Active Outdoors Assistant
| Posting date: | 19 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.75 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 01 June 2025 |
| Location: | Anglesey Abbey, Quy Road, Cambridge, CB25 9EJ |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | National Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | IRC163914 |
Summary
We’re looking for someone who likes being outdoors and wants to help families make the most of their day out at Anglesey Abbey. Your role is all about giving people a warm welcome, supporting outdoor games and activities, and helping run our busy summer holiday programming. Whether it’s helping with building sandcastles or supporting other active outdoor activities, you’ll play a key part in making sure everyone has an enjoyable and memorable experience.
Provisional start date: 14th July 2025
What it's like to work here
You’ll be part of a small, dynamic programming team, contributing to an ambitious summer programme attracting over 50,000 visitors during the school summer holidays. Reporting to the Experience & Visitor Programming Manager, you’ll play a key role in supporting the delivery of engaging, high-quality experiences for visitors to Anglesey Abbey. You’ll help bring the property to life for a diverse audience, ensuring a memorable and inspiring visit for all.
This Jacobean-style house with its colourful gardens is one of our largest properties welcoming over 400k vistiors in 2024. Many roles at Anglesey Abbey are customer facing, with all the teams working hard to maintain the superb standards of service. This is an opportunity to make a real difference within an ever-evolving environment where your ideas and input will be valued.
What you'll be doing
Day to day, you’ll be overseeing the outdoor event areas, ensuring everything is well presented and maintained, and support families with activities and workshops to enrich the visitor experience across the 6-week Summer of Play programme. You’ll have good knowledge of all the activities taking place and help get visitors involved.
Your job is all about creating the best possible experience for everyone. You’ll chat to people to understand their needs and offer relevant advice, while also keeping an eye on safety and maintenance. It’s in your hands to help as many people as possible to enjoy their time at Summer of Play.
You can view the full role profile for this role in the document attached. You don't need to have all the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the role profile; this is just to provide a full picture of what’s possible in this role.
Who we're looking for
We’d love to hear from you if you’re:
focused on giving great service to everyone you meet
a team player, but also happy to work on your own initiative
well-organised and adaptable
willing to learn new skills.
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
• 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
Provisional start date: 14th July 2025
What it's like to work here
You’ll be part of a small, dynamic programming team, contributing to an ambitious summer programme attracting over 50,000 visitors during the school summer holidays. Reporting to the Experience & Visitor Programming Manager, you’ll play a key role in supporting the delivery of engaging, high-quality experiences for visitors to Anglesey Abbey. You’ll help bring the property to life for a diverse audience, ensuring a memorable and inspiring visit for all.
This Jacobean-style house with its colourful gardens is one of our largest properties welcoming over 400k vistiors in 2024. Many roles at Anglesey Abbey are customer facing, with all the teams working hard to maintain the superb standards of service. This is an opportunity to make a real difference within an ever-evolving environment where your ideas and input will be valued.
What you'll be doing
Day to day, you’ll be overseeing the outdoor event areas, ensuring everything is well presented and maintained, and support families with activities and workshops to enrich the visitor experience across the 6-week Summer of Play programme. You’ll have good knowledge of all the activities taking place and help get visitors involved.
Your job is all about creating the best possible experience for everyone. You’ll chat to people to understand their needs and offer relevant advice, while also keeping an eye on safety and maintenance. It’s in your hands to help as many people as possible to enjoy their time at Summer of Play.
You can view the full role profile for this role in the document attached. You don't need to have all the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the role profile; this is just to provide a full picture of what’s possible in this role.
Who we're looking for
We’d love to hear from you if you’re:
focused on giving great service to everyone you meet
a team player, but also happy to work on your own initiative
well-organised and adaptable
willing to learn new skills.
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
• 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