Centre Assistant at Abberton/Fingringhoe Nature Discovery Centre's

Centre Assistant at Abberton/Fingringhoe Nature Discovery Centre's

Closing date:
Salary: £9,518.08 per annum (FTE £22,308)
Contract type: Fixed term / Working hours: Part time
Location:
We are looking for a Centre Assistant to join us, working between our two idyllic Nature Discovery Centre's at Abberton Reservoir and Fingringhoe Wick, Colchester. Working 16 hours per week on a fixed term contract until 31 December 2025.

Abberton Reservoir visitor centre

Photo: Mark Draper

Our friendly and passionate teams at Abberton Reservoir Nature Discovery Park and Fingringhoe Wick Nature Discover Parks provide fantastic customer service to our visitors to the Trust. Situated in picturesque locations, the sites possess an abundance of local wildlife and offer a sense of real peace and quiet and natural beauty.

The post holder, who will be based across the two locations, will need to be a team player who can interact with our visitors in a friendly and engaging way, ensuring excellent customer service always at the forefront.  Working predominately within the café, the post holder will be taking orders, preparing and serving hot and cold food and beverage orders and clearing tables. We are looking for a friendly individual with an interest in catering, nature and wildlife in this visitor engagement role. Profits from our Nature Discovery Centre’s are used to fund the conservation, educational and other key work of the Trust.

This is a fixed term position (until 31 December 2025) working 16 hours per week on a rota basis between Sunday and Saturday (working most weekends). The starting salary for the role is £9,518.08 per annum (FTE £22,308).  For further information about our Abberton site, please visit essexwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/Abberton and Fingringhoe Wick essexwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/fingringhoe.

Benefits include free life assurance, branded uniform, parking and enhanced annual leave and sick pay provisions increasing with length of service. More information on our rewards package can be found in the ‘Role Information Pack’ on our website.

Essex Wildlife Trust are the county’s leading conservation charity, committed to protecting wildlife and inspiring a lifelong love of nature; and we would love you to join our committed and enthusiastic team. Our values are Impactful, Collaborative, United and Proactive.

The closing date for receipt of application is 9:00am on Monday 20 January 2025 with interviews arranged for week commencing Monday 27 January 2025.