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Full Time

Chef de Partie

JOB PURPOSE
To support the Senior Chef de Partie and Head Chef in the efficient preparation and delivery of high-quality food across the historic Mackintosh Tearooms. The Chef de Partie will be responsible for managing a designated section of the kitchen during busy services, ensuring all dishes are prepared, cooked and presented to consistently high standards.
The role requires a strong background in professional kitchens, with proven skills in mise en place, food preparation, cooking and plating. The Chef de Partie will maintain high standards of food safety, hygiene and health and safety in accordance with organisational policies and procedures, while supporting effective stock control and minimising food waste.
The Chef de Partie will be confident working under pressure and will provide support and guidance to junior chefs to ensure a smooth, efficient and well-organised kitchen service. Working closely with the Senior Chef de Partie, Head Chef and VSM Food & Beverage team, the postholder will contribute to the successful delivery of food and catering services while maintaining the high standards and reputation of The Mackintosh Tearooms.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Ensure all dishes are prepared, cooked and served to required specification
• Maintain a clean and orderly cooking station and adhere to health and safety standard
• Compliance of company Food Safety and Health & Safety procedures
• Manage labelling and stock rotation
• To maintain location cleaning schedules.
• Ability to work well as part of a team

Visitor Experience
To be customer focused at all times and ensure that customers are given a prompt and efficient service, to be approachable and quick to exceed expectations in fulfilling customer needs

Qualifications & Experience

Essential
• 1 year experience Chef de Partie or someone with 3+ years’ experience as a junior CDP (or equivalent) looking for the next step up in their career
• Professional Food Qualification – Intermediate Food Hygiene Level 3 or relevant experience
• Proficiency in a wide range of cooking techniques, including but not limited to, grilling, sautéing, baking, and knife skills
• Ability to take responsibility for larder section
• Strong experience with preparation, cooking, portioning and plating
• Comfortable working at a fast pace without compromising service standards
• Willing to develop skills to further support the Snr Chef de Partie and Head Chef
• Knowledge of food safety regulations and procedures essential. Knowledge of allergens

Desirable
 Previous experience of cheffing within the tourism industry
 Willing to assist in all sections of the kitchen

People Management
 On occasion may be required to oversee Junior team members in the absence of Senior CDP & Head Chef

Tools / equipment / systems
 Uses clock in/clock out systems
 Appliances: Grills, ovens, fryers, and stovetops for cooking.
 Temperature Tools: Thermometers to ensure food safety and quality.
 Small Appliances: Stand mixers, blenders, and food processors for various tasks.
 Safety Equipment: Oven mitts, aprons, and non-slip shoes for safety

Estate Supervisor

Job Purpose

The Estate Supervisor will lead the estate team at Mar Lodge. The role will primarily involve responsibility for delivering all aspects of estate maintenance, including buildings and utilities, vehicles, tracks, forestry and farmland infrastructure. We are therefore looking for a candidate who is highly organised with general abilities who values working within a flexible and supportive team culture, and who would uphold the values of the Trust. The ideal candidate will be passionate about promoting nature recovery in the largest National Nature Reserve in Britain.

Context

Mar Lodge Estate is made up of more than 29,000 hectares of inspiring Scottish landscape: heather covered moorland, Caledonian pine forest, towering mountains and the Quoich wetlands, home to wading birds and otters. There are 15 Munros here, including 4 of the 5 highest mountains in the UK. The wild beauty of Mar Lodge Estate unfolds around our 19th century shooting lodge, which is used for both holiday accommodation and events.

The beautiful ancient pinewoods that surround the Lodge are home to red squirrels and pine martens as well as birds such as the crossbill and black grouse. We have a wide range of landscape conservation projects underway, including woodland regeneration through deer reduction, footpath repair and peatland restoration.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Planning
• Manage maintenance and compliance master sheets so that all works are planned according to priority, recorded in terms of progress and accurate costings tracked.

Building Maintenance
• Carrying out property condition/safety and fire safety checks and inspections in line with Safe Systems of Work.
• Identifying, initiating and monitoring contractor repair work, both in house and by external contractors, in line with contractor management procedures, and legislation.
• Maintaining on-line records in relation to the elements above to ensure compliance with legislation.

Forestry interventions.
• Plan felling and thinning rotation in accordance with the Mar Lodge Estate management objectives and long-term forest plan in conjunction with the ecology team. The estate supervisor will be involved in the periodic review of the aforementioned documents.
• Manage thinning, timber harvesting and transport operations. Manage the periodic safety inspections of trees and any subsequent necessary interventions.

