Operations

Job Title: Property Maintenance Manager
Reporting to: Operations Manager

As a Maintenance Manager your role will include the following tasks:

> General maintenance of grounds, public and back of house areas.
> Carry out planned preventative and reactive maintenance tasks correctly and efficiently ensuring a safe environment for guests, visitors and employees.
> Be aware of the venue security policy in place, along with venue emergency procedures.
> Use, operate and store all tools, equipment, and materials including chemicals safely and securely to comply with statutory regulations e.g. COSHH and the company Health and Safety Policy.
> Be proactive in ensuring that the venue’s external surrounding areas are kept clean and tidy.

The successful candidate will have:-

At least 2 years’ experience of working in a maintenance management role.

Benefits

> Uniform
> Staff meals
> Staff discount
> Free Parking

To apply please submit a CV to operations@houseforanartlover.co.uk detailing your relevant skills and experience and any other information that is pertinent to your application

Job Title: Box Office Assistant
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £20,460 to £21,681 (pro rata for part time employees) + enhanced pay for unsocial hours
Grade: FC03
Hours: Full Time: 36 hours per week, Part Time: 10 hours per week
Location: Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy
Job Reference: ON000426

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’re a real Living Wage employer, and 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 two Box Office Assistants to join our team at our newly refurbished Adam Smith Theatre. There are two permanent posts available; 36 hours per week and 10 hours per week. Your days and hours of working will flex to meet the business needs and this will include weekend and evening working along with providing cover as needed across our venues throughout Fife.

You’ll be part of the frontline team delivering a high level of customer service for our box office and reception, covering a wide range of multi-purpose venues. As part of the box office team the role undertakes duties including acting as the main information and reception point for the venue both during and out with box office opening times, ticketing, cash handling, room and event enquiries, bookings administration and customer information service.

The full job description can be found on our current vacancies page on our website.

About You
You’ll have experience of working in a busy front facing customer service environment dealing directly with the public. Cash handling and reconciliation procedures form an essential part of the role, so you’ll ideally have experience of this too. Excellent customer service skills and the ability to engage with a diverse range of customers are a must for this exciting front facing role!

As a large part of the role will be computer based you’ll have the ability to operate a variety of software packages, and it goes without saying you’ll need excellent numeracy, literacy and communication skills, along with excellent administration skills.

How to Apply
If you would like to find out more information about this role before applying, you can contact Ayesha Nickson, Venue Manager – contact details can be found our current vacancies page on our website.

When you’re ready to apply, please download and complete our application form, specifying if you are applying for the full-time or part-time role, and return this along with a completed equal opportunities form to the HR team at hr.fct@onfife.com. An application pack can be downloaded from our current vacancies page on our website.

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. The closing date for applications is 12pm on Monday, 10 July 2023.

Interviews are anticipated to take place week commencing 24th July 2023 but may also be arranged on an ongoing basis.

OnFife is an equal opportunities employer.

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

JOB PURPOSE

The North East Ranger Service covers National Trust for Scotland properties throughout Aberdeenshire and Angus. This includes 10 different estates that offer a variety of landscapes, habitats, and wildlife unique to this part of the world. In the North East Region, we attract an average of 500,000 visitors per annum across our 2,400 acres of countryside. The diversity of our properties offers the opportunity to work with iconic wildlife and habitats including the Old Wood of Drum SSSI, Castle Fraser’s community of rare dragonfly and damselfly species, red squirrels, badgers, bats, and woodland and wetland birds.

We are looking for a Seasonal Ranger to be an enthusiastic and effective part of the ranger service, contributing to the smooth operation and conservation management of the North East properties within the Trust’s care. You must have experience of practical countryside management and good communication skills to join our tight-knit team who work in close collaboration with property teams in the region. You will carry out maintenance and repair of countryside infrastructure as well as continue to grow our biological datasets, positively engage with visitors, support education and events, as well as help to support our team with trail and habitat management.

