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CONTEXT – THE ROLE OF THE CHARITY
National Trust for Scotland is a charity that was founded in 1931 to promote access and protection of Scotland’s natural and human heritage in our care. Our vision is simple: Nature, Beauty and Heritage, for everyone.
Our work ranges from managing castles to coastlines, art to architecture, wildlife to wilderness, for everyone to experience today and for generations to come.
Under the Trust’s ten-year strategy, by our centenary in 2031 we will be able to demonstrate that the Trust is not only carbon neutral, but is making a significant contribution to how Scotland faces up to climate change.
We are also committed to providing ways for everyone to experience wellbeing in our beautiful and calming places, as well as bringing families and friends together in safe and meaningful ways.
We are the largest membership organisation in Scotland, one of the best supported charities when it comes to our 2,500+ volunteers, and we a charity that provides employment and skills development to over 1,500 people across Scotland.
As well as being driven by our purpose we are also guided by our Values: Brave, Caring, Inclusive, Vibrant and Curious. Standing up and being counted matters to us, as does supporting each other, including everyone, being engaging and always looking for ways to improve.
THE CUSTOMER & CAUSE DIRECTORATE
A key directorate at the Trust is Customer & Cause which comprises a team or circa 40 people, supported by a strong set of external agency partners.
We are here to inspire more people to visit, join and donate to the Trust. We do this by managing marketing, communications, digital, social media and fundraising activity for the charity.
We manage the membership experience and our proud to look after over a third-of-a-million members who help support our vital conservation work as well as experience the best of Scotland by being a member of the Trust.
The directorate works closely with our regional colleagues at our properties and outdoor places to support them in their activities. This work includes ensuring that the uniqueness of each place is well communicated as well as being presented in the context of the wider Trust brand and messaging.
The directorate is formally based at the Trust’s HQ in Edinburgh but the nature of most of our roles lend themselves to working flexibly in terms of location, and affords ongoing opportunities to experience properties and places on a regular basis.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Café Supervisor to join our expanding team based in Pitlochry.

We are looking for a team player who will ensure the smooth running of the Cafe. You’ll oversee the-day-day supervision of the Cafe team, ensuring a world-class service is delivered to our customers at all times.

Brand Home Lead Guide

Clynelish Visitor Centre, Brora

Permanent, Full-Time – Annualised Hours  

Closing Date – 24th April 2022

About Us 

This is a chance to be involved in an ambitious and truly one-of-a-kind team where our aim is to create remarkable and unforgettable experiences across each and every one of our venues across Scotland. Our Malt Brand Homes will take visitors on an immersive, multi-sensory journey through the flavours of Scotland, sharing our love for Scotch with a new generation of whisky drinkers. Visitors will lose themselves in the journey whisky-making in our experiences and make purchases from our fantastic retail offerings. We want our guests to embrace every minute with us and feel the same way we do about our heritage. Being part of Diageo means being a torchbearer for our brands and making them even better for the next generation. It’s a career-defining responsibility. If you have a genuine passion for our craft, our character and our products, help us continue the story and build a great career in the process. 

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. 


About the Role 

We have an outstanding opportunity to join our dedicated team at our Clynelish Visitor Center as a Brand Home Lead Guide.

As a Brand Home Lead Guide, you’ll be vital to the day-to-day management of the Brand Home, organising tours and allocating them to your team. You’ll provide vital support to the Management team with all operational activities relating to the experiential, bar and retail offerings.

Our Brand Homes showcase to the public who we are and what we do. You’ll be responsible for driving the performance of the Brand Home and ensure that the team deliver extraordinary standards of customer service and outstanding and memorable visitor experiences.

You’ll provide daily support and supervision of the Brand Home Guides and agency staff, including scheduling, monitoring and recording of working hours, supporting new and ongoing training to the team as well as ensuring ongoing personal development and the reporting of team performance and targets.

Our retail area holds our impressive range of Scotch and you’ll play a key role in supporting the Management team with retail strategy and visual merchandising management. You’ll also help with the planning and the implementation of special events throughout the year. Not only will you support the Assistant Managers in event strategy, but you will be vital in building community engagement and the delivery of the Brand Home sustainability ambition.

Please note that roles might be available on a full-time/part-time and permanent/6 month fixed-term contract basis and are comprised of annualised hours. This means that during peak tourist season you may work full-time hours (circa 38 hours per week) and accordingly will work fewer hours throughout the rest of the year e.g. November to March. Annual salary is paid in 12 equal monthly instalments.

About You

We’re looking for people with character: driven, resilient and open-minded. Are you passionate about customer service and driving excellence within your team? We certainly hope so!

We’re looking for someone with experience leading elite teams whilst ensuring excellent customer service standards are adhered to at all times. You’ll value the importance of working in a team and demonstrate the ability to build strong working relationships with customers as well as key partners.

You’ll be eager to lead projects and put forward your own ideas to sustain and improve the business ensuring direct contribution to the performance of the Brand Home.

You’ll be experienced working towards targets and have the strive to achieve vital targets whilst subsequently leading the team every day to work towards these targets.

You’ll be flexible as the role requires both evening and weekend work throughout the year and this will be planned in advance. It’d be excellent if you had an understanding of Microsoft office or similar applications however this is not crucial

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity. We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the outstanding contribution each person brings.

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.

CHARACTER IS EVERYTHING

Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Clynelish Visitors Centre, Brora

Worker Type :

Regular
Primary Location:

Clynelish Visitors Centre

Contract Type: Casual
Salary: £9.90 per hour (plus enhancements for weekend/evening working)
Work Location: Kirkcaldy
Reference No: ON000368

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.

Requirements

We are looking for flexible team members for casual catering and bars assistant roles for our venues in the Fife area. The roles will include regular weekend and evening work.