Infrastructure maintenance and compliance.
• Oversee operation and maintenance of infrastructure on the estate, including roads, bridges, private water supplies, district heat network, solar panels, sewage treatment and biomass heating system.

Asset Control
• Keep an inventory of all estate tools, plant, vehicles and equipment and ensure they are securely stored and audited periodically

Grounds/Farmland maintenance.
• Work with the estate manager, conservation manager and the visitor services manager to update and deliver a landscape plan for the Mar Lodge Policies/designated landscape.
• Provide practical support on the delivery of conservation projects, such as peatland restoration.
• Erect and maintain fencing, manage conservation hay meadows and wetland interventions, manage hedgerows, manage formal lawns and garden shrubbery.

Health and Safety
• Prepare risk assessments for all activities undertaken by the estate team in accordance with Health & Safety legislation tasks. Record and report accidents, incidents and near misses as appropriate. In conjunction with others (Estate Manager, VSM, NTS H&S Team), prepare Fire Risk Assessments for estate buildings. Lead on delivery of remedial actions. Other necessary H&S administration (COSHH, HAVs recording, etc).
• In line with stated Trust policies and approaches to ensure the health and welfare of staff/volunteers and visitors in compliance with legislation.
Advocacy
• Contribute where appropriate to Trust membership recruitment.

Visitor Services Assistant – Housekeeping

JOB PURPOSE
This job exists in order to ensure that Mar Lodge and its associated properties are cared for and presented to the very highest standards of domestic cleanliness and collections care. To maximise our visitors’ enjoyment of Mar Lodge Estate by maintaining excellent standards of service, optimising opportunities to generate income and ensuring that the property and its assets are clean, tidy, protected and safe.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
1. Undertaking the domestic cleaning of the Lodge and its associated properties to achieve consistently high standards of cleanliness to ensure that they meet high client expectations. Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:
• dusting/polishing of surfaces and fittings such as furniture, ornaments, panelling, stairs, and doors
• vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, polishing of floors
• cleaning of windows
• changing of bed linen and towels, and making of beds
• cleaning of bathroom/toilet areas and fittings
• cleaning of kitchen areas and equipment
• disposal of general household waste and recycling
2. Assisting with the collections care of the Lodge and its associated properties to ensure that all housekeeping is undertaken within the context of the Trust’s preventative conservation and collections management regimes.
3. To ensure the site meets with Health and Safety legislation in liaison with your line manager. To use personal protection equipment as provided and directed by your line manager.
4. Reporting all H&S hazards, fire risks, and instances of damage and wear and tear issues promptly to the Visitor Services Manager and/or Head Housekeeper.
5. Participate in a duty rota to ensure that visitors’ needs out with normal working hours are supported.
6. Welcoming visitors to the estate/property in a friendly, efficient and knowledgeable manner, answering queries and providing information about the property, facilities and the local area.
7. By maintaining excellent standards of service, optimising opportunities to generate income including membership sales, and ensuring that the site and its assets are safe and secure you will be a vital part of furthering the valuable work of the National Trust for Scotland.
8. Provide a positive visitor experience to the estate by assisting with car parking, fire patrols, property checks, tours, events and onsite activities when required. Working flexibly across departments and sites as needed.

Marketing Assistant

You will support Dundee Science Centre raise its profile, engage audiences and deliver our mission of making science accessible for all.

Working with senior colleagues and teams across the organisation, you will create and schedule engaging, brand-focused content for social media and digital channels. You will support marketing campaigns for visitor experiences, events, programmes and partnerships, helping to prepare promotional materials and identify new ways of connecting with audiences.

You will monitor customer feedback across multiple platforms, support timely responses and identify themes to share with colleagues. You will also assist with market research, gather campaign results and contribute to reports that help us understand our audiences and improve future activity.

This role offers practical experience across content creation, social media, digital marketing, events and public relations. You will receive guidance and development while contributing creative ideas, supporting colleagues and building your professional marketing skills.

This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate or someone beginning their marketing career who is creative, organised and keen to learn. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic about Dundee Science Centre’s work and motivated to help more people and communities explore and connect with science.

