Scientific and cultural mediator
Grotte du Bosc
location
Grotte du Bosc Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val
start
3/03/2025
closing date
16/02/2025
working time
9-month fixed-term contract March-November
31h30/week
Discovered in 1936 by local speleologists, the Bosc cave has been open to the public since 1938. Previously managed by a private owner, the Communauté de Communes Quercy Rouergue Gorges de l'Aveyron became the owner and manager of the cave in 2020, with the aim of creating an attractive, lively, multi-activity tourist site. The only cave in the Tarn-et-Garonne region open to the public, the Grotte du Bosc offers visitors a complete range of facilities, including a reception building, educational workshop room, shaded terrace, play area and picnic area, as well as a range of activities. Now that the works phase (2020-2024) has been completed, the recruitment of a mediator will allow us to implement the second phase, i.e. visitor development.
Tasks :
Reporting to the cave manager :
RECEPTION AND GUIDED TOURS
- Handles the physical and telephone reception of visitors and takes bookings
- Sells tickets and boutique products using Moka cash register software
- Conducts guided tours for individuals in French and English
- Day-to-day management of the site during the season: opening and closing, helping to maintain the premises (rubbish bins, toilets, cleaning)
DESIGN AND FOLLOW-UP OF EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS
The educational workshop room building has just been completely renovated and the room created: the mediator will have to develop this space.
- Carry out existing educational workshops
- Meeting and discussions with stakeholders (national education inspector, school teachers) to familiarise ourselves with their needs
- Designs and puts together an attractive, structured offering that takes into account the needs of stakeholders and school curricula
- Produces mediation materials and purchases equipment
- Implements and monitors a promotional strategy for educational workshops
- Seek out and create institutional partnerships (Causses et Gorges de l'Aveyron Tourist Office, Pays Midi Quercy, Education Nationale) and strategic partnerships (nearby tourist sites).
GROUP MANAGEMENT
- Handling group bookings: information given at the time of booking, data entered in Excel spreadsheet and planning, group welcome and guided tour, payment tracking.
PARTICIPATION IN CAVE EVENTS AND COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS
Desired profile :
Skills - aptitudes
- Higher education in heritage, science, animation or tourism
- Knowledge of geology and scientific culture highly appreciated
- Experience of reception and mediation in heritage and/or tourist facilities
- Experience in designing and running educational workshops
- Fluency in English
- Be organised, creative, rigorous and adaptable
- The Grotte du Bosc is a young, small organisation full of life. We are fortunate to work in a privileged setting between underground wonders and the forest: we take care to maintain an atmosphere of well-being at work for our visitors and our employees.
Other job-related information :
- Working weekends and public holidays
- The annualised working time of 90% means that 4-day weeks can be worked out of season.
- The cave team consists of 3 staff in the low tourist season (site manager, mediator, guide) and 6 in the high season.
Application :
Please send your application, quoting the vacancy number, to :
Mr Chairman of the Communauté de Communes du QUERCY ROUERGUE et des GORGES DE L'AVEYRON (Community of Communes of QUERCY ROUERGUE and the GORGES OF AVEYRON)
BP 30
82 140 ST ANTONIN NOBLE VAL
Mél : recrutement@cc-qrga.fr
Documents to enclose :
- You can preferably send us a video to get to know you better. In this video, you should introduce yourself, tell us about your background, studies and professional experience and share your desire to come and work at the Grotte du Bosc. You can also attach a CV. If you don't want to apply with a video, you can send us a covering letter and a CV.
Deadline for applications 16/02/2025
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