporting the museum's income.
- Commitment to the V&A's ethos of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
As a valued member of the team, you'll enjoy benefits such as a generous pension scheme, flexible working, free access to exhibitions, discounts in V&A shops, and a supportive environment focused on your professional development. The V&A is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and a workplace that supports diversity and equality.
The Role V&A South Kensington is a world of extraordinary global creativity, set in one of London’s most iconic buildings, with a collection spanning 5,000 years, and unmissable exhibitions and experiences for all. We are looking for engaging, visitor focused candidates to join our Front of House team, working within our galleries, entrance points and shops across the Museum. Whether directing visitors to the nearest facilities or helping to find the perfect memento in our gift shop - you will be responsible for making visitors feel part of the V&A family. The ideal candidate will be able to adapt their communication style to suit diverse audiences with the confidence to tailor bespoke experiences each day. Being commercially minded is key when promoting donations, gift aid or Membership - you will play a vital role a supporting the Museum's income streams. This role is ideally suited to candidates looking to build a career in Front of House Operations, with previous colleagues now in Supervisor and Management positions within the team.
The V&A The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance. Our mission is to be recognised as the world's leading museum of art, design and performance, and to enrich people's lives by promoting research, knowledge and enjoyment of the designed world to the widest possible audience.
Benefits Generous pension scheme 29 days plus bank holidays Flexible working Tickets to V&A exhibitions Subsidised staff canteen 25% discount in V&A shops Give as you earn scheme Bicycle loan Interest-free season ticket Interest-free rental deposit loan Free safety checks and small repairs to your bike with Doctor Bike Wide range of training and professional development opportunities Employee Assistance Programme Staff diversity networks
ED&I at The V&A At the V&A, we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) for all and strive to go above and beyond public duty placed upon us by the Equality Act 2010. As such, we are delighted to share that we are a Disability Confident Employer Level 2. The V&A makes the following commitments to all applications: The Guaranteed Interview Scheme – Interviewing applicants with a disability who successfully evidence the essential criteria on a person specification and consider them on their abilities; Providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Making reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process so disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job. Supporting employees and adjustments during employment.
