Exhibition Host and Liaison

Exhibition Host and Liaison

Short term project
J98771
At a glance

Skills

  • Event management
  • Social media marketing
  • Photography
  • Office and Administration Management
  • Project / programme management
  • Volunteer management
  • User research
  • Advice / Advocacy
  • Social care / Counselling
  • Teaching / Education

Where

Lower Marsh Waterloo, SE1 7RW
Mainly at the office
Travel limit? Recommended Greater London

Time

Either in or out of office hours Estimate of time needed:
1-15 hours or 15-90 hours
The exhibition runs from 29 August to 22 September; we need cover every day from 12 - 7 pm and would vlaue someone who could do regualr sessions.

Deadline

21 Sep 2024

Visitors from Fifth Day

Welcome to Reach Volunteering. We are a community and registered charity that connects people, skills and good causes.

To apply for this role, and any other on our platform, you need to be based in the UK, have at least three years of experience using the skills you wish to volunteer in a professional capacity or have lived experience (for trustee roles). Read more about our criteria.

Pivotal public facing Host and Liaison role in highly unusual exhibition context

What will you be doing?

We are looking for volunteers to host / operate the day to day management and liason for a unique community photography exhibition. We are displaying a remarkable series of heritage photos reflecting working life in the 1960s and 70s in Lower Marsh (Waterloo, London) in the shop  windows in the street. The exhibition will also include Ukrainian photos of the same subject matter and era. An audio guide made up of the memories of local people who remember the street supports the photos and, at weekends, projection of images of people working at the National Theatre, then located at the Old Vic. 

We need a committed volunteer to manage the front of house operation on a day to day basis  which includes welcoming  people with demonstrable experience and expertise, provides them with information, professional guidance for the public to engage with the exhibition and reception and liaison of their feedback on it. Liaison with company office. We will look to you to document (eg through photography) and update social media as part of the role.  

What are we looking for?

Desirable Experience (over three years’ worth  to meet Reach’s important requirements) includes:

  • Most of all the transferable experience at exec level of trouble shooting
  • Event Management including unusual working environments
  • Executive Customer Service
  • Understanding that FOH work and responsibility is itself a skilled activity not looked down upon by organisations that should know better.
  • Research and demonstrable interest in research for any of local history, creative industries, visual arts, community arts practice.
  • Ukrainian history
  • Fast assimilation of information (eg previous experience as barrister welcome)
  • Social Media and photographic as evidence practice

NB if  you do not possess all the above experience at executive level this should not prevent you from applying if you are a committed and dedicated enthusiast for arts and people but Reach may want to know why you are using their platform

What difference will you make?

The role ensures the difference between the visitor feeling they are a casual passer by and a vip at the exhibition. Their queries adn questions are valued considered answered. The participant will be part of a team making an unusual exhibition happen - the exhibition takes place not in a gallery but in the day to day working environment of a street. 

Before you apply

Causes
  • Arts
  • Education
  • Human rights
  • International development
  • Museums / heritage
  • Young people
  • Organisation type: 
    Charity

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