Full Time

Security Officer (Night Shift)

£11 per hour plus excellent benefits

We are looking for a professional and customer focussed Security Officer to ensure the highest level of protection of our company assets and our people. You will work on a 4 days on, 4 days off basis from 7pm to 7am with average hours of 39 per week.

• Can you demonstrate excellent communication and teamworking skills?
• Are you a competent IT user with an understanding of security technology?
• Do you have experience in the security industry with an SIA front line and CCTV licence?

If the answer is yes, and you hold a full UK driving licence, then we would love to hear from you.

Dalkeith Country Park is a truly special place. Just a few miles from Edinburgh, it’s home to Fort Douglas adventure playground and Restoration Yard, set in a beautiful 1,000-acre country estate. With over 300 years of history, a 700-year-old oak wood and miles of waymarked trails, visitors can enjoy exploring the park before a delicious meal in our restaurant, The Kitchen, or a browse around our wonderfully eclectic retail store. You’ll also find our Wellbeing Lab offering yoga and fitness classes.

Interested? To apply, please email your CV and covering letter to recruitment@dalkeithcountrypark.co.uk.

The closing date for applications is 13 May.

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Security Officer (Day Shift)

£11 per hour plus excellent benefits

If the answer is yes, and you hold a full UK driving licence, then we would love to hear from you.

Interested? To apply, please email your CV and covering letter to recruitment@dalkeithcountrypark.co.uk.

The closing date for applications is 22 April.

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Marketing & Communications Officer Fixed Term

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
FULL TIME, FIXED TERM 18 MONTHS (BAND 5)
Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who thrives on creating audience-focused and engaging marketing and communications content. The ideal candidate will be creative, highly organised and keen to play a key role in a major capital project to deliver a suite of new spaces for the National Galleries of Scotland’s renowned collection of Scottish art.

The Scottish National Gallery Project is transforming the way Scottish art will be shown in our galleries and experienced by our visitors. New exhibition spaces directly accessible from Princes Street Gardens will provide a light-filled new home for the Galleries’ unrivalled collection of Scottish art, raising its profile for visitors from all over the world.

The first phase of the Scottish National Gallery Project was completed in 2019. This included a new entrance area in East Princes Street Gardens, a new café, refurbished restaurant and shop, an extensive sandstone terrace, and new landscaping and paths to improve access to the gardens and the Galleries. Work is now focused on delivering the stunning new gallery spaces where the artwork will be displayed.

This role will play a key part in helping devise and deliver on the marketing and communications plans for the project as it moves toward completion. Work will include media relations, creating social media content and marketing collateral, assisting with a wayfinding strategy for the new galleries and devising internal communications approaches and content. The post holder will also provide rota cover for the NGS press office, responding to enquires and arranging visits for media across all NGS sites.

Visitor Centre Manager

Bladnoch Distillery is looking for the new face of our award winning Visitor Centre Experience. Incorporating one of the region’s top tourist attractions, with daily tours of Scotland’s oldest independent distillery, a warm and inviting café, and the distillery gallery and retail shop, this unique role will reward an ambitious hospitality superstar looking to make their mark in the dynamic Scotch Whisky Industry.

If you have experience in welcoming thousands of visitors every year and inspiring a team to ensure five-star guest feedback from everyone, we want to hear from you.

This role manages a team that varies seasonally between five and fifteen people, working across the tours, F&B and retail environments (including e-commerce). You will be managing a P&L for your department, be responsible for recruitment and training for the team, and ensure the wellbeing of all guests on site – this is a critical role in our business as you will leave a lasting impression of our whisky and our brand in the minds of every guest who steps through our gates.

Using your skills in forming strong relationships, you will be engaging with the local community in the South West of Scotland to be sure that a visit to Bladnoch is on the itinerary of every visitor to the region. You will also identify complementary brands to partner with and share the best regional produce with guests.

