Operations

As part of the Monument Conservation Unit you will have the responsibility for the ongoing conservation, maintenance and presentation of HES monuments within the Stirling area.

* Providing semi-skilled assistance to enable other trades to carry out their
conservation duties.
* Transporting MCU staff, plant, equipment & materials from depot to various HES sites.
* Carry out routine maintenance & cleaning at sites ensuring continued high standards
of presentation of the Properties in Care.
* Carry out ad-hoc grass cutting duties & grounds maintenance to assist in the
presentation of the sites.
* Maintain personal responsibility for Health & safety and that of members of the public
and fellow employees.
* Keep the working site clean & tidy and ensure that access to working areas are always
maintained.
* Assist store person and providing cover with ad-hoc duties and maintenance at our
central depot.
* Carry out waste removal from site to central depot for uplift.
* Assist with setting up and transferring temporary structures e.g. herras fencing.
* Weeding of low level masonry & moss removal from low level wall heads.
Preforming, set up and derig of events often out with standard working hours.

For further information on the role please refer to the job description on our website.

Scottish Canals are the custodians of the nation’s canal network and surrounding estates. Our vision is to care for and invest in the canal network to generate lasting benefit for people and communities; celebrating their industrial heritage, ensuring they offer quality green and blue spaces for people and communities and contributing to Scotland’s resilience in tackling climate change.

Our success is rooted in valuing the contributions of our entire team – we care, we create, and we collaborate to continue to deliver a whole range of activities from boating, paddling, walking and wheeling to living and playing and improving what the canals have to offer to our visitors and communities. We also work with partners and stakeholders to contribute to a wealthier, fairer, greener and more resilient Scotland.

As an employer we offer a truly unique opportunity to be part of our team, help us realise our vision and contribute to looking after our heritage and ensuring our canals flourish now and in the future.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager (civil engineering) to join our dynamic and instrumental Engineering team in Falkirk or Glasgow. The successful candidate will project manage the external contractors and consultants working on behalf of Scottish Canals on and within our canal network.

The role is offered on a permanent basis and attracts and incremental salary starting at £41,800 pa. The post is Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week with occasional standby.

Scottish Canals also offers flexible working, a generous annual leave entitlement of 28 days plus 10 public holidays, and many other benefits including enhanced company sick pay, discounted shopping vouchers, and a contributory pension scheme with up to a 10% employer contribution.

Primary responsibilities of the role:

• Using appropriate systems, scope and plan project(s) and where appropriate liaise with the project sponsor. Plan and sequence project activities, define goals and deliverables. Identify and manage project milestones ensuring factors do not cause delay or become critical to the delivery of the programme. Regularly update systems with required project information and generate milestone reports where required.
• In liaison with all stakeholders determine required resources for the project(s), including staffing levels, facilities and equipment and where appropriate organise resources in conjunction with Works Planner(s).
• Ensure appropriate stages of project(s) comply with Management of Contractors Direction. Ensure that all parties are aware of obligations under Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations 2015.
• Develop project budget proposals, cost plan and the cash flow and where appropriate work in conjunction with Finance personnel. Ensure that the plan is constantly updated and reflects changes in the project.
• Ensure that budget proposals and cost plans reflect the most efficient method of project delivery.
• Facilitate project meetings, prepare minutes taken and produce regular reports on all aspects of the project including budget, cost reporting, programme and progress, risk, safety and quality issues etc.
• Monitor performance of project suppliers (internal and external) in the deliverables of the project and their compliance with specified requirements and health and safety. Report any concerns to the Contracts Manager.
• Manage project risk using Scottish Canals defined risk management systems. Escalate significant risk related issues to appropriate management.
• Ensure that environmental and heritage issues are considered at all project phases in conjunction with the Sustainability team.
• Update all stakeholders regarding project works that directly affect customers’ use of the waterway network, throughout the life of the project.
• Review project performance following completion in accordance with Scottish Canal’s defined processes and standards, highlighting any areas for improvements or elements of good practice to be considered in future projects
• Judgement regarding risk related issues and required action.
• Judgement regarding modifying the project programme to deal with basic risks and variances.
• Judgement regarding upward referral of issues to line management for further guidance.
• Report writing and presentation ability to present at various Boards and Meetings

Skills and Experience:

• Degree in a related discipline.
• Associate membership of appropriate professional body eg ICE/IHT/APM. (support will be provided to gain full membership of an Engineering Council registered body)
• Proven experience of managing similar projects within the relevant discipline.
• Working knowledge of NEC contracts.
• Relevant Health and Safety Qualification (NEBOSH/SMTS or similar)
• Heritage awareness and knowledge of heritage protection regime.
• Ability to co-operate with and support team members within and outside of main function.
• Ability to influence, consult and inform members of senior management team within the business unit in area of responsibility.
• Ability to be the Key Scottish Canal’s contact with recognised User Groups and other formal third party bodies related to the project.
• Proficient in the use of a personal computer and business applications software eg MS Office.
• Valid driving licence.

