Operations

Job Summary
The Conservation Technicians make up a small group of specialists sitting within the Conservation Department. Their main purpose is to devise and implement systems to ensure that the NGS collections and those works on loan to NGS are displayed, stored and transported in a safe and appropriate manner.

The role of the Conservation Technician – Paper is to work with the Senior Conservation Technician – Paper to deliver the paper conservation technician service. This primarily consists of delivering technical work, with reference to agreed standards where appropriate, and monitoring progress against agreed targets.

Key Responsibilities
Technical work (95%)
Undertake the preparation of art works upon acquisition, or for the public, loans and collections care programmes, following standard methodologies as appropriate but also finding innovative solutions where necessary. This work includes:
• Designing and cutting mounts and securing objects within them;
• Removing objects from frames and putting objects into frames;
• Making new standard frames and liaising with colleagues to organise the manufacture of complex frames;
• Packing and unpacking objects, creating new packing systems as necessary.

Organisation and management (5%)
Assist the Senior Conservation Technician with the organisation and management of the paper conservation technician work, including:
• Liaising with the Paper Conservators to plan work on objects for acquisitions processing, for the public programme, for loans or for collections care projects;
• Liaising with the Paper Conservators to organise the movement of paper-based objects in and out of the conservation department, ensuring that location records are maintained;
• Ensuring that objects in the paper conservation technician studio are safe and secure, and that the studio is tidy and well organised;
• Ensuring that any paper conservation technician contractors have the resources they need for their work;
• Liaising with the Paper Conservators and the Digitisation team to organise the photography of objects as required;
• Monitoring the progress of the paper conservation technician work so that any potential failure to meet deadlines can be identified and addressed, and so that collections care work can be programmed in when capacity permits.

The role

An exciting opportunity has arisen as Caretaker to assist the RZSS Edinburgh Zoo Property & Estates Team in managing the day-to-day build and maintenance of all buildings, facilities and infrastructure, to ensure that all areas of are safe and well presented for our visitors and in accordance with agreed service standards and in a cost-effective manner, in support of RZSS’ mission and vision. This post also supervises the vehicle gate receiving deliveries and making contact with departments to advise them of arrivals.

Some of the things you’ll do:

– Work with minimal supervision, under the direction of more senior tradesperson, to provide labouring and driving tasks to agreed standards
– Supervise the vehicle gate and follow arrival/departure procedures of all vehicles entering the site, including drivers signing in and out, receive deliveries and alert relevant departments of arrival.
– Responsible for site security and access of contractors/vehicles via the vehicle gate and follow the opening and closing procedures of both the vehicle gate and pedestrian gate for staff.
– Proactively undertake daily site inspections of public areas and perimeter checks, diary any tasks by their priority order and complete minor repairs, including fencing repairs, replacing damaged signage, replacing light bulbs or clearing chocked wastes pipes smaller multi trade repairs or works which didn’t require an experienced tradesperson to complete.
– Maintaining onsite recycling area ensuring this is kept clear and that our onsite waste is being disposed of correctly.
– Ensure all machinery is cleaned, inspected, maintained and user log book updated daily to agreed transport policy standards and procedures, e.g. oil/tyre/light checks and ensure all pre-start check sheets are completed as required.

What we’re looking for:

– Full driving licence.
– Working knowledge of risk assessment processes.
– Ability to identify and make safe (for self, colleagues and the public) all the utilities and services encountered whilst working on RZSS sites.
– Significant practical experience in the construction and maintenance of buildings, fencing and infrastructure.
– Experience of working as part of a team, and on your own.
– Construction Safety Certificate or equivalent is desirable as is being trained and competent in the operation of RZSS vehicles (e.g. forklift, dumper/lifter, 360 digger, telescopic lift) in a range of complex driving situations

Role will require weekend working on a rotational basis.

Salary for the role is £19,305 – £19,772 per annum.

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 a Technician to provide Facilities support, including installations, preventive & corrective maintenance.

The successful candidate will play a key role in planning and completing a range of planned maintenance works associated with electrical & mechanical systems, complete proactive inspections, remedial repairs and monitor and manage equipment operation via BMS systems

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.