Main Responsibilities
• Content Creation and Social Media
• Marketing Campaigns and Communications
• Website and Digital Marketing
• Audience Engagement and Customer Care
• Research, Evaluation and Reporting
• Administration and Organisational Support

Person Specification

Essential:
• HND-level qualification in Marketing, Social Media Marketing or a related subject, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience of scheduling social media content and reviewing channel performance.
• Experience of graphic design, content writing, campaign delivery or presenting creative ideas. This may have been gained through education, employment, volunteering, placements or personal projects.
• Good knowledge of social media platforms and digital content creation and editing.
• Experience of creating and editing graphic or video content using tools such as Canva or Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Understanding of website content-management systems, Google Analytics, Google Search Console or digital advertising platforms.
• Experience using digital tools and platforms, or a willingness to undertake continuing professional development to strengthen digital skills.
• Experience of gathering and using audience feedback, evaluation or research to support decision-making.
• Ability to coordinate several tasks or projects simultaneously and manage workloads, priorities and deadlines effectively.
• Ability to identify challenges, use initiative and suggest practical solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
• Proven ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Commitment to inclusion and access for diverse audiences.

Desirable:
• Experience of working in a community, education, charity or visitor-attraction setting with diverse audiences.
• Experience of working in an office environment and completing administrative tasks.
• Experience of maintaining digital filing systems, contact databases or customer relationship-management systems.
• Experience of using booking, ticketing or finance systems.
• Knowledge of data-protection and GDPR requirements in a marketing context.
• A friendly, confident and positive attitude with strong interpersonal skills.
• A flexible and proactive approach to working hours, including weekends and evenings.
• Willingness to appear in appropriate Dundee Science Centre engagement and marketing content, subject to prior agreement.
• Full, clean UK driving licence.

What Success Looks Like…
• Engaging, accessible and brand-consistent content is delivered regularly across Dundee Science Centre’s digital channels.
• Marketing campaigns effectively support visitor experiences, events, programmes, partnerships, bookings and participation.
• Dundee Science Centre increases its digital reach and strengthens engagement with new and existing audiences.
• Customer comments, messages, reviews and feedback are monitored and addressed promptly and professionally.
• Website, social media and campaign data are gathered accurately and used to improve future marketing activity.
• The marketing content calendar remains current, coordinated and responsive to organisational priorities and audience needs.
• Colleagues receive reliable, creative and well-organised marketing support.
• The Marketing Assistant continues to develop their professional skills while contributing positively to Dundee Science Centre’s mission, values and team culture.

Gardens & Estate Worker

JOB PURPOSE
Under the direction of the Head Gardener and as part of the property team, assist with the conservation and development of the gardens to ensure that Culzean Castle Gardens are presented at the highest standards to its visitors and guests. The post exists to in order to ensure that the garden and policies across the Property are managed and maintained as an internationally recognised garden of outstanding horticultural importance.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
The Key Purposes of the job will be met by:
1. Undertaking practical maintenance of the garden and wider estate (e.g. managing trees and shrubs, herbaceous plants, and turf care; pest/disease/weed control; composting and soil improvement; hard-landscaping; path care; waste management) to the required standards expected by the Trust and for the maximum safety of, and enjoyment by visitors;
2. Fostering positive relationships promote the work of the Trust.
3. On occasion, working with volunteers and/or staff members to ensure they deliver required outputs at the appropriate standard, and gain benefit/satisfaction from their activities.
4. Demonstrating self motivation, organizing, planning, and the ability to prioritise along with good time management;
5. Undertaking such other reasonable duties as may from time to time be required to ensure the smooth running of the property as required by the Head Gardener.
6. Ensuring compliance with the Trust’s health, safety, and environment policies and procedures.

Operations Supervisor

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, 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
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Operations Team.
This varied role is instrumental in line management and supervision of staff across all customer-facing areas, including front-of-house, food and beverage outlets, gallery floors (including Newton Flight Academy, Planetarium and SST), Corporate Events, Gift Shop, Car Park Operations, IMAX and Tower. While experience in visitor attractions or cultural venues are valuable, we are also keen to hear from applicants with a background in hospitality, catering, events, or retail operations who can bring fresh perspectives and operational expertise to our team.
This role requires you to assist the Operations Mangers with the day-to-day management of all areas, and to act as appointed person (Duty Manager) for specific events where required.
As well as to implement the GSC Customer Service promise. Offer a fun, safe and welcoming environment to all customers and to provide an integrated, co-ordinated and professional level of service to our customers at point of contact.
If this sounds like you then we would love you to get in touch!

