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buckingham palace summer jobs on e4s

19-Jan-2011

Buckingham Palace Summer Jobs On E4S We are very proud to announce that The Royal Household is now advertising featured summer jobs on the E4S website.

There are a number of different temporary roles on offer with The Royal Household for summer jobs at Buckingham Palace, The Queen’s Gallery, the Royal Mews and Clarence House.

It is the aim of The Royal Household to offer support to Her Majesty The Queen so that she may serve the nation and the people of the United Kingdom. Each summer, the State Rooms of Buckingham Palace are open to the public from late July to Early October.

Over 350,000 people from all around the globe visit the Palace during the open period and The Royal Household seeks out talented, professional and committed individuals to help them welcome their guests.

The Royal Household generally consists of around 1,200 employees but for the summer months they hire an extra 300 temporary staff to assist them in various roles.

The Royal Household are currently advertising 5 different types of summer job through the E4S website:

Retail Assistants
Retail Supervisors
Wardens
Ticket Sales & Information Assistants
Ticket Sales & Information Supervisors

The summer Retail staff will mainly focus on maximising the sales of merchandise at the Palaces. Products on offer to visitors range from pencils and cups to luxury jewellery items. For the supervisory retail positions some experience in a busy retail environment would be an advantage.

The Wardens welcome and provide information to visitors and assist in the, security and safety of the Palace buildings and grounds.

Ticket Sales & Information Staff provide information to help enhance. visitors experience. They will also take bookings and sell tickets and guidebooks by telephone and onsite. Supervisors will be expected to set targets for their team and offer support in achieving them.

If you are lucky enough to be selected for any of these summer jobs with The Royal Household then you should definitely find it a rewarding experience. In a recent staff survey by The Royal Household, 98 per cent of their employees said they enjoyed their time in the summer jobs. Many of them are eager to return the following year to work another summer at the Palaces.

For all of these temporary positions, The Royal Household is looking for confident, approachable and responsible people with good communication and exceptional customer service skills. The Royal Household adds that, ‘all employees are expected to attain and demonstrate the high standards expected of an organisation which serves The Queen.’

Applicants must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom and should be able to speak fluent English.

The closing date for all of these summer jobs is February 14th 2011 and interviews will be carried out at Buckingham Palace during February and March. Applicants must be available to work from mid-June until early October and are expected to carry out regular weekend work.

If you are interested in any of these summer jobs then you can find out more all of these positions on The Royal Household website.

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