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Seasonal Retail Artist

Reference: MAY20199879
Expiry date: 2019-05-27 23:59:00.000
Location: Chester
Salary: £8.21 Per Hour
Benefits: Excellent benefits package
Duration:July - September 2019

We are Chester Zoo, and for over 80 years we’ve been a leading conservation and education charity, and an amazing, award-winning visitor attraction.

We’re also a team of passionate, talented, enthusiastic and expert people, doing everything we can to keep the zoo going, from feeding the animals to discovering new conservation ideas, and giving our 1.9 million visitors an inspirational day out.

We work hard because we love animals, we care about nature, we love Chester Zoo and we want to be the best zoo in the world!

If you think you can help us to achieve that, then we’d love to hear from you.

We currently have a number of Retail Artist vacancies within our Retail team on a seasonal basis.

The Role:

We paint thousands of little (and not so little!) faces and create thousands of pieces of ‘Handimal’ art every year at the zoo, so applicants for these roles need to be creative, have some artistic flair, be comfortable in a fast paced & busy environment and really enjoy interacting with children.

The ideal candidates will:

  • be passionate about excellent customer service and be a strong communicator
  • be confident, flexible and approachable with a “can do” attitude
  • have excellent attention to detail, not just for creating the face paints and Handimals, but also completing the necessary hygiene checks and records
  • ideally have previous face painting experience

Flexibility in these roles is key; therefore candidates must have the following availability:

  • able to work up to 5 days out of 7 including weekends and Bank Holidays
  • able to work weekends (including Bank Holidays) and School Holidays

Contracts will be offered on a minimum 8 hour per week basis depending on availability, but hours of work may be significantly more during busy periods.

Candidates must be aged 16 or over on 20th July 2019.

The rate of pay for this role will be £8.21 per hour and in addition we offer a range of amazing benefits which can be found at https://www.chesterzoo.org/work-with-us/staff-benefits/

To apply for our Seasonal Retail Artist position, please provide your current CV and complete the application form. On page 2 of the application form please clearly state what days you are available to work during term time and school holidays.

Closing date for applications is Monday 27th May 2019

If successfully shortlisted, you will need to be available to attend an assessment centre week commencing 3rd June & 10th June 2019, with positions due to start on Saturday 20 July 2019.