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Assistant Centre Manager (Abberton)

Job details
Posting date: 13 June 2025
Salary: £15,145.83 per year, pro rata
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 01 July 2025
Location: CO2 0EU
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Essex Wildlife Trust
Job type: Contract
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Summary

We are looking for an Assistant Centre Manager to join us, working from our idyllic Nature Discovery Centres, with a work base at Abberton Reservoir, Layer-de-la-Haye, Colchester.

Our Nature Discovery Centres offer visitors a warm welcome and the opportunity to find out about the wildlife at the sites whilst enjoying hot and cold refreshments and a gift shop, run by a friendly team and wonderful volunteers who are passionate about providing fantastic customer service to our visitors.

As an Assistant Centre Manager, the position deputises the Site Manager in delivering the day-to-day operations, managing of staff and volunteers, engaging with visitors to ensure a positive visitor experience and the promotion of donations and membership for Essex Wildlife Trust. The Assistant Centre Manager is responsible for supervising Centre Assistants and Visitor Centre Volunteers.

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 successful 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.

The position is a one-year fixed term role working 22.5 hours per week between Monday and Sunday on a rota basis to include weekend and bank holiday working. The starting salary is £15,145.83 per annum (FTE £25,243.05).

Please complete an application form via our website by 9:00am on Tuesday 1 July 2025. The interviews will be held Wednesday 9 July 2025.

Our values are Impactful, Collaborative, United and Proactive.

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