Job Title: Marquee Staff
Department: Bar
Reports To: Bar Duty Manager
Responsible For: n/a
Rate of Pay: £13.80/hr (plus holiday pay)
Dates of Work: 30th May 2025 – 22nd June 2025
Available Contracts: Various minimum hour contracts available (6-20 hrs per week)
The Nevill Holt Festival is an arts and culture festival held in the Leicestershire countryside each June. Building on a decade of opera performances, the festival now includes opera, concerts, conversations, performances, art exhibitions, family events and open gardens.
We're looking for a Marquee Host to look after our private marquees at the festival. These marquees will be privately rented by patrons to enjoy a private area at the festival.
Role
- Host the private marquees and make sure patrons are having an exceptional time
- Prepare the marquees for the correct amount of guests
- Meet and greet the marquee patrons
- Keep the marquees clean and presentable and take real ownership over this element of the festival
- Provide exceptional customer service
- Communicate effectively and work cooperatively with the bar team and management.
Person Specification
- Confident, enthusiastic, professional and self-motivated.
- Good, clear verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work calmly and efficiently under pressure.
- Ability to recognise potential health and safety issues before they arise.
- Demonstrable knowledge of customer service principles.
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Excellent timekeeping skills.
- Positive and flexible approach.
- Ability to work effectively in a team whilst also being able to work independently.
Equal Opportunities
Underbelly is committed to reducing its environmental impacts in its everyday operations. We are also committed to maintaining the open-access policy of Underbelly. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all sectors of the community.
It is the policy of Underbelly to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements that cannot be shown to be justifiable.
We expect employees to support these commitments and to assist in their realisation.