JOB PURPOSE
To combine responsibilities on nature conservation, visitor services, learning and community engagement to help deliver the strategic objectives of the property and wider National Trust for Scotland.
Protect the landscapes in our care and associated marine habitats as part of ecologically healthy habitat networks where natural processes predominate and help combat climate change. Enable more people to experience more heritage more often, get more out of it & put more back into it. Use evidence and practice from our natural heritage properties to support our voice in national debates advocating for natural heritage. Work with communities living on or close to our land or with an interest in our land so that they collaborate with us to help achieve our natural heritage outcomes. Protect the built and archaeological heritage in our care and use them to help us explain the “habitats” outcome and achieve the “visitor’s” outcome.
This post has a pivotal role in the delivery of our ambitious long-term project to restore the landscape at Kelton Mains Farm on the Threave Estate. The ‘Threave Landscape Restoration Project’ will return the land of Kelton Mains Farm (81 ha) to a fully restored woodland-wetland ecosystem, self-sustaining and self-adapting to Scotland’s changing climate over the next one hundred years.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
Combine responsibilities across the following areas of work with direct implementation yourself and by overseeing the work of others such as contractors, volunteers, and colleagues:
Nature conservation
• Survey wildlife and habitats and feed this knowledge into management decisions, marketing of natural heritage, and further development of our voice.
• Maintain and manage habitats, wildlife with the aim of protecting species and increasing biodiversity.
• Contribute to the planning and lead the delivery of practical conservation to deliver the outputs agreed in the Annual Operating Plan
Visitor Services
• Provide information to visitors to encourage more visitors and help people get more out of their engagement with natural heritage and give more back to it including “upselling” (e.g.: of membership) using face to face and by other means of interaction such as social media.
• Maintain countryside estate infrastructure at small, day to day scale (e.g. paths, gates, signs, vegetation management) to achieve ecological, visitor services and safety outcomes.
• Occasional Visitor Services duties as cover, when required.
• Assist with events such as public gatherings, NTS events and weddings.
Community engagement
• Communicate with local stakeholders, neighbouring landowners, local businesses, local / regional agencies and others to increase understanding of their and our aims and develop collaborative working to help deliver our priorities.
Learning
• Provide educational and other outreach activities on site or to the community local to the natural heritage and to communities of interest, including for volunteers.
• Delivery of formal and informal learning activities including events, workshops, walks and talks.
Other responsibilities
• Management of practical conservation and wildlife recording.
• Ensure that all activities undertaken are compliant with the Trust’s health and safety policies and procedures including the safe system of work (SSOW), and environmental policy and practices.
• Manage contractors and supervise volunteers
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
Qualifications
• A full, clean driving licence for driving in the UK is essential.
• Criminal records (Disclosure Scotland) checking and clearance essential for safeguarding of children/vulnerable adults.
• Graduate level qualifications or equivalent experience in one or more of the following subject areas heritage or cultural studies, visitor services, rural land management, nature conservation, environmental studies.
• Experience of managing safety in the countryside.
• Strimmer, chainsaw and pesticide certification.

JOB PURPOSE

This role is essential to the success of the PLANTS Project – Plant Listing at National Trust for Scotland, an exciting new three-year programme to update the plant inventories at the 39 major gardens owned or managed by NTS across Scotland. Accurate plant records are essential, to ensure legal compliance, safe management of the collections, and for supporting visitor engagement and research. Working with the newly implemented IrisBG database, this project represents a major investment in our plant collections and will result in up-to-date plant records across the Trust. The completed inventory will help us safeguard the collections and will provide our property and gardens staff with a reliable, accessible source of collections information for interpretation and visitor enjoyment.