Benefits:
• Company events
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Free and on-site parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• Sick pay

Work Location: In person

Night Duty Manager

About Lost Shore Surf Resort
Lost Shore is about bringing a world-first and world-beating surf resort to the outskirts of the capital. The largest inland wave pool in Europe, has arrived next to Europe’s largest indoor climbing arena, and is putting Scotland on the map for all the right reasons!
But it’s the range of other activities and leisure offerings that make us so special, offering something for everyone.
Picture a surfing paradise where surfers, tourists, and locals converge—a place where adventure meets relaxation.

About the role

The Night Duty Manager plays a critical part in determining our Visitor’s out of hours onsite experience, including responding to queries, dealing with incidents and resolving issues in an appropriate, safe and timely manner.
The Day Duty Managers ensure smooth day to day running of the resort operation, during the hours of 7am until 11pm. The Night Duty Managers look after the resort and guests during the quieter hours, allowing many tasks which could not be completed during the day, to be kept up to date.

What you’ll do
– Responding to issues and queries about the Resort from both Visitors and 3rd parties, either in person or on the phone.
– Processing late check-ins and buggy runs as required.
– Maintaining well presented and clean public areas, ensuring spaces are tidy and well presented over night.
– Collaborate with our security contractor, ensuring that the Resort and those staying with us are safe and comfortable at all times.
– Manage opening and closing procedure for the Resort, including effective communication of handovers with Day Duty Manager Team.

Skills required
– Previous experience in a front-of-house, hsopitality or leisure facility is essential.
– Demonstrated ability to handle issues independently and escalate when necessary, ensuring smooth operations.
– Strong commitment to customer satisfaction, maintaining high standards and building lasting relationships with stakeholders.
– Exceptional organisational, report writing and time-management skills, ensuring attention to detail and effective task prioritisation.
– Ethically minded with a dedication to equality, diversity, and inclusion, coupled with a calm demeanour in challenging situations.
– Experience with Microsoft Office is essential and familiarity with POS or bookings systems would be advantageous, although full training will be provided.
– Available for overnight shifts, including periods of lone work.

E-Commerce & Digital Retail Manager

About Lost Shore Surf Resort

Lost Shore is one of the UK’s most exciting new destinations — a surf resort just outside Edinburgh built around Europe’s largest inland surfing lagoon.

Alongside surfing, accommodation, food, wellness and events, we’re building a distinctive brand around surfing, adventure and outdoor lifestyle.

Now we want to take our retail business online.

Why Lost Shore?

This is a chance to join Lost Shore at an exciting stage of its development and have a genuine influence on how the brand and retail business evolve.

We have a strong physical retail operation, a growing customer base and a huge amount of content, experiences and events to build around.

The ambition is to develop online retail into a £600k+ annual revenue channel, with plenty of scope to grow beyond that.

You’ll have the freedom to test ideas, launch products, work with exciting brands and creators, and help shape what Lost Shore looks like online.

If you’re excited by e-commerce, brands, surfing and building something from the ground up, we’d love to hear from you.

About the role

We’re looking for an ambitious, commercially minded E-Commerce & Digital Retail Manager to take ownership of our online retail operation and help build it into a significant part of the Lost Shore business.

This is a hands-on role with genuine responsibility. You’ll manage and develop our Shopify store, improve the customer journey, grow online sales and help shape the product range and digital retail strategy.

You’ll have the opportunity to build something rather than simply maintain an established e-commerce operation.

What you’ll do
– Managing and growing the Lost Shore Shopify store
– Developing and improving our online product range
– Managing product listings, collections, merchandising and promotions
– Planning and delivering online product launches and seasonal campaigns
– Working with our marketing team across Meta, Google, email, SEO and content
– Developing CRM and email activity to drive repeat purchases
– Using sales and customer data to improve conversion, average order value and margin
– Developing Lost Shore branded products, collaborations and limited-edition collections
– Creating opportunities around our events, athletes and wider Lost Shore community
– Working closely with our Retail manager to connect online and in-resort retail
– Helping ensure stock, fulfilment, delivery and customer service work smoothly as the online business grows

Qualifications
You don’t need to have spent 10 years running e-commerce teams. We’re looking for someone who is commercial, curious, energetic and keen to build.

