Part Time

JOB PURPOSE
To maximise our visitors’ enjoyment of National Trust for Scotland managed sites by maintaining excellent standards of service, optimising opportunities to generate income and ensuring that the site and its assets are safe and secure.
Specifically, to ensure the smooth and safe operations in Admissions, Tours, Retail, and Events activities making the property the best possible place to visit and work.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
To provide a consistently high standard of visitor care at all times
 Welcoming visitors to the site and processing their admission/retail purchase in a friendly, efficient and knowledgeable manner.
 Welcoming visitors with additional needs and providing a high level of service in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act.
 Welcoming International visitors and aiding with specific needs.
 Welcoming groups in an efficient and warm manner.
 Answering visitors’ queries about the site, education facilities and the local area.
 Providing information about the site, its history, contents, offers and merchandise.
 Promoting National Trust for Scotland brand to include our Membership scheme, events, upselling other properties and any promotional campaigns, being proactive in the selling of Membership and Gift Aid.

Contract Type: Temporary (18 months)
Grade: FC03
Salary: £20,460 – £21,681 per annum (pro rata)
Hours: 22 hours per week
Location: Methil Heritage Centre, Levenmouth
Job Reference: ON000433

We are OnFife and as Fife’s largest cultural organisation we specialise in making jaws drop, hearts warm, eyes light up and imaginations run wild. We work with a huge range of partners, artists and creatives and our spaces are some of Fife’s favourite places. An ambitious leadership-oriented charity, we’re built on strong values, and those values make us who we are – Fearless, Inviting, Fair and Exciting.

We offer a local government pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and flexible working opportunities. If you need to travel for work, we can provide pool cars if you’re near head office or pay travel expenses so you are not out of pocket! Along with this, you can also access discounted gym/swim memberships and other employee benefits.

The Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Museum Assistant to join our team in Levenmouth. The post is for 22 hours a week and is on a fixed term basis until March 2025. Your days of working will flex to meet the business needs and this will include weekend and evening working.

With project funding, OnFife is investing in relevance-based community engagement work in Levenmouth, exploring opportunities to build and strengthen our service provision across the area including from our existing venues, Methil Heritage Centre and Buckhaven Library & Museum.

You’ll work as part of a team to provide a friendly, efficient and effective first point of contact for OnFife customers and visitors to the Heritage Centre. This includes providing information, support for visiting groups, responding to Family and Local History enquiries and assisting with museum object handling and preparing gallery spaces.

You’ll help with the delivery of OnFife services and contribute to the ongoing development of OnFife.

You can view the full job description on our current vacancies page on our website.

About You
We are looking for someone who puts the customer first, strives to provide an excellent experience to customers and visitors and who has a can-do attitude. We want you to have a flexible attitude and a willingness to learn.
Flexibility will be required and access to transport is necessary, as there may be travel throughout the region.

How to Apply
If you would like to find out more information about this role, you can contact Chris McLean, Head of Cultural Heritage & Wellbeing. Contact details can be found on our current vacancies page on our website.

When you’re ready to apply, please complete our application form and return this along with a completed equal opportunities form to HR.FCT@onfife.com. The application pack can be downloaded from our current vacancies page on our website.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 27 August.

OnFife is an equal opportunities employer.

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community and are committed to the Armed Forces Covenant.

Permanent, Part-time (26.25 hours)
Thurs Friday Sat alternate Wed
Salary £22,845 per annum pro rata
Plus generous benefits package

About the role

We are looking for an experienced traffic / security professional to join our team working in an amazing location in the heart of Edinburgh amongst magnificent, listed buildings.

Working mainly on the Mound Precinct, you will be responsible for safely managing vehicle access and egress outdoors while providing security and helping visitors to the Galleries. The position can be physically demanding as you will be standing for most of your shift and a love of working outdoors is a must.

You will be an important point of contact for all visitors therefore excellent customer service and strong communication skills are required. The role also involves maintaining accurate records and interacting with contractors and tradespeople in accordance with daily schedules. Strong health and safety awareness is required.

The difference you’ll make

Reporting to the Gallery Supervisor your responsibilities will include:

– Providing a high standard of security and visitor care, maintaining a professional manner and being the public face of the National Galleries of Scotland whilst welcoming and assisting visitors.

– Exercising control over vehicles entering and leaving the Mound Precinct.

– Supervising of contractors and trades people.

– Staffing fixed duty or access points including searching incoming baggage or containers as necessary.

– Maintaining accurate records.

– Assisting the public in emergency situations and resolving customer concerns and complaints.

– Supervision of members of the public to ensure the safety of the collections and regulation of those failing to comply with the Gallery’s conditions of entry.

– Manual handling tasks as well as light cleaning and portering duties.

– Adherence to Health and Safety guidelines.

– Proactively keeping up to date with our exhibitions, events and displays and to engage with the public on these, whilst also remaining vigilant.

Who we are looking for

To succeed in this role, you’ll need the following range of knowledge, skills, and experience:

– Proven experience in traffic control management is essential.

– Previous experience of working within a Customer Services environment.

– Security experience and knowledge of Health & Safety guidelines.

– Strong communication skills and ability to relate to visitors in a friendly and professional manner.

– Ability to use initiative, work independently and have the resilience to positively respond to challenges.

– Enjoy working as part of a team and with the public.

– Flexible approach to the job and be able and willing to work weekends, evenings and any required overtime.

It would also be great if you have:

– Knowledge and appreciation of art.

– Knowledge of Gaelic and/or other languages is desirable but not essential.

– First Aid qualification or be willing to undertake training to obtain.

Please apply directly via our careers page.

The closing date for completed applications is 12 noon on Monday, 11th September 2023 .

Dalkeith Country Park has been enjoyed by visitors for 120 years and its woodlands, riverside trails, cycle tracks and events calendar are valued by visitors from near and far. The Park includes Fort Douglas, which is an exciting adventure play park for visitors of all ages, while the stable yard houses Restoration Yard, a unique venture comprising a retail store, food hall, restaurant and wellness space.

We are looking for an experienced Cleaner to help ensure we deliver a consistently clean and welcoming environment to our visitors.

• Do you have high professional standards?
• Can you demonstrate a ‘can-do’ approach to work?
• Are you a team player with good communication skills?

Hours of work will be 5pm to 8pm on a four days on, four days off basis.

Interested? Please email your CV and covering letter to the recruitment team at recruitment@buccleuch.com.

Closing date for applications is Tuesday, 22nd August.

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