The purpose of this post is to manage and oversee the quality of the data and images created and edited during the PLANTS Project. The post holder will be responsible for developing the data standards and providing training in these standards for the data held within IrisBG. They will also monitor the data produced during the project to ensure accuracy and consistency and provide feedback to the team. The post-holder will be responsible for the data processing and ongoing maintenance of the taxonomy and plant sourcing databases within IrisBG. The post holder will also develop the protocols for an extensive programme of volunteer plant photography and specialist photography consultants, ensuring photographic standards, and image processing standards are in place, and monitoring the quality and accuracy of the submitted images and associated metadata for capture in the NTS DAMs system.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Develop data standards for the inventory project, providing clear written guidance and training to all project staff to ensure consistent data capture throughout.
• Create and deliver training in inventory technique and data processing for the PLANTS project teams.
• Responsible for ensuring data accuracy by monitoring the data produced by the inventory teams and providing timely feedback and additional training or written guidance to the teams where needed.
• Create regular monitoring reports for the Project Manager.
• Update and process the data held in existing plant taxonomy and the plant source databases within IrisBG.
• Work with IrisBG, and NTS colleagues to troubleshoot database operational issues to ensure the smooth running of the inventory team’s work.
• Manage database user access permissions to ensure inventory team and property staff have the required level of database access for the appropriate properties.
• Monitor data production to ensure that data security and GDPR procedures are adhered to working with the trusts Data Protection Officer. Provide training to property and gardens staff on the GDPR requirements for the compliant collection of plant source data.
• Develop a photography workflow – creating a process for photograph processing, renaming, resizing, and uploading the images to Portfolio DAMS or other NTS image storage solutions.
• Procure professional training for photography volunteers, to ensure consistent quality of photographic submissions.
• Manage bulk data imports on behalf of the project teams and develop templates for future bulk imports and updates.
• Explore and develop possible additional database functionality and tools for future operation of the database.
• Contribute to content production for social media to promote the project.

New Lanark is a UNESCO World Heritage Site – an authentic and enduring historic community which preserves and celebrates social and economic values that remain of global contemporary relevance. New Lanark Trust, an independent charity, is responsible for the restoration and regeneration of the village and for pursuing a sustainable management strategy to safeguard its future.

We are looking for a Heritage Officer for the site. The key focus of the role is to help interpret the site for the visitor experience that they will return time and time again for.
You will work with a wide variety of partner organisations and educational establishments and you will be able to clearly understand our customer, deliver the offering and service that they want.

You will have strong proven experience in heritage or museums. You will be able to understand and interpret heritage to a wide variety of audiences. A great organiser with great attention to detail and be able to cope with a busy and varied workload.
You will need to demonstrate an ability to communicate clearly and being able to adapt your style to the audience that drives their engagement.

Please send your CV and covering letter to andrew.cuthbertson@newlanark.org of why you feel your experience and skills will work with us.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Reporting to the Head of Veterinary Services for RZSS, you will perform all duties to ensure the smooth running of all veterinary activities at our beautiful and stunning Highland Wildlife Park, located in the Cairngorms National Park.

Following best practice guidance, you’ll be providing the highest standard of veterinary care and animal welfare in support of RZSS’ Vision and mission, aiming to optimise the quality of the visitor experience as appropriate.

This is a full-time, permanent position working 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £34,389 – £46,956 per annum

Some of the things you’ll do:

– Ensure the highest level of veterinary care, animal welfare, and disease control taking into account relevant legislation and best practice animal management.
– Develop and contribute to best practice guidance, veterinary reports, protocols and working procedures relevant to animal welfare and pre-release management.
– Collate, record and analyse veterinary care data (ZIMS records, biological samples, CCTV footage, diet etc) and use to provide effective guidance / recommendations to support best practice animal husbandry and pre-release management
– Contribute to training programmes (e.g. monitoring, data collection) and post release monitoring activities (e.g. Scottish Wildcats).
– Responsible for participating in a 24/7, 365-day emergency on-call provision for animals held by the RZSS.
– Engage with and support visitors, ensuring your message is consistent with team/project objectives and in line with RZSS’s mission and vision whilst providing first-class customer care and service, e.g. answering visitor queries and undertaking public talks, tours and Keeper for the Day experiences as requested.