You’ll ideally have some experience in:
– Shopify or another e-commerce platform
– Online retail or digital marketing
– Product merchandising
– Email/CRM
– Social media and digital campaigns
– Using data to understand and improve performance
– You might already be working in e-commerce, digital marketing, retail or a related role and be ready to take the next step.
– Experience or a genuine interest in surf, outdoor, fashion, sport or lifestyle brands would be a big plus.
– Most importantly, you’re someone who sees an opportunity and gets stuck in.

Commercial Manager

Are you an ambitious and commercially minded creative professional with a passion for art and culture?

We are seeking a dynamic Commercial Manager to shape a new retail strategy that will drive our future growth for Dovecot Studios. This is a fixed term post designed for you to bring fresh perspectives and have a positive impact on one of Scotland’s most distinctive cultural institutions.

This is a fixed term post (to 31 March 2027) with the potential for extension, designed for you to bring fresh perspectives and have a positive commercial impact on one of Scotland’s most distinctive cultural institutions.

This is an opportunity to shape our retail offer, influence the visitor experience and contribute directly to Dovecot’s commercial sustainability, while working alongside artists, designers, makers and colleagues across our exhibitions and creative programmes. You will manage the Visitor Services team to deliver ambitious sales targets across retail, exhibition and event tickets.

A key focus of the role will be helping to develop and implement a new retail strategy, ensuring that our shop is commercially successful while remaining true to Dovecot’s distinctive artistic identity. You will combine commercial awareness, excellent customer service and practical management skills to improve performance and create an engaging experience for every visitor.

Key Responsibilities:
Retail & Merchandising: Oversee retail buying, stock management and visual merchandising
Visitor Experience & Sales: Implement revenue-driving initiatives to hit our ambitious financial targets across all key commercial channels of retail and exhibition ticketing
Team Leadership: Provide inspiring line management for a target-focused visitor services team, ensuring a culture of exceptional customer care and sales conversion.
Operations: Maintain high standards of health and safety across the site

Chief Executive Officer

Dundee Heritage Trust (DHT) is a highly regarded heritage charity responsible for some of Dundee’s most significant and internationally recognised attractions, including RRS Discovery, Discovery Point and Verdant Works. Through its heritage, collections, learning and visitor experiences, the Trust connects people with Dundee’s rich industrial and maritime history and creates opportunities for learning, inspiration and engagement.

The Trust is now seeking a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead the organisation into an exciting new phase of transformation, growth and development. This is a pivotal leadership role, responsible for shaping and delivering the Trust’s strategic direction, strengthening financial sustainability, growing audiences and income, and maximising the impact of its world-class heritage assets.

Reporting directly to the Board of Trustees, the CEO will provide strong, visible and collaborative leadership across DHT, working closely with the Chair, Trustees, Executive Management Team and wider staff team. They will ensure the organisation remains financially sustainable, operationally effective and focused on delivering its charitable objectives, while creating a positive and high-performing culture where people are valued, empowered and accountable.

A major priority for the incoming CEO will be leading the Trust through a significant period of transformation, including the Discovery Point Transformed project, representing an investment of approximately £11 million. This ambitious project provides an opportunity to transform the visitor experience at Discovery Point, strengthen the Trust’s commercial and learning offer, attract new audiences and help secure the long-term future of RRS Discovery. The CEO will play a key role in ensuring this investment delivers lasting heritage, visitor, community and financial benefits for the organisation.

Financial sustainability and growth will also be central to the role. The CEO will work closely with the Finance, Commercial and Development teams to strengthen and diversify income streams across admissions, commercial activity, grants, donations and high-net-worth fundraising. They will provide strategic oversight of financial performance, cash, reserves and investment, while identifying new opportunities for sustainable growth and ensuring that commercial activity remains aligned with the Trust’s charitable purpose.

To succeed in this role, you will be an experienced senior leader with a strong track record of strategic and organisational leadership, financial management, income generation and people development. You will bring the ability to balance commercial opportunities with charitable purpose and will be comfortable operating at Board level and working across a diverse range of stakeholders.

You will be a strategic and creative thinker who can translate ambition into practical delivery, combined with strong communication, influencing and decision-making skills. Experience within the arts, culture, heritage, museum, visitor attraction, charity or wider not-for-profit sector will be highly relevant, alongside experience of leading change, major projects, fundraising and developing sustainable income.