A passion for whisky would be an advantage, though we will provide in-depth training to the successful candidate. Knowledge of a second language would be beneficial. Experience in Health and Safety procedures will also be highly regarded, as Bladnoch is a working distillery. The role is based full time at our site in the South West of Scotland in the beautiful Dumfries and Galloway region. Relocation Assistance will be provided, along with a competitive salary, generous product allowance, and bonus structure.

Actors and Actresses to conduct Walking Tours

We are looking for actors and actresses to deliver Historical/Cultural/Haunted 1700’s Underground/Graveyard Tours in Edinburgh’s Old and New Town.

A flair for Drama interspersed with humour is essential, along with clear spoken English. Must reside in Edinburgh. Earnings from £11-00ph to £16-00ph, plus bonus and tips, along with flexible hours. Full or part time hours available.

Must be able to work during weekends, public holidays and Edinburgh Fringe 2022.

Please send in your C.V., both Acting and Academic, along with a current headshot and any references to ian@auldreekietours.com

We are a 4* Visit Scotland Attraction, and trade all year round, and an Edinburgh Fringe Venue in August 2022. Our various walking tours cover Old and New Town, Greyfriars Cemetery, Edinburgh’s Largest Network of 1700’s Haunted Underground Vaults, featuring a Wiccan Temple, Legendary Haunted Vault, Cursed Stone Circle Vault, Merchant’s Trading Vault and a Medieval Torture Exhibition.

Event Sales Co-Ordinator

Fixed-term post to March 2024

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is one of the world’s top four botanic gardens based on the quality, breadth and depth of our science, plant collections, public engagement and education. The Botanics Trading Company (BTC) is our wholly owned subsidiary and manages all our trading activity, including all our retail and catering offers, with profits being gift-aided back to RBGE.

This is a new exciting role sitting within the wider Commercial Sales Team of BTC, an innovative and proactive team targeted with maximising income generation and delivering new business.

The Event Sales Co-ordinator post is focussed on proactively supporting the current team to increase our event sales business and other commercial opportunities both in the corporate market along with supporting internal and partnership events and some work with the private event sector.

A proactive can do attitude is an essential part of this role with applicants having previous experience of working in a fast paced event sales environment. Excellent communication skills and attention to detail are essential, along with flexibility and the drive and hunger to support the team to win business along with contributing themselves to sales.

A full job description and person specification for the role can be found on our website.

Interested candidates should send a CV and covering letter outlining the skills and experience you could bring to the post to recruitment@rbge.org.uk, along with a completed equal opportunities questionnaire from our website, by 12 Noon on Friday 24th June 2022.

Interviews will likely be held week commencing 4th July 2022

If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.

No recruitment agencies please.

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Botanics Trading Company are committed to providing a fair and equitable working environment and supporting a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to these posts. We have a range of initiatives to promote diversity and inclusivity, including flexible working for staff with, for example, parenting and carer responsibilities, and proactive celebration of diversity among our staff, students and volunteers. RBGE holds an Athena SWAN Research Institute Bronze Award in acknowledgement of our commitment to the advancement of gender equality.

Stock Controller

BOTANICS TRADING COMPANY LTD

Stock Controller

Full Time position based in Edinburgh (37 hrs. excluding meal breaks)

Starting salary £20,753 (Monday to Friday)

The Botanics Trading Company Ltd (BTC) seeks to appoint a full-time Retail Stock Controller based at the Botanics Shop situated in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Applicants must have past stock control experience in a busy retail environment or comparable setting. Candidates should possess strong and confident communication skills, the ability to work closely with the retail teams both in Edinburgh and at our regional gardens as well as with RBGE staff and external suppliers. Applicants should be well organized and able to prioritise tasks and resolve stock issues, in order to maximize sales and achieve budgeted targets.

A full job description and person specification which outlines all of the essential and desirable criteria for this post can be downloaded from our website, www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/vacancies

Applications should be made by way of CV and a covering letter which outlines your experience and suitability for this post and should be sent to the HR Department at The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR or recruitment@rbge.org.uk by noon on Tuesday 19^th April 2022

If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been shortlisted.

No recruitment agencies please.

