Room Guide
Osterley Park and House, National Trust
Helping visitors enjoy and understand the house with information and a friendly welcome.
• Welcoming every visitor warmly • Learning more about Osterley Park, so you can share all that’s special - indoors and out • Helping visitors to discover more, making suggestions so they can enjoy their day, their way • Helping if people ask, and thinking about the needs of all visitors, including disabled people and families • Developing a knowledge and understanding of life and interiors in the 18th Century. Using your knowledge or skills, for example giving talks • Getting to know health and safety and evacuation procedures • Keeping a watchful eye
Advice, Information & Support
Basic IT skills - internet & email, Language Skills
This role will suit you if you are … • Full of enthusiasm, hoping to inspire visitors of all ages • Warm and approachable and someone who loves being around people – you’ll meet a lot each day! • Interested in learning about, and sharing your interest in, Osterley Park – you don’t need to know the history of the universe, but as a room guide you’ll pick up lots of facts and figures • Interested in history, art or architecture • Comfortable working on your own and with others • Available at least once a fortnight • Available for either an 11:45am-4pm or 12:45pm-3pm shift.
By getting involved, you could • Get to know Osterley Park by heart and learn its secrets • Use your people skills to welcome and inspire visitors from all over the world • Be part of a varied and enthusiastic team and make new friends • Spend time in fabulous rooms jam-packed with history • Enhance your CV and gain confidence in communicating with and dealing with all sorts of people
Most volunteers book a weekly or fortnightly shift, but there is no specified regular time commitment - you have the choice of shifts which you book online using the National Trust's dedicated volunteering web platform.
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