Duty Manager

at  Rise HR Ltd

Reporting into the Museum Director, you will manage the day to day operation of the Museum of East Dorset. The museum has recently benefited from a full renovation thanks to National Lottery Funding, it is set in a lovely historic building with stunning gardens resulting in a delightful place to work.

• Manage the day to day operations of the museum, opening and closing, troubleshooting, cashing up, banking and resolving till discrepancies.
• Facilities management- reporting maintenance issues, and managing any on site contractors.
• Ensuring Health and Safety, Food Hygiene, and Fire Safety compliance throughout the museum, including training delivery to the volunteer team.
• Working with outsourced retail and merchandising resource to deliver sales and profits from the shop and tea room in line with agreed annual budget.
• Working with the finance manager to ensure stock and capital is managed efficiently to provide the best returns.
• Promotion & Marketing of the trading areas in conjunction with the external agencies as required.
• Developing & managing staff and volunteer capability, so as to ensure consistency of performance and improved team working.
• Co-ordinating with the wider Museum team and volunteers to optimise events and drive footfall and income to all areas of the museum.
• Create and deliver trading events in co-ordination with wider museum team to promote sales and income. e.g. Summer Fete, Christmas Event