Role Specification
1. IDENTIFICATION OF POST
Post Title: Father Christmas
Function: To play the role of Father Christmas with energy, professionalism and Christmas spirit.
Responsible To: Events & Communications Manager
2. PURPOSE OF POST:
To meet and greet children and their families in a jovial fashion ensuring each child has a magical and memorable visit to Santa’s Grotto and Brockholes.
Experience / Essential / DesirableActing experience or previous experience of playing a character or role. / √
Ability to get into character and remain jovial, happy and entertaining at all times whilst the Grotto is open. / √
Experience of engaging, interacting and relating to children and their families. / √
Experience of working with the public in a customer service focused role. / √
Knowledge
/ Essential /Desirable
A professional and responsive service to customers. / √Skills /
Essential
/ DesirableExcellent communication and interpersonal skills. / √
Ability to develop relationships with children and their families quickly & keeping a child’s attention for a set period of time. / √
Excellent time management skills, with the ability to run appointments on time. / √
Personal Qualities /
Essential
/ DesirableCommitment and enthusiasm to undertake the role. / √
A positive, kind natured approach using tact and diplomacy. / √
Ability to work with initiative, but also as part of the Grotto team. / √
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Salary: £9.50 - £10.00 per hour, depending on previous experience
Pension: N/A
Hours of Work: 10 hours per week (5 hours per day, working Saturday and Sunday during the 3 weekends before Christmas). Hours/Days may be extended subject to demand.
Duration of post: To the 21st December 2014.
Holidays: Accrued and paid at 12.07% on any hours worked.
Place of work: Brockholes Nature Reserve, Preston New Road, Samlesbury, Preston, PR5 0UL
Closing Date
For Applications: Tuesday 28th October 2014
Interviews: week commencing Monday 3rd November 2014.
Other: The Wildlife Trust operates a no smoking policy at all its offices. The Wildlife Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is positive about the disabled.
Completed applications should be returned to: or posted to Briony Taylor, HR Manager, The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside The Barn, Berkeley Drive, Bamber Bridge, Preston PR5 6BY.
Due to the high cost of postage and our Trust policy to be environmentally friendly, we do not send acknowledgements for applications or letters to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if you have not heard from the Trust within three weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.
Thank you for your interest in working for the Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside. We look forward to receiving your application.
Criteria Common to All Job Descriptions:
A Job Description sets out the purpose of the job, where it fits into the Trust’s structure, the context within which the job holder functions and the principal accountabilities of job holders, or the main tasks they have to carry out. It is not a definitive work plan. This document is intended to provide guidance on the scope and function of the job.
Equal Opportunities Statement:
All employees are required to adhere to and promote the principles and operation of the Trust’s policies on equalities, to ensure that services provided are relevant to ethnically diverse communities and other disadvantaged groups in the area.
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