The role is a physical one, requiring walking to worksites with appropriate tools. Work may be alongside other staff and volunteers but there will be a requirement for lone working.

The role will be ambassadorial, building awareness and support for the National Trust for Scotland leaving those you meet with a desire to respect, protect, and enjoy the special natural environment and an understanding of how they can help to contribute their support to work of the National Trust for Scotland.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
 To support with inspections and maintenance of countryside infrastructure (bridges, benches, steps, boardwalks, etc)
 To undertake trail management (strimming, cutting, remedial path work, etc)
 To help with biological recording and data entry
 To demonstrate the Trust’s Health and Safety procedures
 To actively and positively engage with visitors to raise and improve public awareness of key issues, while promoting the Trust
 To support Rangers with preparation and delivery of events and education programme

DIMENSIONS AND SCOPE OF JOB

Public Engagement & People Management
 Engage with visitors.
 Support with delivery of programme of events and education.
 Liaise with other property and other Trust staff and volunteers.
 Supervise volunteers assisting with delivery of practical estate management.
Countryside & Estate Management
 Undertake condition assessments of countryside infrastructure and report issues.
 To carry out basic practical countryside management including visitor infrastructure repairs, strimming, footpath maintenance and fencing as required.
 To carry out practical property management including litter picks.

Natural Heritage Conservation
 Support biological recording and monitoring across estates – target species/habitats include bats, badgers, fen and ponds, and woodlands.
 Supporting with delivery of INNS management

Finance Management
 Not a budget-holder but will be expected to take responsibility for effective management of Trust resources in allocated areas.
Tools/Equipment
 Will be frequent user of tools, machinery, vehicles, and equipment subject to appropriate training.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
The above outline the core skills and experience necessary to fulfil the role. In addition, the following is required:

Qualifications, skills, and experience

Essential
 Qualification, or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline
 Good general knowledge of natural history and conservation
 Hands-on experience of practical estate management
 Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with an ability to engage positively and productively with visitors, volunteers, and colleagues
 Competent user of Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, and Outlook
 Flexible approach to working; understand and able to work unsociable hours and weekends
 Ability and willingness to undertake strenuous physical work
 Ability to work in changeable weather
 Ability to work alone as well as part of a team
 A current, valid driving licence.
 This role requires a PVG check (supported by the Trust)

Desirable
 Experience of working with volunteers.
 Experience/certification for use of machinery/vehicles such as strimmer/brush cutter.
 Natural history knowledge local to the North East of Scotland.
 Experience of lone working.
 Current First Aid certification.
 Ability to follow reporting procedures.

