Visitor Services Officer (Maternity Cover)
Poole, England, United Kingdom
In my role as Visitor Services Officer, I was responsible for creating and project managing events, marketing and advertising, social media management, business administration and the main point of contact for all customer enquiries.Responsibilities:- To drive business growth and incomes through the development of new commercial activities and fund generating events to improve the overall experience for all customers and the community.- To utilise excellent written communication skills to create, proofread and deploy advertising and marketing strategies and customer correspondence; in keeping with brand guidelines and tone of voice, to positively promote Upton Country Park and attract new and returning visitors.- Creating and deploying systems to provide key reports and information from reporting systems to senior management and stakeholders on customer performance and trends, visitor feedback and financial information.- To lead and support the Visitor Services office in achieving targets, delivering plans and strategies and ensuring all staff are focussed and completing their workload to high standards.- To develop, project manage and oversee events and activities; delivered within budgets, timeframes and forecasts.- Answering all visitor enquiries effectively and in a timely manner via the central mailbox and social media platforms.- Researching software, products and systems to implement improvements to the Park’s processes.- Developing and maintaining positive, effective and sustainable relationships with different Council departments and external stakeholders to share and obtain key information.- Recruiting, Inducting and training new staff and to supervise and develop staff, apprentices and volunteers.- Utilising HR, ICT and financial systems to optimise to operational effectiveness.- Working within a highly regulated and controlled environment and operate effectively to strict policies and procedures.