Scottish Canals are the custodians of the nation’s canal network and surrounding estates. Our vision is to care for and invest in the canal network to generate lasting benefit for people and communities; celebrating their industrial heritage, ensuring they offer quality green and blue spaces for people and communities and contribute to Scotland’s resilience in tackling climate change.

Our success is rooted in valuing the contributions of our entire team – we care, we create, and we collaborate to continue to deliver a whole range of activities from boating, paddling, walking and wheeling to living and playing and improving what the canals have to offer to our visitors and communities. We also work with partners and stakeholders to contribute to a wealthier, fairer, greener and more resilient Scotland.

As an employer we offer a truly unique opportunity to be part of our team, help us realise our vision and contribute to looking after our heritage and ensuring our canals flourish now and in the future.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Strategic Planning Manager to join our Engineering Team. You will be involved in Asset Inspection and Monitoring, Project Prioritisation and works planning, Develop asset data and information as a key function within business planning and risk management.

Based within the Engineering Team you will report to the Head of Engineering, making clear recommendations for the determination and prioritisation of works to deliver £3.8m Capital and revenue expenditure on projects and ~£0.7m of revenue works associated with defects.

The role is offered on a permanent basis and with an incremental starting salary at £48,500 (Band G). Working hours 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Scottish Canals offer a generous annual leave entitlement of 28 days, plus 10 public holidays, along with enhanced sick pay, discounted shopping vouchers, and a contributory pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution.

Primary Responsibilities:

• develop and management of the Asset Risk Register and Engineering/M&E Works Programme to provide an up-to-date platform to support SC asset risk management and business planning;
• Identify and escalate arising risks associated with assets, through management of data and work programmes;
• Support the management of the Asset Inspection Team
• Clear articulation and implementation of the SC Asset Management Strategy and Plan across Operational Delivery teams.
• Maintain senior management commitment to, and active championing of, the portfolio management / strategic planning process to ensure collaboration in pursuit of shared goals.
• Provide impartial and credible analysis and decision-making support to the Project Board, along with support to projects and programmes.
• Cross-departmental project liaison to achieve efficiencies.
• Make informed recommendations for the prioritisation and costing for business planning and strategy development.
• Suggests changes or improvements to current business plans, policies, and procedures to optimise returns.
• Assist in the development of business plans that support and introduce solutions for strategic issues that affect the company.
• Review outputs from asset inspections and provide recommendations/proposals for the (re)prioritisation of work required to direct work plans.
• Liaise with all Scottish Canals teams to ensure that all work elements are suitably programmed within the delivery programmes.
• Collate and analyse outputs from project delivery teams to feedback into asset system, re-prioritise works and assets.
• Collate and analyse outputs from maintenance delivery teams to feedback in to asset management system, re-prioritise works and assets.
• Confirm asset data and maintenance requirements of new assets are entered into the asset management system (AMX) to ensure all assets are accounted for in the development of work programmes.
• Support technical queries internally and externally, providing advice at all stages of planned projects.
• Respond as appropriate by reference to relevant information sources and offer recommendations that achieve efficiency and are cost effective.
• Provide input into national agreements, frameworks and strategies.
• Liaise with the Head of Engineering to ensure that there is sufficient budget and resource provided through the business planning process
• Provide works planning information to the Operational Delivery Team to ensure that Planned Preventative Maintenance and planned works are undertaken timeously.
• Develop the capacity of AMX to assign risk to an asset, create and manage projects and dashboard reporting capabilities.
• Provide recommendations on improvements to asset data quality within AMX.
• Assist in the development of a strategy for managing high risk assets.
• Incorporate new strategies into planning and asset portfolio management.
• Line Management.
Skills and Experience:
• Track record of managing asset data and ability to demonstrate strategic level and innovative thinking.
• Good judgement skills for planning and achieving strategic goals.
• Strong analytical, interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
• Use professional knowledge and experience to provide definitive recommendations to Executive, Board and other colleagues on appropriate approach.
• Interpret statutory requirements and adapt business processes to take account of these.
• High standard of verbal and written communication and proven ability to present technical data to non-technical audiences.
• Proficient in the use of a personal computer and IT programming and development skills for business applications software

Desirable Skills and experience:
• Able to use appropriate functions within AMX proficiently.
• Valid driving licence
• Analyse information to make technical judgements and recommendations to ensure the risks attached to SC assets are managed and defined standards are met.
• Use professional knowledge and experience to provide definitive recommendations to Executive, Board and other colleagues on appropriate approach, coaching the team on more complex cases.
• Interpret statutory requirements and adapt business processes to take account of these.