JOB PURPOSE

The National Trust for Scotland is one of the largest land managers in Scotland. The Trust has an exceptionally high level of responsibility for biodiversity, landscape and natural resources, managing many of the most important sites in the UK for nature. Indeed, some are of European and global significance including a World Heritage Site, National Nature Reserves, sites hosting rare and endemic species and some of Scotland’s best loved landscapes.
The land where the Trust has an interest include the full breadth of Scottish geology, landscape and ecology from the benthic zone of the Fair Isle Demonstration and Research Marine Protected Area, several of the largest seabird colonies in Europe, across the machair of the Hebrides to the temperate rainforests of the Atlantic coast. Inland the Trust is custodian of several of the finest assemblages of mountain habitats and species in the UK and iconic landscapes such as Glencoe.
The Senior Nature Conservation Officers have a national remit for nature conservation at the Trust, including leading (through building understanding & consensus), guiding (in a technical sense) and coordinating a particular nature conservation topic, e.g., woodland, upland, farmland or marine.
Working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, they develop and deploy nature conservation, strategy, standards, policy, programmes, guidance and support to regions and head office on nature conservation matters within their topic.
The roles also provide general ecological support and advice to selected Trust properties and other wider ecological support as is required to be fulfilled by the team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Leadership & policy
• Develop and maintain NTS policies and approaches in relation to the specified nature conservation topic, either woodland, farmland, upland or marine (hereafter “the topic”).
• Maintain expert knowledge of external policy and practice in relation to the topic and oversight of its conservation at the Trust, leading knowledge sharing of the topic, for example via networks, working groups, and individual advice.
• Technically guide, support, facilitate and where necessary coordinate nature conservation operations in relation to the topic across the Trust through national programming, linking up as necessary to central support functions.
• Review and develop policy in relation to the topic at the Trust, working alongside Trust policy officers plus other internal and external stakeholders, including the relevant Scottish Environment Link working group.
• Champion the Trust’s policy positions in relation to the topic through the development and delivery of advocacy messages, including through formal consultation responses and communications – where necessary acting as a Trust spokesperson.
Conservation operations, standards and reporting
• Provide tactical advice to national estates and operational teams on the management and conservation of nature at NTS in relation to the topic, typically at and below Operational Manager level.
• Provide technical input, for example prescriptions for nature conservation management.
• Champion best practice and innovation in nature conservation across NTS operations, encouraging energy and focus across the Trust’s conservation work.
• Represent the Trust within partnerships, forming new partnerships where required.
• Work with the fundraising team to identify and secure funding, including agri-environment grants, natural capital investment and charitable income e.g., grants.
• Lead or contribute to nature conservation projects, e.g., technical support to steering groups, identifying suitable activities and developing budgets.
• Responsible for developing land management standards for specific conservation topics, including the Biodiversity Indicator.
• Audit biodiversity indicator performance contributing to reporting against the Trust’s corporate strategy.
• Design and coordinate targeted monitoring programmes as necessary to inform the biodiversity indicator.
• Procure, brief and manage contractors as required, typically for topic specific technical work.
• Be the first point of contact for general conservation land management advice on ecology, landscape and geology, for a selected number of properties and occasionally develop or support activities in areas outside your topic, working flexibly with other Senior Nature Conservation Officers as required.
Public Engagement, Research and External Relationships
• Provide technical input for participation and engagement with nature in relation to supporting colleagues in the Public Engagement and Research Directorate.
• Develop your own and other Trust staff’s research projects and form effective external relationships to facilitate research opportunities in relation to our conservation objectives.
• Develop nature content for Trust media staff. i.e., drafting content for press releases, the Trust magazine and website, collaborating with other internal content creators.
• Undertake planning casework where required for NTS sites and where the Trust has an interest in developments threatening external sites of national importance for nature, with guidance from the policy team.
• Represent the Trust in respect of the topic on national fora.
• Contribute to, and where appropriate lead strategic stakeholder relationships in relation to the topic through engagement with organisations including NatureScot, environmental NGOs, Scottish Environment LINK and relevant Scottish Government departments.
Other relevant duties which may arise

Ways of Working

The Senior Nature Conservation Officers work as a team of individuals taking a national, Trust wide lead on specific topics such as woodland, upland, farmland and marine.
The Senior Nature Conservation Officers will also be the first point of contact on general nature conservation matters including geology and landscape, for staff at selected Trust properties but are not expected to be expert in all conservation areas.
The Senior Nature Conservation Officers report to the Head of Nature Conservation and may line manage project staff, and/or commission contractors.
The Senior Nature Conservation Officers will work closely with colleagues in the Policy and Communications teams, in relation to their topic, to ensure our advocacy messages reach their target audiences. They will lead on their policy topic, with support from policy colleagues.
The Senior Nature Conservation Officers will work closely with colleagues in the Public Engagement and Research Directorate to develop opportunities for engagement with nature, internal research, and external research liaison for their topic and properties/reserves.
The Senior Nature Conservation Officers will represent the Trust’s nature conservation policy and practice on national fora and maintain strategic stakeholder relationships, both in relation to their topic and with the properties to which they are linked.
The incumbent will require a flexible attitude with an ability to prioritise and re-prioritise workload in the face of changing demands. They will be able to work longer hours and/or nights away and have a driving licence, current for driving within the United Kingdom and willingness to travel across Scotland to remote locations.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE

Essential
• National level expertise and well developed experience in relation to the topic.
• Experience of leading major nature conservation projects.
• Ability to communicate technical ecological information, achieving strategic influence at an organisational level as well as on the ground.
• Experience of coordinating land management planning at a national level in relation to the topic.
• Experience of collating and managing ecological/biological survey data across the full range of standards and methods in relation to the topic.
• Experience of cross organisational and inter organisational partnership working at a strategic level, with an ability to demonstrate integration, influence and personal impact.
• Detailed understanding of current science in relation to the topic.
• Understanding of nature engagement, media and interpretation.
• Experience of developing and maintaining professional networks.
• A degree level qualification or equivalent in a relevant ecological, biological, or environmental discipline.
• Ability to deal with conflicts in organisational priorities, working styles and personality types, including listening, negotiation and diplomacy skills.

Desirable
 Experience of being a nature conservation topic lead or specialist within an organisation.
 A recognised sector specialism, leading a network, county/regional coordinator for a recording scheme or author of published material.
 Experience of policy development & advocacy.
 Published research, guidance or survey, in relation to the topic.
 Experience of ecological audits.
 Experience of fundraising and/or grant applications.
 A relevant postgraduate qualification.
 Experience of planning casework.
 Experience of the Scottish parliamentary processes including committee evidence processes.
 licensed, protected species worker for at least one species/species group.
 Experience of contributing to Scottish Environment Link or government agency policy groups or similar.
 Experience of developing and deploying citizen science projects.
 Experience of delivering practical nature conservation, farming, forestry or marine management on the ground in relation to the topic.
 Experience of line management and/or contract management/procurement.
 Recognised Project management qualification.
 Social media presence in relation to the topic.

DIMENSIONS AND SCOPE OF JOB

People Management
 Guiding regional directors, operations managers and property managers in relation to nature conservation land management standards and risks.
 Networking with partners in peer organisations at a national & strategic level.
 Line management of temporary and project staff, and of volunteers
Finance Management
 Budget management of operational budget up to £50k. Collation of budgets up to £1.5m.

Place in organisational structure:

Director of Conservation and Policy
↓
Head of Nature Conservation
↓
Senior Nature Conservation Officer x 3 (Upland, Farmland & Woodland).

The Purpose, Context, Key Responsibilities, and Person Specification reflect the requirements of the job at the time of issue. The Trust reserves the right to amend these with appropriate consultation and/or request the post-holder to undertake any activities that it believes to be reasonable within the broad scope of the job or his/her general abilities.

Full-time, Fixed Term (12 months)
Salary £24,171 – £25,225 per annum (Band 7)
Plus generous benefits package
Hybrid / flexible working

About the role

We have a unique opportunity for a highly organised and motivated individual to join our Collection and Research department.

If you have a strong interest in surrealism or international modern art, with excellent communication skills and great attention to detail, then we would love to hear from you.

You will be working with the team to deliver a touring exhibition of Surrealism drawn from the National Galleries of Scotland collection to China in February 2024, and potentially to other venues in China and the Asia Pacific region thereafter.

There will also be an opportunity to contribute to the wider working of the Modern & Contemporary team within the Collection and Research department. You will assist with the research and delivery of the programme of modern and contemporary exhibitions and collection displays including Artist Rooms, collections research, loans, acquisitions, digitisation, and interpretation.

The difference you’ll make

In all that you do, you’ll support the Project Team to deliver the touring display of Surrealism to China. Reporting to the Director of Modern and Contemporary Art, your duties will include:

– Assisting curatorial colleagues with the organisation, administration, and delivery of the programme of modern and contemporary exhibition and collection displays.

– Undertaking directed research into the collection, potential acquisitions, due diligence, and other relevant requests.

– Collecting and collating relevant information for project reports, evaluations, KPIs and assisting in tracking budgets.

