Visitor Experience Assistant (Temporary contract)

The Brontë Society has vacancies for Visitor Experience Assistants to join the front-of-house team at the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth, West Yorkshire to assist with seasonal opening hours.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, a strong commitment to working within a vibrant and busy heritage setting and a willingness to learn about the Brontës and our world-class collections.

There are no set working days. The working pattern will be three days out of six, Wednesday – Monday, one of which will be either a Saturday or Sunday. Rotas are provided four weeks in advance. 

Benefits include 20% staff discount in the museum shop, free membership of the Brontë Society, a monthly wellbeing hour, benefits associated with the museum’s membership of the Yorkshire Attractions Group and access to the research library. We are a Real Living Wage employer.

How to apply

Job description, person specification and the Brontë Society application form can be downloaded below.

Shortlisted candidates will be provided with the interview questions in advance of the interview.

The Brontë Society has a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusivity.  

Disabled, D/deaf, neurodivergent people and those from Black, Asian and ethnically diverse backgrounds are currently under-represented in our workforce, so we particularly encourage applications from people in these groups.

The Brontë Society is an equal opportunities employer.  Please help us to monitor how we are doing in this respect by completing the anonymous equal opportunities monitoring form enclosed with the application pack. If you require any of the documents in a different format (eg printed/large type) please let us know.

Please send your completed employment application form and equal opportunities monitoring form to [email protected].