Tour Guide (Fremantle)

Tour Guide

**Salary**:

- GSMGA, Level 5, $35.25
- $35.63 per hour

**Location**:

- Fremantle Prison

**Unit/Division**:

- Heritage and Property Services

**Work Type**:

- Fixed Term
- Part Time, Permanent
- Part Time

**Position No**:

- Pool Ref 22/26

**Closing Date**:

- 2026-03-19 4:00 PM

**Do you have a passion for history? A love of delivering unique visitor experiences? Here is your opportunity to combine both at one of WA’s most fascinating and significant cultural attractions!**

**Join our team of Tour Guides at Fremantle Prison!**

We are looking for engaging and enthusiastic **Tour Guides** to join the **Fremantle Prison** team. If you are interested in local history with a passion for sharing stories, we would love to work with you.

Tour Guides lead tours through the Fremantle Prison tourism site and present interpretative information to visitors in an engaging and entertaining manner.

This is an open pool recruitment process for permanent and fixed term part time opportunities. Tour Guides are scheduled to work across seven days and some nights, working a minimum of four shifts a fortnight.

Suitable applicants will be placed in a pool from which appointments may be made for similar vacancies for a period of 12 months. This process may be used to fill future similar permanent or fixed-term positions that may arise within the Department and across the WA public sector in the next 12 months from the initial date of appointment.

Fremantle Prison operates as part of the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage (DPLH). DPLH is responsible for planning and managing land and heritage for all West Australians
- now and into the future.

**To be successful for this position, you need to demonstrate**:

- Demonstrated ability to interact with customers in a consistent, welcoming, courteous, and professional manner.
- Well-developed communication and presentation skills with an ability to adapt to a wide variety of audiences, creating a positive experience.
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to unexpected circumstances.
- Demonstrate the behaviours within the leadership context as outlined below.

Core leadership behaviours outlined in Leadership Expectations are applicable to this role and should be demonstrated in the context of Personal Leadership. The Personal Leadership context is about the work of individuals not yet in traditional leadership positions who make a direct and immediate difference to the agency. The expected behaviours may be assessed during the recruitment and selection process.

**About us**

For more information on what we do, our recruitment process, and why working at the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage is an attractive proposition, please visit the Department page on the DPLH website.

We have a comprehensive **Applicant Information Pack** to provide information about us, the values of the department and practical guidance on the process for you.

**Benefits of Working at DPLH**

DPLH offers a broad range of benefits including but not limited to:

- 12% superannuation, full employer contribution and salary packaging options
- Comprehensive learning and professional development opportunities.
- Cultural leave for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff
- Leave for study, bereavement, foster caring and parenting
- Free access to a confidential employee assistance program (EAP) for you and your family, which includes psychology and counselling services.
- A comprehensive CV that clearly shows your skills, experience, and key achievements, including the details of two referees.
- A maximum two (2) page covering letter addressing the requirements outlined in the role.

**Further Information**:

- The Department is an equal opportunity employer and as a measure to achieve equality under sections 51, 66R and 66ZP of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, young people (24 years of age and under) and people with disability who meet the requirements of the position, may be prioritised for appointment. _

We can also be contacted via the National Relay Service on the below numbers: TTY/voice calls
- 133 677 Speak and Listen
- 1300 555 727 or SMS relay
- 0423 677 767.

**Special Requirements for this position**:

- The Department will conduct a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check for applicants successful to this recruitment process.
- Hold a valid Western Australian Working with Children Check.
- Possession of or willingness to obtain a current ‘Provide First Aid’ Certificate.
- Availability and preparedness to work outside of normal hours to meet business needs and during the agency’s annual closedown period, where operational requirements necessitate continued service delivery.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of working in different environments relevant to the Prison. Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3qufgj