Closing date: Thursday 16 October 2025
Salary: £10.18 - £12.21 Per Hour
Flexible Hour Positions Available
Are you wild about creating memorable experiences?
Do you want to work in a place where you can hear calls from troops of monkeys, or the roar of a pride of lions?
Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve have an exciting opportunity for Admissions and Retail Sales Assistants to join us during our first ever festive light trail.
As an Admissions and Retail Sales Assistants, you work in our unique gift shops, ensuring that our customers receive an outstanding first impression of Port Lympne park and Port Lympne Illuminated. You will help to welcome and admit visitors, answer queries, upsell encounters and experiences, operating tills for gift shop sales, as well as ensuring that our giftshop is stocked and kept clean and tidy. This role may also involve working at the gift shop at Howletts Wild Animal park.
Who are we looking for:
We are looking for motivated individuals who understand the importance of excellent customer service. You should be a confident communicator; able to stay calm under pressure and remain courteous when dealing with difficult situations. It is also important that you are a team player who can also work on their own initiative. The ideal candidate will have previous customer service experience, gained in a fast-paced retail environment.
Contract details:
Rate of pay is £10.18 for under 21-year-olds and £12.21 for over 21-year-olds. The role is flexible hours on a rota basis, with shifts worked during the days and evenings, between 8:00 am and 10:00 pm. Applicants may also be required to work at our sister park, Howletts Wild Animal Park near Canterbury.
A reliable form of transport is recommended due to the remote location of Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve. All applicants must have right to work in the UK.
Port Lympne Illuminated:
Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve is a world-renowned wild animal park set within 600 acres of Kentish savannah. This festive season, you will step into the secret after-dark world of Port Lympne, where forest fairies have enchanted the woodland walks and gardens to create a dazzling, illuminated celebration of their animal companions. Port Lympne Illuminated will feature a brand-new light trail, vintage-inspired fun fair and delicious food and drink.
We are hosting a Recruitment Day for this position on Tuesday 21 October 2025, where interviews will take place.
Your adventure awaits
#joinourpride
To apply: If you want to work in an exciting and unique environment where no two days are the same, email your C.V. and covering letter to louiseh@howlettsandportlympne.com
