Secret Keeper - Story Keeper
Join an imaginative and fun-loving team in the magical Village of Lilidorei. Peak-time support needed all throughout the year!
At Lilidorei at the Alnwick Garden, we are always looking for outgoing, energetic, and engaging individuals to join our team of Secret Keepers! We are seeking support staff for the busy holiday seasons and school holidays all throughout the year! If you would like to join an awesome team and help bring the magic of Lilidorei to life during our most highly visited times, keep reading!
The Secret Keepers are responsible for creating the play-filled atmosphere of Lilidorei. They are the drivers of the fun, activities, and imagination that happen every day in the magical Village. From puppets, to bubbles, to mystery solving and exploration they are the imaginative and fun-loving team that engages our guests in play.
Pay Rate by age range:
21+: £14.70 per hour
18-21: £12.08 per hour
Under 18: £10.50 pr hour
We are also looking for individuals with strong performance skills for the role of Story Keeper in the magical Village of Lilidorei, where Christmas is renowned year-round. Our Story Keepers must be able to engage crowds as a one-person show, helping the stories they tell come to life for the audience, and involving onlookers, specifically children, in the telling.
Interview/audition will include performing a one minute monologue of your choice. Tell us a funny story! As well as a possible cold read.
Pay Rate: Starting at £15.54 an hour
All positions are zero-hour contracts and are for peak time support throughout the year.
Including:
May/June school holidays, Summer holidays; mid July - August, Halloween, Christmas, February Half Term, Easter, and other events throughout the year!
Duties and Responsibilities
- The number one responsibility of the Secret Keepers will be helping our visitors have fun by engaging them in a wide range of playful activities and inspiring their imagination.
- Adapt to new and ever-changing play responsibilities. New activities will be introduced on a regular basis, it is the job of the Secret Keepers to find the fun in each and help others to find it as well!
- Recognise and take proper actions to circumvent potential safety hazards.
- Personal responsibility. Many of the activities will be self-motivated. It will be a responsibility of the Keepers to set up any props or tools for any given activity, engage visitors, and retrieve, clean up after, and properly store any props or tools when finished.
- Capable of being outdoors for sustained periods of time. Lilidorei is a completely outside attraction and will be open and operating rain or shine.
- Not a requirement, but a plus: Ability to navigate and climb into play structure. There will be roles available for Secret Keepers to monitor and assist children who may need help while playing on the play structure.
- Perform any other duties as requested by the Head of Play or other member of the management team.
Person Specification
The successful applicant will have
- An outgoing, charismatic, and friendly personality!
- A team mentality, willing and enthusiastic to collaborate and work with others to help deliver an outstanding experience to our visitors.
- Ability to maintain a good level of personal hygiene.
- Ability to be kindly authoritative, as the role will be interacting with and, in many cases, guiding groups of children in activities.
- A passion for creative expression and storytelling.
- Not required, but a great plus: Any form of Creative skills such as musical instrument ability, juggling, drawing or sketching abilities, dance experience, etc.
- Ability to problem solve and find creative solutions for potentially complex issues.
- Ability to identify problems or potential issues and provide constructive feedback and solutions.
- Weekend and school holiday availability is essential, as these will be the busy times for Lilidorei.
- Ability to work safely in the parameters of the provided risk assessments.
The Alnwick Garden is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
- Department
- Lilidorei
- Locations
- Lilidorei
- Hourly salary
- £14.7 - £15.54
- Employment type
- Temporary
- Weekly hours
- Peak time support
About The Alnwick Garden
The Alnwick Garden Trust is a Charity, Social Enterprise and Tourist Attraction in North Northumberland.
We welcome over 400,000 visitors each year to The Alnwick Garden and Lilidorei, the world's largest play village and through our Community and Education programmes support over 4000 beneficiaries across the North Northumberland area.
Secret Keeper - Story Keeper
Join an imaginative and fun-loving team in the magical Village of Lilidorei. Peak-time support needed all throughout the year!
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