Full-Time Position Contract: Fixed-Term until 28th May 2027
Location:
Hounslow, England
Closing Date:
Sunday, 2nd March 2025
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Job Description
Commercial Development Officer
Fixed-Term Contract until 28th May 2027
Full-time, 36 hours per week.
£35,982 - 38,058 per annum
About us at Hounslow
We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.
About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community; we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.
We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.
As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.
About The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Historic Houses team as Commercial Development Officer. In this role, you’ll be responsible for commercial operations at both Hogarth’s House and Boston Manor House. You will be responsible for developing existing revenue generating activities such as filming and photography hire, meeting room hire and private hires of the historic houses. You will also be responsible for realising new offers such as wedding ceremony and receptions and for working with colleagues to look at increasing income through retail and other charged for services.
About The Team You’ll Be Working In
• This role sits within the Culture Team as part of the Historic Houses sub team. The Historic Houses Team manage the two London Borough of Hounslow’s two owned and operated historic houses, Boston Manor House and Hogarth’s House. This team is responsible for the care of these buildings and their collections as well as the public programmes for each site.
• This role reports directly to the Historic Houses Senior Manager who heads the Historic Houses Team and reports to the Head of Culture.
About You
If the points below resonate with you, we’d love you to put in an application:
• You will be able to manage a range of commercial operations on one site.
• You will be able to promote a range of commercial activities to win new business.
• You will be able to manage a commercial offer with a range of diverse departments and stakeholders in a historic house environment.
• You will be able to manage resources appropriately to deliver commercial growth.
• You are a self-motivated, strong leader who sets tone and pace.
• You have excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Enhanced DBS check is required for the role.
Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the role profile.
When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact
The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:
Email: John.Collins@Hounslow.gov.uk
Telephone: 0208 583 5972
Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 17th March 2025.
