Room Guide

Room Guide

Posted for Petworth House & Park

Posted by Voluntary Action Arun & Chichester

Register your interest

You will be redirected to the Voluntary Action Arun & Chichester website to express your interest.

If only these walls could talk! That’s why our volunteer room guides make such a difference, connecting our visitors to the fascinating stories of our collection and family history.

By Getting involved you could:

• Get to know Petworth by heart and learn its secrets
• Use your people skills to welcome and inspire visitors from all over the world
• Be part of a varied and enthusiastic team and make new friends
• Spend time in fabulous rooms jam-packed with history and one of the finest art collections in the care of the National Trust

What's involved?

• Providing a warm, friendly welcome to all visitors
• Learning about Petworth House and Park, so that you can share all that’s special.
• Helping visitors to discover more by telling stories and anecdotes relevant to the property, collection, history and spirit of place.
• Helping to protect interiors and collections from damage during open hours
• Following security procedures to prevent theft or damage
• Being responsible for the evacuation of visitors in an emergency and playing a critical role on rotation as Fire Zone Warden

What skills do I need?

This role will suit you if you are..

• Enthusiastic and friendly, enjoy meeting people, like operating as part of a team and are keen to learn. Petworth has a wide audience and there is something here for everyone, so the ability to recognise how and when to engage our visitors will be important
• Interested in Petworth - you don't need to know the history of the universe, but as a Room Guide you'll share lots of stories to engage our visitors