– Assisting in preparing leaflets, wall texts and labels, and other public information for print and website.

– Scheduling and attending meetings along with minute taking.

– Liaising with touring and external partners.

– Filing, and archiving project information.

– Creating and updating acquisition and loan records.

– Answering enquiries from the public, including preparing for and assisting with onsite research visits. 

Who we are looking for

In answering our quick questions tell us more about you, how you meet the requirements, and what you will bring to the role. This will be your opportunity to stand out as well as tell us what you are looking for from us. To succeed in this role, you’ll need the following range of knowledge, skills, and experience:

– A strong interest in and knowledge of Surrealism or international modern art.
– Excellent organisational and administrative skills, including the ability to prioritise work effectively and make accurate decisions under pressure to tight deadlines.
– Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
– Meticulous attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
– Ability to take the initiative.
– Excellent IT Skills – proficient in MS Office.
– Ability to work as part of a team and develop and maintain effective working relations with a broad range of people, internally and externally.

It would also be nice if you have:

– A degree or equivalent in an aspect of modern or contemporary art.
– An interest in and knowledge of Scottish modern and contemporary art.
– Previous experience of working in a gallery or museum environment.
– A working knowledge of Mimsy or other museum systems.
– A working knowledge of Chinese, spoken and written.

For more information, please see the attached document or visit our careers page.

The closing date for completed applications is 12 noon on Monday 19 June 2023.

Scottish Canals is looking for a full time Moorings Officer to join our team.

Scottish Canals is responsible for over 550 leisure, commercial and residential moorings across 4 canals. We are seeking a friendly, confident and motivated individual to join our moorings team and work on one of Scotland’s national treasures.

The Moorings Officer will play a critical role in the day-to-day operation of our moorings portfolio which generates approximately £785,000 annual income.

The Moorings Officer will provide a high level of customer service, working with colleagues across the business to deliver moorings KPI’s and business objectives, supporting the Moorings Manager on moorings-related activities including sales, compliance and development of new moorings for leisure, residential and business users.

The Moorings Officer will provide regular ‘on the ground’ Scottish Canals presence at moorings locations across the canal network, carrying out routine inspections, liaising with residents and working with SC colleagues across the business to identify and resolve customer issues.

Regular visits to the Caledonian and Crinan Canals will also be required.

Access to an appropriate vehicle is essential.

This is a permanent role offering £26,700 per year.

Scottish Canals also offers a generous annual leave entitlement, enhanced company sick pay, discounted shopping vouchers and a contributory pension scheme.

JOB PURPOSE

To undertake proactive and reactive maintenance matters throughout a number of sites in the North East of Scotland. Ensuring the continued conservation and development of the buildings and infrastructure to a high standard; allowing the smooth running of the visitor attractions, adjoining properties and surrounding environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Undertaking day-to-day maintenance at Crathes Castle, Drum Castle, Craigievar Castle and Leith Hall sites to the high standard expected by the Trust, including but not limited to:
• Painting (external and internal)
• Skilled joinery work (external and internal)
• Basic plumbing repairs
• Fence, wall and building repairs
• Refurbishment work to residential properties
• General DIY
• General site work

2. Ensure all activities undertaken are compliant with the property’s Safe System of Work and Emergency Procedures.

3. Demonstrating self-motivation, organising, planning and prioritising, along with good time management.

4. Key holder for multiple sites.

5. Undertaking such other reasonable duties as may be required from time to time to ensure the smooth running of the sites, as required by the Operations Manager.

This role is not one for which the duties, responsibilities or accountabilities of the role require you to undertake a criminal records check.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE

Qualifications

Essential

 Full driving license valid for driving in the UK.

Desirable

 Current first aid certificate.
 Domestic Legionella Risk Assessment Training.
 Portable Appliance Testing Certificate.