This is an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious and values-led leader to shape the future of one of Scotland’s most distinctive heritage organisations. With significant heritage assets, a committed team and a major capital investment programme underway, the incoming CEO will have a unique opportunity to protect the past, transform the present and build a sustainable future for Dundee Heritage Trust.

How to Apply:

Please email us at recruitment@brucetaitassociates.com to request an information pack and job description. You are advised to get in touch well in advance of the closing date to give us time to consider your application and pre-interview the strongest applicants.

Closing Date: Midday, Tuesday 6th October

Interview Date: W/C 12th October

Infrastructure Engineer

At RBGE, we’re passionate about plants, people, and the planet. As part of our commitment to sustainability, innovation, and excellence, we’re investing in a secure, resilient, and future-ready digital environment. We’re looking for an Infrastructure Engineer to join our team and play a key role in supporting our ambitious digital transformation projects and strengthening our cyber resilience

This is more than just a technical role. It’s an opportunity to collaborate across departments, influence strategic decisions, and contribute to a mission-driven organisation that values diversity, inclusion, and continuous learning. Based at our Edinburgh Garden, you’ll work alongside senior leaders, external partners, and a supportive internal team to design and maintain secure infrastructure that supports everything from day-to-day operations to cutting-edge scientific research.

You’ll bring expertise in infrastructure design, cyber security, and systems administration and your calm, solutions-focused approach will enable you to resolve issues effectively and build strong relationships across the organisation.

Please visit the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh website to submit your application.

Fundraiser

Grants and Partnerships Officer
Full-time and Permanent
Salary £37,614 – £41,138 per annum
Plus generous benefits package
Hybrid / flexible working

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a confident and collaborative fundraiser who knows how to build strong relationships and turn good ideas into compelling funding and partnership opportunities.

As our Grants and Partnerships Officer, you’ll help secure philanthropic income from trusts and foundations, corporate partners and sponsors. You’ll manage a defined portfolio of opportunities, developing high-quality funding applications and sponsorship proposals that support our strategic priorities.

We are looking for someone who brings experience of securing 5- and 6-figure funding, building relationships with funders or corporate partners, and working across a large and complex organisation. With this experience and excellent writing skills, you will be able to turn complex ideas, projects and financial information into clear and persuasive proposals.

You’ll be organised, collaborative and comfortable managing multiple opportunities, deadlines and funding cycles. Confident in managing structured processes and governance requirements, you’ll work across departments to develop fundable projects and partnership propositions, ensuring submissions are well planned, insight-led and aligned with funder or partner objectives.

Most importantly, you’ll enjoy building relationships, spotting opportunities and collaborating with colleagues to make great things happen, directly contributing to the sustainability and ambitions of the National Galleries of Scotland as part of a busy Development team.

Who we are looking for
To succeed in this role, you’ll need the following range of knowledge, skills, and experience:
-Experience of securing 5- and 6- figure funding from grant-giving organisations and/or corporate partners, funders or sponsors, ideally within a large or complex organisation.
-Proven experience of developing high-quality grant applications and/or corporate sponsorship proposals that require coordinated input from multiple internal stakeholders.
-You’ll understand relationship-based fundraising and be confident working with external funders, corporate partners and senior internal colleagues.
-Good knowledge of project design and co-creation principles, including setting outcomes and articulating impact and theory of change within funding proposals.
-Understanding of sponsorship principles, including how corporate partners assess value, brand alignment and audience reach, and how sponsorship outcomes and benefits can be defined and measured.
-Awareness of the importance of due diligence, ethical assessment and reputational risk considerations in relation to funding or sponsorship opportunities.
-Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to work on multiple funding, partnership or sponsorship opportunities concurrently.
-Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to translate complex organisational activity into clear, persuasive funding and partnership proposals and reports.
-Confidence working within established processes and systems to manage pipelines, reporting and performance.
-Proven ability to collaborate effectively across teams and departments in a matrixed or institution-wide setting.
-High attention to detail, professionalism and discretion when handling sensitive information and relationships.
-Solid understanding of budgets, with the ability to analyse financial information and incorporate it into proposals and funding strategies.

It would also be great if you have:
-Experience fundraising in the arts, culture, heritage or education sectors.
-Familiarity with capital, programme or multi-year project funding.
-Experience using Spektrix or a comparable CRM system.
-Enthusiasm for the mission and work of the National Galleries of Scotland.

Please apply directly via our careers portal. Applications via email will not be accepted.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Thursday, 01 October 2026.

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