Casual Museum Assistant

Job Advertisement

We are looking for a team of casual workers. The work will be seasonal between Easter and October 2026. Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this Information Pack
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Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification. We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually. Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.

For further information about this post please contact Megan Cynan Corcoran at or  Email:
Swydiw.cymru. Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH
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CLOSING DATE: 16/02/2026. Interview date - 24/02/2026. If you are successful to be short listed for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. You need to ensure that you check your email regularly.

If you would like support to apply, Gwaith Gwynedd is available to help Gwynedd residents get into work - for more information .

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES (ESSENTIAL – DESIRABLE)
- Pleasant and outgoing character who is also a good communicator.

RELEVANT QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING (ESSENTIAL – DESIRABLE)
- Good level of education.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE (ESSENTIAL – DESIRABLE)
- Previous experience of working with the public.

SKILLS AND SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE (ESSENTIAL – DESIRABLE)
- Interest and background knowledge of contemporary art and / or the history of Gwynedd.

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT (ESSENTIAL)
- Listening and Speaking – Higher Level: Able to follow a conversation or discussion through Welsh and English on a professional level and discuss general day‑to‑day topics in the field, present information, and express opinions. Able to give a pre‑prepared presentation and respond to comments and questions on it in Welsh or English.
- Reading and Understanding – Intermediate Level: Understand everyday correspondence on familiar issues at work and longer reports in clear Welsh. Pickup main points. (Help may be required with vocabulary.)
- Writing – Intermediate Level: Able to write letters for a specific purpose, emails and short reports in Welsh and English, using vocabulary and simple phrases familiar to the field of work. (They will need to be checked before being sent out).

Purpose of the Post:
• Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
• Assist with supervising the Museum and Highgate and respond to general enquiries from visitors.

Responsibility for functions: staff, budgets, equipment – None.

Main Duties:

• Greet the public
• Sell admission tickets
• Sell produce from the shop
• Supervise the site
• Assist in the library and with enquiries
• Assist and escort groups from schools
• Open and close the buildings
• Ensure compliance with the Health & Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council’s Health and Safety Policy.
• Operate within the Council’s policies and procedures in relation to equal opportunities and equality
• Responsible for self‑development
• Information management in accordance with the Council’s information management standards and guidelines. Ensure personal information is handled in compliance with Data Protection legislation.
• Any other equivalent responsibility as directed by the line manager
• Commitment to reducing the Council’s carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council’s Carbon Footprint.
• Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
• Responsibility to report any worry or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.

Special Circumstances: Need to work unsociable hours, special working arrangements etc.

• Need to be available from 26 March to end October. Opening hours are 10:30 am–5:00 pm;
October 11–4 pm. Occasional work November–March. Work at weekends, bank holidays and in the evenings as and when required.

Only an outline of duties is indicated above, in order to give an idea of the level of responsibility entailed. This job description is not exhaustive in detail, and job duties may change from time to time without changing its fundamental nature and level of responsibility.