Personal qualities and abilities required:
• Consult, influence and support teams outside of the Operational function through the provision of strategic planning and technical expertise.
• Co-operate with, influence and inform Executive and Board.

Qualifications and knowledge required:
• Degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline.
• Technician/Associate level (or equivalent) membership of appropriate professional body.
• Demonstrable experience as a strategic planner or portfolio manager
• General heritage and environmental awareness.
• Knowledge of heritage protection regime.
• Competent use of a personal computer and business applications software and specialist software. Experience of GIS or mapping systems.
• Liaise closely with professional bodies in area of specialism to share best practice and new developments and ensure SC is seen as an influential organisation.
• Valid driving licence appropriate for vehicle to be driven.

Full-time, Fixed Term (9 to 12 months maternity cover)
Salary £38,960 – £43,602 per annum (pay award pending)
Plus generous benefits package
Hybrid / flexible working

About the role

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Sustainability Officer to join our team.

We are looking for a confident, personable, and adaptable professional with a passion for sustainability. We are particularly keen to hear from you if you’ve work experience in sustainability and environment sector.

You will be responsible for managing and co-ordinating the delivery of the National Galleries of Scotland Environmental Response Plan. This involves delivering the strategy for NGS, co-ordinating colleague engagement to support behaviour change and managing projects to reduce environmental impact and carbon emissions. You will also ensure compliance to Scottish Government legislation for public bodies climate change duties and biodiversity duties for annual reporting and target setting.

The difference you’ll make

You will work with colleagues internally and externally to promote the sustainability work of NGS and gather knowledge on sector improvements, innovation, and best practise. Reporting to the Director of Operations you will:

Maintain our Sustainability Strategy, environmental policy, and other relevant plans, including monitoring, and annually updating them.

Oversee projects across departments, providing support with project management, research, knowledge sharing and procurement and contract management.

Administer the monthly carbon reporting on utilities, waste, and business travel, including reviewing utilities invoices, checking any abnormal consumption, counter charging third parties and seeking energy savings.

Produce accurate reports including:

Annual internal Environmental Sustainability Report for NGS audit committee.

Mandatory external public sector Climate Change Duties Reporting and Biodiversity Duty reporting.

Deliver colleague engagement sessions on targeted topics for example waste, low carbon travel, energy efficiency.

Manage our internal environmental groups, including all communications, facilitation of engagement projects and support for personal projects.

Keep project teams updated on new legislation in relation to buildings, guiding on sector advances and maintaining links between the current NGS sustainability work and the planning for buildings.

Create and maintain meaningful partnerships and managing joint projects with external organisations.

Keep up to date on relevant legislation to ensure compliance, as well as communicate to relevant contacts internally.

Responding to consultations and national and local level on behalf on NGS. Keeping abreast of relevant grants and funding opportunities.

What’s on offer for you

Our colleagues will tell you great things about working here. We aim to ensure the National Galleries of Scotland is a great place to work, where our people thrive in a culture where we are trusted, empowered, and engaged to achieve our true potential. We offer a range of benefits to promote healthy working lifestyles for all our colleagues. Details specific to this role are:

Hours
37 hours per week working 08.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 08.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. on a Friday with a one-hour unpaid lunch break each day.

Holidays
When you first join, you’ll get 25 days annual leave per year plus 11.5 public and privilege holidays pro-rata depending on hours. After 5 years your annual leave will increase to 30 days.

Where you’ll be based

You will be based at Modern One, 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, where free onsite car parking is available. However, you’ll work across all of our Galleries based in the heart of Edinburgh – the National, Portrait, and Modern (One and Two).

Pension
We are a Civil Service Pension employer. You get to choose if you want a defined benefit or stakeholder pension. The benefits of joining the scheme include generous employer contributions to your future pension, life assurance, and options to increase your pension. If you join the alpha Civil Service pension scheme our contribution will be 27.1% for this role.

Other benefits

Family friendly working policies, free or discounted entry to various visitor attractions, staff discount at our shops and cafés, Cycle to Work Scheme, wellbeing support and services including our Employee Assistance Programme.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the operation, care, interpretation and development of Lauriston Castle. We are looking for someone who can work alone as well as part of a team to cover the venue on a 7 day rota including weekends and some evening work.