Science Communicator

Glasgow Science Centre (GSC) is an educational charity and leading science centre and visitor attraction with a 5-star status. Our mission is to inspire everyone to explore and understand the world around them and to discover and enjoy science.

We are a place of learning, creativity, curiosity, and fun, inspiring and empowering around half a million people every year, both inside and outside our amazing centre in Pacific Quay, on the banks of the Clyde.

Our state-of-the-art centre contains more than 450 interactive exhibits, a digital planetarium, a science show theatre, Newton Flight Academy, a teaching laboratory, an IMAX cinema, and a maker space. We also take science out of our centre and across Scotland with our On Tour programme and our Community Engagement Programme works closely with people in our local communities.

Our staff are vitally important to us and play a key role in achieving our mission. We value diversity in our workforce and want our workforce to reflect the diverse communities we serve bringing a range of skills, experiences, knowledge, and ideas to help towards our mission.

Our company values are important to us as they underpin who we are and how we work, what we believe in and stand for:

We strive for excellence

We are inclusive

We innovate

We collaborate

ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you committed to seeking excellence, creativity and innovation? Do GSC’s mission and values excite you? Do you want to work in a positive, vibrant and collaborative environment?

We are recruiting for Science Communicators to join the Science Operations Team to deliver activities and programmes to all our audiences (education, publican and corporate visitors) in a variety of venues, including our science mall exhibit galleries, planetarium, Newton flight Academy, and across Scotland as part of our touring GSC On Tour team.

Full job description is available to download at the bottom of this page.

If this sounds like you then we would love you to get in touch!

APPLICATION DETAILS

Please find full job description and application form available on the Jobs and Volunteering section of our website.

We are equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Head of Events

Our company values are important to us as they underpin who we are and how we work, what we believe in and stand for:

We strive for excellence
We are inclusive
We innovate
We collaborate

ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you committed to seeking excellence, creativity and innovation? Do GSC’s mission and values excite you? Do you want to work in a positive, vibrant and collaborative environment?

We are recruiting for a Head of Events to work across the organisation leading the initiation, development, planning, scheduling and assist in the delivery of an extensive programme of creative and innovative high quality events throughout the year (day and evenings) utilising all of our assets (including Science Mall, IMAX, Planetarium, Newton Flight Academy, Tower and external spaces) to achieve the following key aims:

– enhance and promote the delivery of our mission;
– raise its profile as a venue within the City and beyond;
– increase the size and diversity of its audience base; and
– generate increased financial returns.

We are looking for an experienced leader with project management and budgetary management skills along with commercial awareness and creative ability to lead on the extensive events programme which is expected to be a mixture of “in house” developed events and events initiated by third parties but hosted at Glasgow Science Centre.

You have excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively across the organisation, are inspired by our mission and have a passion for excellence and innovation aligning with our company values.

If this sounds like you then we would love you to get in touch!

Full job description is available to download at the bottom of this page.

APPLICATION DETAILS

Please visit the Jobs and Volunteering section of our website for further information about working at GSC and a link to an application form for this role.

We are equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Caretaker and Duty Manager

The Caretaker is central to ensuring efficient day-to-day running of Greyfriars Kirk. He is responsible for routine maintenance, setting up for services and Outreach events, cleaning and overseeing events as Duty Manager. The Caretaker will report directly to the Operations Manager.

Please see the file attached below for full job description and candidate specification.

Brand Home Lead Guide

Brand Home Lead Guide
Clynelish Visitor Centre, Brora
Permanent, Full-Time – Annualised Hours  

Closing Date – 24th April 2022

About Us 

This is a chance to be involved in an ambitious and truly one-of-a-kind team where our aim is to create remarkable and unforgettable experiences across each and every one of our venues across Scotland. Our Malt Brand Homes will take visitors on an immersive, multi-sensory journey through the flavours of Scotland, sharing our love for Scotch with a new generation of whisky drinkers. Visitors will lose themselves in the journey whisky-making in our experiences and make purchases from our fantastic retail offerings. We want our guests to embrace every minute with us and feel the same way we do about our heritage. Being part of Diageo means being a torchbearer for our brands and making them even better for the next generation. It’s a career-defining responsibility. If you have a genuine passion for our craft, our character and our products, help us continue the story and build a great career in the process. 

