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About The Role

Role: Culture and Heritage Duty Manager
Location: Astley Hall, Chorley (with requirement to work across Chorley and South Ribble)
ContractPart Time (22.5 hours per week*) / Permanent
Salary: £27,694 - £29,064 pro rata (£17,189 - £18,039)
Closing Date: 31 May 2026

We are excited to offer an opportunity to join our Culture and Heritage team as a Duty Manager, supporting the delivery of high-quality visitor experiences across our historic venues.

*You'll work 3 days per week, Wednesday to Sunday, on a rota.
 
What you’ll be getting up to

As Duty Manager, you will take responsibility for the day-to-day operation of Astley Hall, and occasionally Worden Hall and other locations across Chorley and South Ribble. You’ll play a key role in ensuring our sites are safe, welcoming, and engaging for all visitors.

This is a hands-on role where you will:

  • Lead shifts and coordinate casual staff and volunteers
  • Deliver excellent customer service and act as the main point of contact for visitors
  • Oversee building operations, including opening/closing and health & safety
  • Support the retail and visitor information offer
  • Contribute to continuous improvement through visitor feedback
Who we’re looking for
  • We are keen to hear from applicants who:Have experience working in customer-facing roles
  • Can confidently coordinate people and activities during busy periods
  • Are organised, proactive, and solutions-focused
  • Have an interest in culture, heritage, and local history
  • Can work flexibly across sites and hours
Other requirements
  • This role requires some travel around our boroughs. You should have a valid driving licence or the equivalent mobility. 
Our Benefits
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
  • Hybrid/agile working from day one
  • Local Government pension
  • Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments 
  • Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
  • Volunteering days
  • Free parking
Many of our colleagues work flexibly for us. We’re always open to conversations around different working arrangements. If you’re interested in part-time, compressed hours or any other working arrangement, please get in touch with us through the “Contact Us” form on our careers website.

About Us

Chorley Council is dedicated to providing first-class services and promoting the well-being of the local community. Our staff are our greatest resource, at the heart of everything we do, and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services for our residents. At Chorley Council, we’re always striving to make our borough the best to live, work and visit. 

Working Together

We share a number of our services with South Ribble Borough Council. This allows for improved resilience across both councils and provides numerous benefits to our operations. Whilst some staff and back-end processes are shared between the Councils, both Councils still retain sovereignty and have separate strategies and corporate plans.

Additional information

Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date. 

Equal Opportunities

We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.

We’re committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the "Contact Us" page on our website.

If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

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