In this varied role you would have the opportunity to develop and conduct guided tours of the castle as well as contributing to a very busy engagement programme including both adult and Family craft workshops and Lecture programme, in addition to looking after the property and collections.

Venues within Museums and Galleries Edinburgh are City Art Centre, Museum of Childhood, Museum of Edinburgh, The People’s Story Museum, The Writers’ Museum, Lauriston Castle, Queensferry Museum, Museum Collections Centre, Travelling Gallery, Brass Rubbing Centre, Scott Monument, Nelson Monument, the Old City Observatory; they attract around 600,000 visitors annually.

About Us
Scottish Canals are the custodians of the nation’s canal network and surrounding estates. Our vision is to care for and invest in the canal network to generate lasting benefit for people and communities; celebrating their industrial heritage, ensuring they offer quality green and blue spaces for people and communities, and contribute to Scotland’s resilience in tackling climate change.
Our success is rooted in valuing the contributions of our entire team – we care, we create, and we collaborate to continue to deliver a full range of activities from boating, paddling, walking, and wheeling to living and playing and improving what the canals have to offer to our visitors and communities. We also work collaboratively with our partners and stakeholders to contribute to a wealthier, fairer, greener, and more resilient Scotland.
As an employer we offer a unique opportunity to be part of our team, help us realise our vision and contribute toward protecting our heritage and ensuring our canals flourish now, and in the future.

About the Role
We are currently looking for an experienced Multi Skilled Technician to join our team in Grangemouth. The role is offered on a permanent basis, working Monday – Friday, 8am-4pm. Applicants must have served a recognised electrical apprenticeship or have appropriate electrical qualification including experience working with 3Phase 415v equipment. (Mechanical experience also desirable).
Using technical expertise, you will undertake breakdown response, fault investigation, repair, maintenance and improvement works to a variety of equipment and installations throughout the canal network, including The Falkirk Wheel, Kelpies, Automated Moving Bridges, Hydraulic automated Locks, Marine craft repairs and facilities maintenance.

About the Reward
This role offers a progressive salary starting at £31,000 per annum plus 11.25% variable hours allowance and outdoor working allowance (£850 p.a.) and a generous annual leave entitlement of 28 days rising to 30 after 5 years plus public holidays, along with enhanced company sick pay, discounted shopping vouchers, and a contributory pension scheme with up to a 10% employer contribution.

About You
Flexibility and initiative are key as responding to emergency breakdowns is part of the role. The post requires frequent outdoor work, in all weather conditions, working both as part of a multi-disciplinary team, as well as without immediate supervision.

Qualifications/Skills/Experience:
• Recognised Apprenticeship (or similar level) in Electrical Engineering
• Minimum HNC (or similar level) in Electrical Engineering
• Authorised Person in two of the following areas: Mechanical, Instrumentation & Control, and Hydraulic.
• Experience working with Rotating machinery, valves, Electrohydraulic systems, Various Instrumentation, Hydraulic power units, Fluid Pumps and PLC Control Systems
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Good Communication Skills
• Strong Health & Safety Awareness
• Computer literate with experience of using MS Office Packages

Day to day tasks:
• Working within your skill set, experience, knowledge, training, and ability deliver the agreed M&E (Mechanical & Electrical) planned preventative maintenance schedule, installations, planned inspections, effective fault diagnosis and repair.
• Under supervision, produce recommendations to minor problems, undertaking project design and leadership where appropriate
• Providing inspection, monitoring, and reporting on the condition of M&E assets.
• Safely and efficiently support the delivery of improvements to the inland waterways network
• Provide business administration support to ensure accurate documentation and recording of all maintenance activities and duties using asset management software.
• Contribute to resource planning to assist prioritising available resource.
• Collaborate effectively with colleagues, to ensure technical, health, safety, and environmental performance.
• Participation in an out of hours standby rota as and when required.

The Community Engagement Officer is responsible for one of the pilot projects in the Trust’s Engaging Communities Project. This initiative aims to build the organisation’s capabilities in community engagement through pilot projects in Glasgow (Tenement House), Aberdeenshire (Fyvie Castle), Argyll & Bute (Hill House), and Highlands (Torridon). As part of the project team managed by the Engaging Communities Project Manager, the Community Engagement Officer works closely with operational teams at their property to deliver a programme of activities aimed at facilitating participation and developing new community engagement methodologies which will be used across the Trust. The Engaging Communities project is made possible with the National Heritage Lottery Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players.

The posts at Glasgow, Hill House and Torridon are for a fixed term of 12 months.

