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As Visitor Service Manager you will be joining a family owned and run beautiful rural estate. The estate receives many visitors a year and hosts a wide range programme of events and activities including festivals, weddings, events, children's events and private parties. The role is full time and permanent working on site in Henley-on-Thames offering a salary of £30,000. This is a customer facing, hands on role where you will be dealing with families visiting the many activities on the estate.
Purpose of the role:
Reporting to the General Manager, you will be responsible for all the visitor services on the estate. The role is seasonal and, as such, the expectation to work longer hours over peak times such as Easter and Summer holidays, with the expectation to work a six day week, and off peak when the estate is open Saturday and Sunday, a five day working week including weekends, having two days off in the week.
Key Responsibilities and for the Visitor Service Manager:
- Customer facing lead for day to day site operations
- Initial point of contact for issues arising throughout the day, escalating where applicable
- Maintain high standards of service in all operation and retail areas
- Dealing with any customer feedback promptly
- Ensure all preparation for visitors
- Daily inspection of all visitor areas
- Reporting any maintenance or H&S issues
- Ensure all catering and retail equipment is in working order, maintained and serviced
- Managing all administration and invoicing for catering and retail within budget
- Recruitment, induction and training of all customer facing roles
- Daily managing of team including 121s rotas etc
- Managing all stock including ordering, stocktakes and stock rotations
- Placing weekly stock orders
- Collating weekly reports for the General Manager
Key Skills Required for the Visitor Service Manager:
- Strong customer service skills in a customer facing role
- Experience from within hospitality would be an advantage
- Experience in leading and managing a successful team in a customer facing role
- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
- High levels of accuracy and attention to detail
- Confident communicator with high levels of customer care
- Ability to build positive working relationships with internal and external teams
- Adaptable in a changing environment
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, file management systems
- Own transport due to remote location
What's in it for you?
Offering a starting salary of £30,000 the role is full time and permanent. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a friendly and collaborative team and to be part of this historic estate, working with the family to maintain this beautiful estate to be enjoyed for future generations.