Experience

Essential

 Solid demonstrable experience in executing a wide range of maintenance trades to a high standard.
 An eye for detail and finish.
 Competence in lone working.
 Practical knowledge of Health and Safety processes and procedures and the ability to work effectively within these processes.
 Experience in producing estimates for set pieces of work.
 Experience of working within a budget and timescales.
 Ability to be proactive and use initiative.
 Competence at working from heights on ladders or scaffolding as necessary.

Desirable

 Experience of working in a multi-site role.
 Experience working on listed buildings.
 Understanding of traditional building skills.

DIMENSIONS AND SCOPE OF JOB

People Management

 Currently no line management responsibility but needs to be able to deal politely and courteously with all customers, guests, colleagues and tradesmen/contractors.
 Ability to work with and motivate volunteers when necessary.

Finance Management

 Is not a budget-holder.

Key performance indicators and targets

 The ability to provide cost effective high quality maintenance in accordance with the targets of each individual site.

The Key Responsibilities, Scope of Job, and Required Qualifications, Skills, Experience & Knowledge reflect the requirements of the job at the time of issue. The Trust reserves the right to amend these with appropriate consultation and/or request the post-holder to undertake any activities that it believes to be reasonable within the broad scope of the job or his/her general abilities.

JOB PURPOSE
The Highlands & Islands region is a large and diverse region with 26 properties, 6 National Nature Reserves, 16 Islands and the UKs only dual UNESCO world heritage site. As such the range of volunteering opportunities is large and complex. This job exists to ensure that the volunteering needs across the region are managed and supported; implementing innovative and effective volunteering initiatives which complement our national approach to volunteer management and development, are in line with volunteering good practice and are of the highest standards. Taking direct management of the regional conservation volunteer group whilst also supporting the individual properties in volunteer recruitment and retention.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Proactively guide and advise regional/property staff at all levels on the operational aspects of volunteer involvement, enabling them to recruit, support, develop and motivate volunteers effectively, in accordance with all national volunteering guidance and systems.

• Work closely with other managers across the Region and in collaboration with the central lead for volunteering to design and deliver a programme of Volunteering, which helps to deliver the operational needs of each property.

• Directly manage the Highland & Island Conservation Volunteer group, group volunteering work programme and associated budgets.

• Support and grow the number of volunteer work parties at properties across the region.

• Instil a Health & Safety culture across the volunteering programme, ensuring all risk assessments, training and H&S paperwork is up to date and provided to volunteer work parties and that the volunteers work within this to reduce risk of incidents and accidents to volunteers, employees, and visitors.

• Develop external partnerships with a range of local, regional, and national organisations to aid in the recruitment and retention of volunteers,

• Ensure all volunteering hours are recorded and reported annually as part of funding and internal requirements.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
Qualifications & Experience
Essential

• Qualification in volunteer management or relevant experience
• Comprehensive understanding and knowledge of volunteering innovation, best practice, and sector standards.
• Demonstrable track record of having successfully and effectively developed a range of volunteering roles and schemes across a department or organisation.
• Demonstrable use of Project Management Frameworks.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, successfully influencing, persuading, guiding, listening to, and negotiating with others, constructively challenging thinking where appropriate.
• Ability to build and manage effective and productive stakeholder and partnership relationships.
• Strong skills in identifying and analysing problems, issues, and areas of improvement, working collaboratively to develop creative strategies and solutions.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills; ability to manage and deliver a diverse portfolio of work and to balance the priorities and needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to be proactive, use initiative and work independently.
• Ability to balance a strong focus on achieving successful outcomes with the need to empower, enable, motivate, inspire and develop others.
• Working with volunteers in a management capacity.
• Experience of working in the charitable sector or in a volunteer-involving organisation.

Desirable
• Good training, facilitation, and coaching skills; ability to enthuse and inspire and increase others’ confidence.
• Experience of working in a customer-focused environment.