What we’re looking for:

– A current Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and a Diplomate of the – – European College of Zoological Medicine (Zoo Health Management)
– Significant practical experience in a zoo or animal-related environment
– A practical understanding of current conservation science, zoo biology and animal welfare ethics
– Up-to-date knowledge of current veterinary zoological techniques and best practice
– Knowledge and understanding of zoological legislation and best practice
– Working knowledge of ZIMS
– Confident presentations skills, e.g. about animals, veterinary care and welfare

– For further information on what the role involves and essential/desirable criteria – please see the role profile.

JOB PURPOSE

The Senior Seabird Officer coordinates and undertakes both practical “on the ground” conservation work plus scientific and policy work. The post will coordinate the Trust’s work on seabird biosecurity, monitoring and liaison with academic partners and help develop and deliver policy and advocacy position on seabirds and associated marine ecology. They also help develop our member and supporter engagement, media, and education work in relation to seabirds. The role is part of the wider Trust nature conservation network of ecologists and policy staff at HQ and experienced rangers on our island and cliff properties, including those who undertake seabird monitoring. The Senior Seabird Officer will raise the profile of the Trust’s role in seabird monitoring and site management on national forums and projects in relation to seabirds.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• To develop, oversee and coordinate the Trust’s seabird biosecurity programme.
• To liaise with boat operators, harbour operators, contractors, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and other relevant stakeholders to encourage and facilitate biosecurity best practice in relation to Trust Islands.
• To develop, oversee and coordinate the Trust’s seabird monitoring programme, involving NTS Rangers, volunteers, and contractors. Occasionally there may be a requirement to be involved in similar related work for other (non-seabird) species which occur on islands.
• To collate the Trust’s seabird data and share with external data interests, including the Seabird Monitoring Programme, the Seabird Census, RSPB, Joint Nature Conservation Committee and Nature Scot. Occasionally you may be involved in similar related work for other (non-seabird) species which occur on islands.
• To be the “species lead” for seabird conservation at the Trust, coordinating, guiding and delivering conservation programmes for relevant seabird “priority species” and the seabird’s group as a whole. Develop links with other conservation stakeholders to facilitate this.
• To be the point of liaison at the Trust for academic partners undertaking seabird research on Trust islands and cliffs. To encourage and support such work and interpret and disseminate the results in relation to the Trust’s conservation work. In some cases, where appropriate, the seabird officer may commission or undertake scientific work yourself or coordinate other Trust staff to do so, with support from external academic partners.
• To stay abreast of the latest external developments and information in relation to seabird biosecurity, monitoring, conservation, and policy.
• Coordinate an NTS “Seabird forum” group, for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Support the NTS Ecology team with seabird related advice at the Trust.

The Administrative Assistant is an entry level position and is key to the general day to day operations of Jupiter Artland. The candidate will work across the Operations, Front of House and Events team to ensure that all administrative needs described in the job description are well organised as well as be the first point of contact and to support an efficient office environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES, TASKS AND DUTIES:

Administration:
• To respond to all enquiries by phone, email and in person in a timely manner and taking relevant bookings
• To support Operations & Events Administrator and Head of Operations with day to day administration and diary management
• To ensure that the estate office is presentable at all times and to manage stock of in house sundries and stationary
• To assist staff with orders where required
• To take minutes and planning meeting notes and distribute to staff
• To assist with Friends of Jupiter Artland memberships
• Provide support in preparation and set up for groups and events
• Assist in the welcoming of guests to the Artist’s House
• Assist with administration, bookings and set up of events
• To support the effective use of Jupiter Artland customer and contact database
adhering to data protection laws and current legislation, and work with team members to ensure its effectiveness.
• Preparing online shop orders ensuring they are completed in a timely manner
• To assist in the upkeep of the online shop and website
• Provide assistance to Front of House during our Opening Season

General:
• To attend and participate in staff meetings when requested
• To understand Jupiter Artland’s ethos and vision and how specific programmes or events reflect that
• To promote positively at all times the work of the Jupiter Artland internally and externally
• To comply with Jupiter Artland’s policies and procedures as set out in the staff handbook including health and safety, equal opportunities and environmental sustainability
• To undertake any additional tasks that may from time to time be reasonably required