Gallery Host / Catering Assistant

Gallery Host / Catering Assistant
Reporting to Restaurant Manager, Francis Crick Institute

Hourly rate £28,000 full time equivalent (40 hours a week)

Hours/days 23.5 hours a week, day time Wednesday - Friday, permanent position

Location Kings Cross, London

Deadline 11:59pm Friday 9 June

Summary

At the Francis Crick Institute, the Manby Gallery is our public gallery where visitors can enjoy both free exhibitions and a welcoming café space. The gallery host role is unique and vital – responsible for welcoming visitors, running the café and supporting with the running of the exhibition. This unique role combines museum visitor services, food and beverage service responsibilities, as well as occasional administrative support, making this an ideal role for candidates looking for early career opportunities in the museum and gallery sector.

The Francis Crick Institute is a working biomedical research centre, where over 1,000 scientists are working to understand human health and diseases, looking at why we get sick, and can we can prevent, treat and cure illnesses. The Manby Gallery is our only public gallery where we have free exhibitions related to Crick work and the café open Wednesday – Saturday every week. There are also ad hoc events which take place alongside the exhibition.

The Gallery Host will work with Graysons, a privately-owned independent catering business. Grayson’s are a fresh food company, everything we do is bespoke to the individual contract focusing on the demographic and environment that we are working in. Food and beverage service training will be provided. Catering experience is not essential, but is desirable.

Visitor services training will be provided, along with specific training required for each exhibition.

Key responsibilities

We are looking for a person with a can-do attitude, excellent communication skills, a genuine interest in visitor services and providing a great experience for gallery visitors.

Day-to day tasks will include:

• Greeting visitors to create a warm and friendly experience throughout a visit.
• Catering responsibilities including making coffee / teas, serving cakes, and taking card transactions.
• Exhibition responsibilities including setting up at the beginning of the day, maintaining the gallery during opening hours and clearing up at the end of the day.
• Helping visitors to get the most out of their visit, answering basic visitor questions about the exhibition, or signposting them to more information (training will be provided).
• Reporting maintenance, cleaning and safety issues.

In the gallery host role you will mostly work alone. There is another part-time gallery host who works the other hours the gallery is open. You may be expected to work on bank holidays.

Rewards & Benefits

As part of your package, we are offering

• 20 days holiday
• Employee Assistance Program
• Workplace pension
• Free lunch

Applying

Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter (approximately a page is sufficient) to lauren.treacher@crick.ac.uk. Deadline to apply is 11:59pm Friday 9 June

Do get in contact by email with any questions.

Zoom interviews will be held w/c 19 June

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities, regardless of ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, pregnancy, age, disability, or civil partnership, marital or family status. We particularly welcome applications from people who are Minority Ethnic as they are currently underrepresented in the Crick at this level.

Diversity is essential to excellence in scientific endeavour. It increases breadth and perspective, leading to more innovation and creativity. We want the Crick to be a place where everyone feels valued and where diversity is celebrated and seen as part of the foundation for our Institute’s success.

The Crick is committed to creating equality of opportunity and promoting diversity and inclusivity. We all share in the responsibility to actively promote dignity, respect, inclusivity and equal treatment and it is our aim to ensure that these principles are reflected and implemented in all strategies, policies and practices.

Read more on our website: https://www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-study/life-at-the-crick/equality-diversity-and-inclusion

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 23.5 per week

Salary: £28,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 09/06/2023