An opportunity has arisen to join our Events Team as a Porter at one of our prestigious sites within our historical venues portfolio.
Location: Central Hall Westminster, Storey’s Gate, SW1H 9NH. This is an office-based role.
Job type: full-time, permanent
Salary: £27,000 per annum
Reports to: Porter Supervisor
Department: Events
Number of reports: 0
About us:
Central Hall Westminster (CHW) Ltd is owned by Trustees appointed by the Methodist Church; as such we aim to conduct business in line with the ethics of the Methodist Church and our Central Hall Venues (CHV) values. CHV is the brand name for the portfolio of venues run by CHW Ltd.
We are looking for a porter who will offer logistical support for events held at Central Hall Westminster, ensuring that all events and meetings are set-up to client and company specification. With strong client service imperatives, the role assists in the delivery of operational excellence in staging for all internal, commercial, and Church events and meetings.
About you:
A successful Porter will:
- Have excellent customer service skills
- Have positive ‘can do’ attitude
- Have good verbal communication skills
- Have excellent attention to detail
- Be flexible around working days and hours, including weekends and occasional nights
- Have evidence of working to deadlines
- Be adaptable to change
This position involves physical activity including heavy lifting and moving large items such as moving furniture, breaking down large operational items including stage extensions, the ramp, changing the front-of-building flag, operating the mechanical stage, and operating dividing walls. It also involves long periods of standing and walking long distances over the course of the day.
In addition, the position requires work during unsociable hours (weekend and early morning/late night working)
Benefits:
As a member of our team, you will have access to a range of benefits, including:
- Generous pension
- Private medical insurance
- Staff referral bonus
- Life assurance
- Season ticket loan
- 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays and paid birthday leave
- 2 additional paid volunteering days each year
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Enhanced family leave
- 50% discount at our in-house café and discounts to food and shopping places in local area.
We welcome applications from candidates with a variety of backgrounds, skills and abilities. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@chvenues.com
Given our organisation’s affiliation with the Methodist Church, an understanding and alignment with Methodist values are essential.
To learn more about the role please review the job description found here.
To apply:
Send you your CV to Recruitment@chvenues.com by Thursday 13 March 2025.
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