Tea Shop Supervisor
Job Description
We are looking for a tea shop supervisor to join our busy Tea Shop at Watts Gallery.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who excels in a customer-facing role and enjoys supervising a team.
You will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day operations and will play an essential role in supporting, guiding, and motivating the staff team, ensuring they are equipped with the knowledge and information they need on each shift to operate effectively and deliver the very best customer service.
About you
You will be enthusiastic and passionate about exceptional customer service and thrive in a busy front-of-house role.
You should have experience of supervising a team of people in a similar role and be able to demonstrate a desire to support your team to be the best they can be.
You must be able to work up to 2 full weekends per month across a rota to support our team.
What we offer
· Pension scheme.
· Employee Assistance Programme
· 33 days of annual leave including 8 bank holiday days each year.
· Celebration Day Off
· Staff discounts in our Shop and Tea Shop.
· Free friends and family tickets
· Enhanced sick pay, maternity and paternity pay.
About us
The artists George Frederic and Mary Watts moved from London to their new house and studio, Limnerslease in the Surrey village of Compton in 1891. Over the next 13 years, they founded a remarkable Arts and Crafts complex, known today as Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village.
The Artists’ Village became the heart of George and Mary’s Art for All vision. Mary welcomed local villagers to clay modelling classes to decorate Watts Chapel. A pottery business, a hostel for apprentice potters and Watts Gallery followed. In this way, they sought to provide work for local people and to make art more approachable for all.
Our busy Tea Shop is an integral part of our estate, and we are a well-known destination in the Surrey Hills for visitors to the Gallery, walkers, cyclists and local businesses as well as a warm and friendly place to meet friends and colleagues.
Application Process
Closing date: 16 April 2026
To apply please send a copy of your CV and our completed Diversity Monitoring Form to recruitment@wattsgallery.org.uk by the deadline.
Watts Gallery Trust is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all staff and welcomes applications from all individuals for advertised jobs that match their skills and interests. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, and from disabled candidates, as these groups are under-represented within the Arts field and at Watts Gallery Trust.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please contact us at recruitment@wattsgallery.org.uk