Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery in Carlisle (trading as “Tullie”) is a museum, art gallery and community hub. We’ve been part of Carlisle life since 1893. We’ve even been referred to as “Carlisle’s first learning centre”. Before the city had a university, Tullie gave Carlisle a museum, library, art school and technical school.
Tullie is being transformed via a series of major projects into a modern, dynamic new cultural experience aimed at showcasing more of the museum’s historic collections, providing more community engagement opportunities and attracting more visitors. Phase 2 of ‘Project Tullie’ opened to great critical acclaim in April 2025, and we are now delivering Phase 3.
We are looking for an experienced and friendly Catering Assistant with a can-do attitude who will help us become the ‘heartbeat of Carlisle’.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Tullie team and contribute to the catering and hospitality team in a recently redeveloped space and help achieve our catering and commercial visions. This is a hugely exciting time for Tullie, and we want a catering team that live our values and provide an outstanding level of customer service to museum and café visitors.
Working hours – 19 hours per week. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly within the opening hours of the operation which includes weekend working and occasional evening work. The cafe opening hours are Monday – Saturday 9.30am-4.30pm and Sunday 10.30am-4pm.
Purpose of the Role
- Responsible for providing attentive and quality service to customers.
- To greet and engage with cafe customers.
- Have a thorough understanding of all food and beverage items offered.
- Perform all service-related tasks, and ensure guests have a superb dining experience.
- Support the catering operations at private functions and events.
Application Process
If you are inspired by the role and would like to apply for the position, please send your CV and a covering statement (of no more than 500 words), detailing any relevant experience and knowledge, and what interests you about this role to hr@tullie.org.uk by 5pm on Friday 25 September.
If you have any further questions, please contact HR or Gary Jones, Commercial Operations Manager on gary.jones@tullie.org.uk
Applications for this role will be reviewed as they are submitted and applicants who can demonstrate they meet the Person Specification criteria will be invited to attend an in-person interview. Once appointments are made the vacancy will close.