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SalaryContract: Permanent, part-time, 29 hours per week
Salary: £23,114 - £23,893 (pro-rata) - Contracted salary for 29 hours - 18,116 - £18,727 per annum
Additional overtime for extra hours worked £11.98 - £12.38 per hour
Additional payments made for performing out-of-hours standby duties
The venue:
The New Art Gallery Walsall is one of the leading visual arts venues in the West Midlands. Situated in the heart of Walsall town centre, the Gallery is a busy and vibrant building with an exciting programme of contemporary art exhibitions and collections displays, lively education events, an artist studio, library, café, and shop. The Gallery provides a truly unique place for its visitors to experience, learn from, and participate in the visual arts.
The role:
We are looking to appoint a conscientious, resourceful and dedicated Security Assistant to join our security team, ensuring the care, safety and security of our visitors, building, and exhibits.
This post is based at The New Art Gallery Walsall and requires regular weekend working. Some evening and occasional bank holiday working will also be required. Some compulsory overtime is required for emergency call outs.
The post follows a routine rota spread across Tuesday to Sunday, depending on the week. The standard 29 hours are averaged across a 4-week period. Standard working hours are between 8am-6pm.
Your duties will include:
- promoting the safe and secure running of the venue during opening hours by monitoring CCTV, patrolling the building, screening contractors, and supporting health and safety.
- acting as a key holder, opening and locking down the site, operating alarm systems, and being on-call to attend site out-of-hours when required.
- supporting the invigilation of gallery spaces as required, with an emphasis on visitor experience and customer care.
- appropriately dealing with any security incidents and emergency situations as they arise.
- assisting with practical aspects of a busy venue, including monitoring deliveries, supporting set-ups for events and hires, and light cleaning duties.
You:
To be successful, you will have a solid understanding of security and safeguarding issues associated with a public building, have some previous experience in a customer-focussed environment, understand the principles of health and safety, demonstrate good communication skills, and be able to work as part of a small team. A current SIA license is also necessary, and an interest in museums and galleries would be an advantage.
We want our staff to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in Walsall, and at The New Art Gallery, we are committed to promoting equality and anti-discriminatory practice. We welcome applications from people of all cultures, races, ethnicities and religions, of different genders, ages, sexual orientations, and abilities, and recognise unique perspectives and contributions.
Benefits:
While working with Walsall Council you can take advantage of a host of employee benefits, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement (increasing after 5 years)
- Access to the LG Pension scheme
- Training and development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- 15% selected membership discount for Walsall Leisure centres
For more information on the role, or to discuss aspects of this role, please contact Kevin Storrar Head of Technical Service (kevin.storrar@walsall.gov.uk)
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Closing date: Sunday 11th February 2024
Important note: When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them. Please see our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information.
For further reasons to join us, please visit: https://go.walsall.gov.uk/employee-benefits.
This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.
Walsall Council takes seriously the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all the children, young people and adults entrusted to our care and it is our expectation that all staff will share this commitment. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for this role.