DIMENSIONS AND SCOPE OF JOB

Scale
This role is working across the entire Highlands & Islands region. As such, this requires frequent travel throughout the mainland properties and also to the 16 islands (Canna, Fair Isle, St Kilda, Mull, Iona, Unst). Highlands & Islands consist of 26 properties in total, 6 National Nature Reserves, the UKs only Dual UNESCO World Heritage site, 33,500 hectares of land and over 170 cultural heritage designations. Across the region there are in the region of 200 active volunteers with numbers having substantially fallen post covid. This role is responsible for increasing the numbers of volunteers within the region to pre pandemic levels and beyond.

People Management
Although the role has no direct employee reports, it is directly responsible for the Highland & Island Conservation Volunteer group and management of it. Total current volunteers in the region are approx 200. The role will work closely with the National Volunteering Consultant within the People Department.

Finance Management
 Management of the regional volunteer budget along with project budget where designated.

Tools / equipment / systems
 Describe any specialist tools / equipment / systems that this role is required to use.
 Uses CRM and CoreHR for volunteer management.
 User of finance system to process purchase orders and invoices.
 Must be able to drive and be happy to travel by car, ferry, bus, and aeroplane with frequent overnight stays.

The Purpose, Context, Key Responsibilities, and Person Specification reflect the requirements of the job at the time of issue. The Trust reserves the right to amend these with appropriate consultation and/or request the post-holder to undertake any activities that it believes to be reasonable within the broad scope

Full time for 3 months (or part time for 6 months)
Salary £24,171 – £25,225 per annum (Band 7)
Pay award pending plus generous benefits package

About the role

Are you a really, really good researcher? Are you curious about photography? Are you experienced in Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion issues?

We’re looking for a researcher to join our team to work on a fascinating project. National Galleries of Scotland and Fast Forward: Women in Photography are collaborating to complete new research in the photography collection in Edinburgh. Focussing on the archive, you will investigate photography dealing with migrant stories, women’s stories, and work by women photographers.

Your research experience can come from any background, or it could have been post-doc. However, you must already have effective research methodologies and a solid grasp of report writing. 

The difference you’ll make

Working directly with photography curators and other colleagues you will:

Conduct research within the photography archive.

Focus on the photographic stories in our collection that deal with social change – with an emphasis on stories connected to women’s lives (including a minimum of 50% women photographers).

Conduct research on the “Migration Stories” project; evaluating its impact and identifying potential opportunities to commission new work.

Be part of a team producing a report detailing research findings with a particular emphasis on Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI).

Produce a proposal for either a draft article, proposed curatorial project or a publishing project. This will be evolved in collaboration with all partners to communicate the findings from the research and what type of outputs they can lead to. 

Who we are looking for

In answering our quick questions tell us more about you, how you meet the requirements, and what you will bring to the role. This will be your opportunity to stand out as well as tell us what you are looking for from us. To succeed in this role, you’ll need the following range of knowledge, skills, and experience:

Degree in art history or photography or equivalent.

A strong interest in or knowledge of photography and/or EDI work.

Excellent organisational and administrative skills with the ability to prioritise work.

Excellent communication skills – written and verbal.

Attention to detail and high level of accuracy.

Experience in report writing or evaluation documents.

Competency and confidence in working with digital systems.

Ability to work as part of a team and develop and maintain effective working relations with a broad range of people internally and externally.

It would also be great if you have:

Previous relevant work experience ideally within a gallery or museum environment.

A working knowledge of collection management systems.

About the Project

The focus of the research will be connected to the commissioned researchers’ interests who are keen to support enquiry into work from new perspectives and raising questions of value to future generations. The project will examine both how people are being represented and how work can be contextualised to bring new knowledge to bear on our audiences. It will also provide information for future researchers regarding pertinent issues connected to representation and identity.

NGS is partnering with Fast Forward, a research project concerned with women in photography based at University for the Creative Arts. Started in 2014 with a panel discussion at Tate Modern, the project has established a significance within the world of photography for highlighting the work of women photographers and for questioning the way that the established canons have been formed.

For more information and to apply, please visit our careers page.

The closing date for completed applications is 12 noon on Monday 12 June 2023.