The Community Engagement Officer is responsible for one of the pilot projects in the Trust’s Engaging Communities Project. This initiative aims to build the organisation’s capabilities in community engagement through four pilot projects in Glasgow (Tenement House), Aberdeenshire (Fyvie Castle), Argyll & Bute (Hill House), and Highlands (Torridon). As part of the project team managed by the Engaging Communities Project Manager, the Community Engagement Officer works closely with operational teams at their property to deliver a programme of activities aimed at facilitating participation and developing new community engagement methodologies which will be used across the Trust. The Engaging Communities project is made possible with the National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players.

The post at Fyvie Castle is permanent. For the first 12 months (January to December 2024) it will work as part of the Engaging Communities project. Going forward from January 2025, the Community Engagement Officer will be part of the property’s operational team and will contribute to the development of Fyvie Castle’s ambitious long term redevelopment project.

Permanent, Full-time
Salary £24,171 per annum (pay award pending)
Plus generous benefits package
Hybrid / flexible working
Starting January 2024

About the role

We have an exciting newly created role working in our HR team specialising in reward and recognition. We’re looking for an HR Assistant to support us in delivering an engaging colleague experience ensuring National Galleries of Scotland is a great place to work for all. 

If you thrive working in a team and you’re looking for either your first step into HR, or to progress your HR career, we would love to hear from you. 

Ideally, you’ll have an admin background or an HR qualification, as well as experience of data entry preferably in payroll systems. However, you must be really good with numbers, have excellent Excel and organisation skills along with a keen eye for detail.

In HR we have a strong team culture where you would be welcomed and supported. We have a friendly and professional working environment where continuous improvement is encouraged. 

The difference you’ll make

With a focus on our reward and recognition offer, you will provide admin support to the HR team including supporting the monthly payroll process, family friendly leave and other colleague lifecycle processes. Reporting to the HR Officer your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

Working with our HR and payroll systems to support the monthly payroll process. From system entry to reporting (and everything in between), you will work with great attention to detail to meet key deadlines.

Admin support including correspondence, system entry and paperwork issue for a variety of colleague lifecycle processes including:

Contract amendments

Leavers

Family friendly leave

Supporting the promotion and administration of our colleague reward and recognition offer including pension, holidays, and other benefits.

Working closely and flexibly with HR colleagues as requested.

Who we’re looking for?

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

Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office products, in particular MS Excel.

Team player with ability to work collaboratively.

First class communication skills both written and verbal.

Strong organisational skills and great attention to detail.

Strong numeracy skills.

Ability to review and interpret information from a range of sources to effectively respond to queries. 

Ability to show diplomacy and tact whilst being discreet and maintaining confidentiality.

Flexible and adaptable to change.

It would also be great if you have: 

Human Resource Management Degree or equivalent experience / CIPD Qualified.

Experience of working with payroll.

What’s on offer for you

Our colleagues will tell you great things about working here. We aim to ensure the National Galleries of Scotland is a great place to work, where our people thrive in a culture where we are trusted, empowered, and engaged to achieve our true potential. We offer a range of benefits to promote healthy working lifestyles for all our colleagues. Details specific to this role are:

Hours
37 hours per week excluding breaks. Hours would be 08.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 08.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. on Friday with a one-hour unpaid lunch break each day.

Holidays
When you first join, you’ll get 25 days annual leave per year plus 11.5 public and privilege holidays pro-rata depending on hours. After 5 years your annual leave will increase to 30 days.

Where you’ll be based 

You will be based at Modern Two, 73 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DS. Although in the heart of Edinburgh free car parking is available on site.  

Pension
We are a Civil Service Pension employer. You get to choose if you want a defined benefit or stakeholder pension. The benefits of joining the scheme include generous employer contributions to your future pension, life assurance, and options to increase your pension. If you join the alpha Civil Service pension scheme our contribution will be 27.1% for this role.

Other benefits

Family friendly working policies, free or discounted entry to various visitor attractions, staff discount at our shops and cafés, Cycle to Work Scheme, wellbeing support and services including our Employee Assistance Programme.

To apply for this post, please complete an online application form, which can be accessed below.

You will be joining a dedicated team where you will contribute to the conservation of historical monuments under the care of Historic Environment Scotland in Lesmahagow and the surrounding area.

Guidance on completing the application can be found in the ‘Guidance notes for applicants’ document, which we recommend that you read, as well as Job Description for the post – both can be accessed via the links above.

If you are unable to complete an online application form, please contact the recruiting team (contact details are provided in the Job Description for each post) and they will arrange for an application form to be sent to you.

Please note that as we operate an e-recruitment system, we will contact you via the email address that you provide to update you on the outcome of your application.