Wanted: (volunteer) Ceremonial Assistant at the Last Post, Menin Gate, Ypres.

[JWK]

"For the first time in 90 years there's a job-opening at the Last Post in Ypres. Voluntary, for those who fought for us"

 

Profile:

You subscribe to the goals and values of the Last Post Association and act accordingly.

You can easily free yourself and are prepared to be present at the Menin Gate on a regular basis. This in turn with the other assistants.

You are also the calling card and often a point of contact for the many visitors from home and abroad who attend the Last Post ceremony.

You are patient, flexible, hospitable, proactive, problem-solving, meticulous, a team player and you have a representative appearance.

You can easily deal with different people.

You always remain calm in all situations.

Your mother tongue is Dutch, you are fluent in English and you have a basic knowledge of French.

You live in Ypres or its immediate surroundings.

https://lastpost.be/nl/nieuws/vacature-ceremonial-assistant/

 

Belgian TV showed a short item (in Dutch):

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2021/10/08/voor-het-eerst-in-90-jaar-is-er-vacature-voor-ceremoniemeester-b/

Reporter: "Do you think it will be easy to find a new assistant?"

Brian Claeys: "No"

[sassenach]

If it's the first vacancy for 90 years some of the current team must be older than they look...

[AOK4]

15 minutes ago, sassenach said:

If it's the first vacancy for 90 years some of the current team must be older than they look...

I think it means that they don't find (suitable) volunteers within their own organisation. Whether they will find the right person like this, remains to be seen.

[JWK]

Within a few days already 8 people have expressed an interest in becoming a Ceremonial Assistant! Impressive!

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It is the first time in 90 years that the organizers of the Last Post are looking for reinforcements. The people of Ypres are looking for a Ceremonial Assistant. "That is a voluntary position in which you manage the ceremony under the Menin Gate" explains chairman Benoit Mottrie. In just a few days, 8 people applied. "And that's remarkable because that person gives up a lot of free time for us," adds Mottrie. "In any case, it is proof that the Last Post is still alive with people and that they are also still willing to do something for a good cause." The Last Post emphasizes that it will remain with 1 recruitment. The others are placed on a waiting list.

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2021/10/14/last-post0/