Front of House Assistants

The role is part of Glyndebourne’s overall mission to provide an experience beyond even the highest expectations, for all our audiences, from the first point of contact to the end of the experience.  The role therefore requires a high level of Customer Service experience together with strong interpersonal skills and will involve working across the Glyndebourne site, primarily in the Main Car Park and Coach Park, as well as all other Front of House areas.  It may also include the meet and greet service at Lewes railway station.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• To provide an excellent meet, greet and information service for all our customers
• To direct traffic confidently on its entry to and exit from Glyndebourne, in all weather
• To supervise our marquees and picnic areas
• To alert the Duty Manager immediately if any serious problems occur  
• In the event of an evacuation, to evacuate the audience in a calm manner in line with Glyndebourne’s evacuation procedure
• To be aware of Health & Safety Regulations and to be vigilant at all times with regard to the safety and security of the audience, colleagues and yourself
• To use the radio efficiently and effectively as required
• To help support our environmental policy by assisting with recycling for our audience where possible    
• To ensure audience feedback is passed back to the Duty Manager
• To demonstrate consistently excellent time-keeping 
• In the event of swapping a shift it is your responsibility to arrange cover  

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience  

• Experience of working in a Customer Service environment and providing exceptional Customer Service 
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to problem solve and use own initiative
• Ability to work under pressure and to prioritise

Special Requirements

Flexibility of working hours to suit the seven-day nature of our Customer Service operation.

A full, clean driving licence is desirable, as the role may also require driving the audience golf buggy.  

Hours of work

You must be available to work a minimum of three shifts of 6 to 7 hours, which can be between 12.00pm and 10.00pm Monday to Sunday. 

In addition, you must be available for an induction and training on October 3 2024 and for training shifts on 7 and/or 9 October

Rate of Pay and Benefits

This is an hourly paid position, at the rate of £11.44 per hour -the National Living Wage 

In addition, we offer 6.6 weeks’ holiday inclusive of bank holidays per annum pro rata.

We can offer a beautiful working environment, and the chance to see world-class opera.  

We also offer : 

• Free on-site parking 
• Free minibus service to and from Lewes train station and Ringmer
• Free Pilates and Zumba classes, once a week
• Corporate Gym memberships
• An onsite Physiotherapist 
• Subsidised electric car charging
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Subsidised dining at our onsite restaurants
• Free tea and coffee
• Discount at the Glyndebourne shop
• Discount at various highstreet retailers through the Glyndebourne benefits hub

How to Apply

Glyndebourne is an Equal Opportunities Employer and a Registered Charity. We promote equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace and actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply for vacancies, including ethnically diverse and disabled candidates, who are currently under-represented in our workforce.

To help us monitor the effectiveness of our commitment to diversity and inclusion and our supporting policies and procedures, we ask all job applicants to complete our anonymized and confidential Equal Opportunities monitoring form .

Please then click here to complete your application form.

The closing date for applications is Friday 13 September 2024 with interviews to be held on the evening of Friday 20 September

Please note; If you haven’t heard from us by Wednesday 18 September, thank you for your application but you will have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

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