I Am Pleased to Enclose an Application Pack Consisting of the Following

Altwood Road Maidenhead SL6 4PF

Box Office: 01628 788997 Admin: 01628 682555 Fax: 01628 682525 Email: [email protected]

Dear Applicant

Thank you for your enquiry regarding the vacancy of Casual Box Office Assistant. I am pleased to enclose an application pack consisting of the following:  Job Description and Person Specification  Application Form  Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

Please ensure that you read all information thoroughly before applying. Applications should only be made on the enclosed application form (attaching continuation sheets where necessary), answering each section fully. CVs are not accepted. Please email applications to [email protected] and post to the above address.

I look forward to receiving your application and thank you for your interest in the position.

Sincerely

Jane Corry Chief Executive & Artistic Director Box Office Assistant Job Description

Post Title: Box Office Assistant

Hours: Casual part-time (mainly evenings and weekends)

Salary: £6.31 per hour

Base: Norden Farm

Reporting to: Box Office Manager

Job Summary

The Box Office Assistant will play a key role in communication between Norden Farm and its visitors. Within the Box Office, they will act as the first point of contact for all visitors, selling tickets and providing information about the Centre and its programme of events.

Key Responsibilities

1. To deliver fast, efficient ticket sales via ticketing software to all customers.

2. To welcome visitors to the venue and provide information as required.

3. To ensure that all customers receive a high standard of customer service.

Detailed Job Description

1. To process ticket sales and reservations for personal callers and via telephone, internet and email, ensuring the correct procedures are followed at all times.

2. To up sell tickets and work with a positive sales ethos.

3. To provide excellent customer service.

4. To deal with general enquiries about Norden Farm and its services, and to pass callers on to other members of staff as necessary.

5. To process sales of merchandise to customers.

6. To be responsible for a float and any monies taken during each box office shift, completing a personal financial report at the end of each working shift, ensuring all transactions and monies are accounted for. 7. To report immediately to the Box Office Manager (or Duty Manager) any customer problems or disputes, financial discrepancies or other significant matters.

8. To assist with telephone sales campaigns, maintaining detailed records of such campaigns.

9. To update Box Office database as required.

10. To act in accordance with the Data Protection Act, and the Centre's Health and Safety Policy and to carry out duties with due regard to the Norden Farm Centre Trust Equal Opportunities Policy.

7. Any other duties as may be required as part of the Box Office Assistant function.

Hours of Work

Norden Farm is open to the public six days per week, Tuesday to Sunday. Box Office opening hours are: Tuesday – Sunday 10am – 8pm (closed 2pm – 2.30pm for lunch) Sunday 2pm – 8pm

Please note that Box Office occasionally opens outside of these hours for programmed events.

Flexibility towards working days/hours is essential and there are no guaranteed hours of work each week.

Person Specification

Essential

Candidates must be able to demonstrate:

 Experience of working in a customer focused environment.  An enthusiasm for working with the public and commitment to providing high quality customer service.  Strong skills in organisation and efficiency.  Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a professional telephone manner. The candidate must enjoy meeting a variety of people.  An enthusiasm for sales.  Experienced and confident in computer literacy, including Microsoft Office.  Ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team. The Box Office is a small but complex operation and is usually staffed by one person, although there are always other staff working in the building.  Experience of cashing up tills.  A genuine interest in the arts.  A responsible and mature outlook.  To be prepared to work irregular hours and occasionally at short notice. Desirable

 Experience working in the entertainment or hospitality industry.  Sales experience.  Experience of ticketing software (Norden Farm is currently migrating from Pro Venue Databox to Spektrix).

 Own means of transport. Application Form

CONFIDENTIAL

Please read the job description and supporting information before completing this form.

Please complete this form, ensuring you fill in all appropriate sections as fully as possible. Forms may be completed electronically or by hand in black ink. CVs should NOT be included with applications.

Completed application forms may be submitted by email to [email protected] or by post to: Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Altwood Road, Maidenhead, SL6 4PF.

If you have a disability or any other special need that means you are unable to complete this form or any other part of the process, please contact us to make alternative arrangements.

Application for the post of:

Personal Details

Last Name

First Names

Home Address

Postcode

Telephone Home Work

Mobile

Email address

May we contact you at work? Education and Training

Secondary Education

From To School(s) Examinations passed/Grades

Higher and Further Education (University/College/Apprenticeships etc)

From To Place of Education Qualification obtained

Short and Part-time Courses (including relevant in-house training)

Dates Details Current/Most Recent Employment

Position held

Employer’s Name

Employer’s Address

Start Date End Date

Period of Notice Current Salary Required

Brief Outline of Duties and Responsibilities

Reason for Leaving

Previous Employment

Date Date to Name, location and nature of Position held Reason for from employer’s business leaving Supporting Information

Please use this space to tell us why you have applied for this position and what you will bring to the post. Describe how the skills and experience you possess would enable you to fulfil the role as described in the job description and any other information that supports your application. Use a continuation sheet if necessary Further Information

Do you hold a current and full (not provisional) EU driver’s licence?

Do you require a work permit to work in the United Kingdom?

Please state how many days you have been absent from work/college due to illness during the last two years, providing details for any extended absence if you wish.*

Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, candidates are not usually required to give details of spent offences

Have you ever been convicted, cautioned, bound over or have a conviction pending in respect of any criminal offence which is not considered spent? *

* Please use an additional sheet if necessary

References

Please give the names and addresses of two people, not relatives, one of who should be your current employer (or last employer) from whom confidential references may be obtained. It is Norden Farm’s policy to contact referees before an offer of employment is made. Please indicate if you would prefer this NOT to happen.

Name Position Address/Telephone Number/Email

Declaration

I declare that the information on this application is, to the best of my knowledge, true and complete

Signed Date Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

On receipt, this section will be detached from the main body of the application form and will not form any part of the selection process

1. Ethnic Origin

(Please tick as appropriate)

I would describe myself as being:

White: Chinese British Irish Asian and white Any other White background Black African and white Black Caribbean and white Black or Black British: Chinese and white Black African Black Caribbean Any other background from more than Any other Black background one ethnic group

Asian or Asian British: Any other ethnic group (Please give Asian Bangladeshi details below) Asian Indian Asian Pakistani Any other Asian background Prefer not to answer

2. Sex

Male Female

3. Disability Do you consider yourself to have a disability?

Yes No Prefer not to answer

4. Age

Date of Birth

National Insurance Number

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