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. 

 
About the Role 

We have an outstanding opportunity to join our dedicated team at our Clynelish Visitor Center as a Brand Home Lead Guide.

As a Brand Home Lead Guide, you’ll be vital to the day-to-day management of the Brand Home, organising tours and allocating them to your team. You’ll provide vital support to the Management team with all operational activities relating to the experiential, bar and retail offerings.

Our Brand Homes showcase to the public who we are and what we do. You’ll be responsible for driving the performance of the Brand Home and ensure that the team deliver extraordinary standards of customer service and outstanding and memorable visitor experiences.

You’ll provide daily support and supervision of the Brand Home Guides and agency staff, including scheduling, monitoring and recording of working hours, supporting new and ongoing training to the team as well as ensuring ongoing personal development and the reporting of team performance and targets.

Our retail area holds our impressive range of Scotch and you’ll play a key role in supporting the Management team with retail strategy and visual merchandising management. You’ll also help with the planning and the implementation of special events throughout the year. Not only will you support the Assistant Managers in event strategy, but you will be vital in building community engagement and the delivery of the Brand Home sustainability ambition.

Please note that roles might be available on a full-time/part-time and permanent/6 month fixed-term contract basis and are comprised of annualised hours. This means that during peak tourist season you may work full-time hours (circa 38 hours per week) and accordingly will work fewer hours throughout the rest of the year e.g. November to March. Annual salary is paid in 12 equal monthly instalments.

About You

We’re looking for people with character: driven, resilient and open-minded. Are you passionate about customer service and driving excellence within your team? We certainly hope so!

We’re looking for someone with experience leading elite teams whilst ensuring excellent customer service standards are adhered to at all times. You’ll value the importance of working in a team and demonstrate the ability to build strong working relationships with customers as well as key partners.

You’ll be eager to lead projects and put forward your own ideas to sustain and improve the business ensuring direct contribution to the performance of the Brand Home.

You’ll be experienced working towards targets and have the strive to achieve vital targets whilst subsequently leading the team every day to work towards these targets.

You’ll be flexible as the role requires both evening and weekend work throughout the year and this will be planned in advance. It’d be excellent if you had an understanding of Microsoft office or similar applications however this is not crucial

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity. We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the outstanding contribution each person brings.

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.

CHARACTER IS EVERYTHING

Primary Location:

Clynelish Visitors Centre, Brora

Visitor Services Supervisor – Food and Beverage

JOB PURPOSE
To provide operational coordination and supervision of catering at Leith Hall in line with the Trust’s policies, priorities, performance standards and targets to contribute to the enjoyment of the property by visitors and members, and help ensure commercial, financial, and conservation objectives are achieved.
The Visitor Services Supervisor at a Trust property plays a pivotal role ensuring that the management objectives are achieved through excellent customer service and, with delegated responsibility for catering, retail, events and duty management is very often the “face” of the Trust to visitors and suppliers. As such, s/he directly influences public perceptions of the Trust and is crucial to developing and maintaining the property’s local/national reputation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
Supervising/undertaking the day-to-day operation of the property and environs to ensure an excellent customer/visitor experience. This includes supervision of:
• Catering offer, including ordering, merchandising, sales targets;
• Line management of Visitor Services Assistants and volunteers
• Duty management and oversight/maintenance of the property
• Ensure the property social media is managed to generate interest, engagement and help drive visitors
• Security of the Property;
• Health & Safety procedures, emergency procedures, and environmental procedures;
• Deputising for the VSS Operations on-site and off-site as required

Responsible for day to day financial administration at the property, including
• Ensuring the completion of Cash/till reconciliation;
• Week-end reports and reconciliation;
• Completion of the banking and all cash handling processes

Supporting the VSS Operations with
• recruitment; induction; development; and management of all visitor services employees and volunteers such that they understand and are equipped to fulfill their roles to the standards required and that they

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