Senior Market Officer Preston, North West England, England
Job description
Your role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of the team that manage the markets’ offer at Preston City Council.
Day to day, you will efficiently and effectively supervise the running of Preston Markets; Market Hall, Outdoor and Box Markets Preston Markets; allocating stalls, receiving electronic and telephone payments, raising invoices, engaging with traders, and ensuring the market buildings meet the obligations under health and safety regulations and security. It is important that you are comfortable and capable of engaging effectively with others at all levels, whether it be working with elected members, market traders or customers.
About you:
You:
- Will be a good communicator who has markets/retail management experience.
- Will have a level of understanding and knowledge of security, health and safety, codes of conduct, policies and procedures relating to the management of markets, and
- Will be willing to be flexible to support the needs of the team.
About us:
Preston City Council is committed to offering the successful candidate a 37 hour working week, split over 5 days out of 6, with Saturday being a working day. Shift rotas will start from alternating 6.30am and 8.00am start times.
As an employer we like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of employee benefits including a minimum of 29 days’ annual leave (plus Bank Holidays), family friendly policies, access to an Employee Assistance Programme, Local Government Pension Scheme, AVC’s, life assurance scheme, discounted parking, cycle to work scheme and discounted bus and rail fares.
If you have any questions, or would like an informal discussion, then please contact Mark Beck on 01772 906045 or [email protected]
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £29,439.00-£31,099.00 per year
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Preston: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- Bachelor's (preferred)
Experience:
- Digital marketing: 1 year (preferred)
- Marketing: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: EPIP01008
