recruitment

Visitor Services & Enterprises Manager  

We are hiring a Visitor Services & Enterprises Manager.  With the reopening of Paradise Mill, this new role is central to delivering our ambitious plans to raise the profile and reputation of the Silk Museum site; to meet performance targets for visitors and income; to deliver a high-performing, quality commercial function which supports the Museum financially and in terms of visitor experience.

Salary: £24,215.63 pro-rota (based on 37.5hrs fte)

Location: The Silk Museum & Paradise Mill, Macclesfield  

Hours: 0.8 fte, 30hrs p/w, 9.30am – 5pm Tuesdays – Fridays, (some flexibility and working pattern negotiable). Permanent contract.

How to Apply

Please download the job description.  Email your CV plus a letter of application that sets out how your experience and expertise meet the requirements and expectations of the role, to director@silkmacclesfield.org.uk by midday on Thursday 4th April.

Interviews are planned for: 11th April 2024

Please contact director@silkmacclesfield.org.uk if you would like to arrange a phone call to discuss this role before applying.

Trustees

Do you want to make a real difference by helping to save part of Macclesfield’s heritage as a Trustee of the Silk Heritage Trust?

Do you have digital and social media skills? - Could you bring those skills to help us develop and optimise our strategy to achieve our objectives to reach new audiences and generate income?

Do you have retail experience? - Can you help guide how can we enhance and improve our footfall and increase our income per visitor?

Do you have fundraising experience? - How can we best approach this to make the most of what we can raise from local philanthropists and individual supporters.

Do you have financial planning experience? - Could you bring fresh, brave thinking to managing how we strengthen our financial position and resilience?

Sounds like your cup of tea? Well, please get in touch, we’d love to hear from you!

director@silkmacclesfield.org.uk