Lighthouse Assistant

St. Marys Lighthouse and Visitor Centre is a popular visitor attraction and education centre providing memorable experiences for its visitors. We are looking to recruit 2 seasonal Lighthouse Assistants to work with the existing team on reception and in the gift shop providing excellent customer service and insightful information about the site and local area.

Successful candidates will assist in the day-to-day operation of the Visitor Centre, serving customers in the shop and on reception, providing information regarding services on offer and the history of the island, and ensuring the facilities are presentable. Will contribute towards achieving the service aims to provide best quality, accessible, cost-effective services to meet the needs of the community and ensure a highly quality tourism offer for the Island and wider area.

The successful candidate will operate sales points, make hot drinks for retail to customer, carry out cleaning duties, and assist with opening and closing procedures. There may also be the requirement assist the education team with the provision of events and educational activities.

The role requires experience of working in a retail or tourism environment, good numeracy skills in relation to cash handling and the ability to work as part of a team. Experience of supporting events or educational activities would also be beneficial.

These contracts are seasonal expected to run from 04/05/2026 to 27/09/2026. The posts are casual and weekly hours vary greatly due to tidal nature of venue, but depending on the flexibility of the successful candidate up to 20 hrs or more may be available.

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