Casual Museum Attendant

Company: Tameside Council
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Job Details

  • Contract Type: Casual
  • Salary: Grade C. Scale 5 – £13.63 per hour
  • Hours Per Week: Casual hours
  • Base Location: Portland Basin Museum, Portland Place, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL7 0QA
  • Assessment Date: To be arranged

Role

We are looking for flexible and enthusiastic people to join our casual team at Portland Basin Museum to deliver services of the very highest standards. Provide a friendly welcome to visitors and ensure they have a great experience.

The role requires enthusiasm for taking on new tasks such as helping with school groups, setting up activities, serving in the museum shop, and learning procedures. Hours of work are usually during museum opening hours, including weekdays, weekends and bank holidays. The position is casual to cover staff annual leave and sickness, so work will be irregular.

About You

You will have excellent customer care skills, basic clerical skills and enjoy meeting people in a busy environment. Retail experience would be desirable. You will be able to work as part of a team and ideally have an interest in history.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We are an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria. This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English. Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

Benefits

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here.

Contact

For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager Rachel Cornes on 0161 342 5491 or rachel.cornes@tameside.gov.uk

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Posted: June 14th, 2026