The Individual

This is the perfect opportunity for you if you have drive, passion and are interested in developing your catering, bar and hospitality skills and knowledge in a variety of catering venues. You should enjoy working with the general public, providing excellent customer service naturally.
You will have similar experience in a catering / bar environment and the ability to assist with food preparation, production of both alcohol and non alcohol beverages and service of products. In return we offer a fantastic package which includes unsociable working enhancement payments, pension package and a competitive hourly rate.
Over 18 only due to the preparation and service of alcohol.
Own transport would be beneficial.

How to Apply

When you’re ready to apply, please download and complete our Application Form from our website, and return this along with a completed Equal Opportunities Form to recruitment.fct@onfife.com

There is no closing date for this role. Applications will be assessed regularly and interviews conducted as required.

OnFife is an equal opportunities employer.We are proud to support the Armed Forces community and are committed to the Armed Forces Covenant.

Job Reference: ON000365

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.

As an employer, 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 Roles

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Management team within our Venues throughout OnFife.
As this is a casual role your days and hours of working will flex to meet the business needs, and this will include weekend and evening work across our venues throughout Fife.
You’ll work as part of a team responsible for the safe operation, building and the management of all staff associated with the delivery of events.

About You

You will have previous experience in a similar role and the desire to provide an excellent customer experience.
Excellent communication skills are essential with an awareness of health and safety issues being desirable.

Flexibility will be required and access to transport is necessary, as there will be travel throughout the region to provide cover at all venues in OnFife.

How to Apply

To apply, please download and complete our Application Form from our website, and return this along with a completed Equal Opportunities Form to recruitment.fct@onfife.com

There is no closing date for this role. Applications will be assessed regularly and interviews conducted as required.

OnFife is an equal opportunities employer.

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

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.

The Kitchen at Restoration Yard is a gorgeous restaurant in the stableyard area of Dalkeith Country Park, a beautiful 1,000 acre space owned by the Duke of Buccleuch. The team ensure that every guest receives a friendly welcome and the highest standard of service.

We are looking for a F&B Assistant / Waiter to work in our fast-paced restaurant. In this role you will be responsible for a busy section of the restaurant helping to ensure a smooth and controlled dining experience for our guests. You will be confident and able to work independently with the ability to communicate effectively with the kitchen and management team.

• Do you have experience of handling a busy section?
• Can you demonstrate a passion for customer service?
• Are you able to thrive in a fast-paced environment?

If you want the opportunity to develop while working in a fun environment with like-minded people, then we want to hear from you!

As a daytime operation we offer sociable hours to fit around your other commitments – weekend working is essential to cover our busiest times. We have a variety of full and part time shifts available depending on your availability.

Interested? Please email a copy of your CV and covering letter to recruitment@buccleuch.com.

The closing date for applications is 2 May

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Are you tired of anti-social hours? At Restoration Yard we have an opportunity in our daytime operation for a Chef de Partie who wants to achieve a better work-life balance.

You will be part of a team that create memorable moments whether our guests are with us for a spot of lunch, coffee & cake, or celebrating their wedding day. Our offering consists of a 100-seat restaurant with an additional 80 outdoor covers.

As an experienced Chef de Partie with the ability to manage one or more sections, you will support the team in general day to day running of the kitchen, maintaining cleanliness standards and ensuring that our dishes exceed customers’ expectations.

Why work for us?
While regular weekend working and the occasional evening for weddings & events is required, as a daytime operation we offer sociable hours to fit around your life. We care about our people and their wellbeing and are happy to consider a three- or four-day week if that is your preference.

Dalkeith Country Park, an outstanding visitor attraction, is a truly special place. On the outskirts of Edinburgh set in a beautiful 1,000-acre estate you will discover our gorgeous courtyard which is home to The Kitchen, a stylish and contemporary eating experience; The Larder, for take away food and drinks, as well as various other food outlets which are open throughout the year.

Interested? Please email a copy of your CV and covering letter to our Head Chef at recruitment@buccleuch.com.

The closing date for applications is 2 May

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The Kitchen at Restoration Yard is a gorgeous restaurant in the stableyard area of Dalkeith Country Park, set in a beautiful 1,000 acre country estate. In addition to our restaurant we offer a delicious take-away menu from ‘The Larder’.

In this supervisory role you’ll help create a friendly, welcoming atmosphere to exceed guest expectations, ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness, safety and compliance with licensing law/cash handling procedures. As The Kitchen, together with the stunning historic Orangerie and backdrop of the Park, is a popular venue for weddings and events, the successful candidate will assist with running evening functions.

• Do you want to work for a mostly daytime hospitality operation and enjoy a healthier work-life balance?
• Are you an experienced supervisor who can support and motivate others in the team?
• Are you hardworking, friendly and professional?

If you’ve got the drive to continue developing your career in hospitality, are passionate about customer service and want to work in a fun environment with like-minded people, we want to hear from you!

Interested? Please email a copy of your CV and covering letter to Gillian Heath our Food & Beverage Manager at recruitment@buccleuch.com.

The closing date for applications is 2 May

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Operations Manager

Part of Visitor Centres Limited, the company that also runs Camera Obscura and World of Illusions, Edinburgh; Inveraray Jail, Argyll; and tourism publishing division, Landmark Press, Landmark Forest Adventure Park is unique in terms of what it offers the public as a great day out.

Fun, discovery and adventure underly the ethos of the attraction and are at the heart of the operation. After its first fifty years of growth, the park is still continually developing, growing and looking for new ways of entertaining and challenging our guests. The Operations Manager plays a pivotal role in that – is this for you?

We are looking for an experienced Operations Manager to join our ‘Head of Departments’ Team. This is a core role for the Park. Wide ranging – it involves every aspect of the running of the department with additional input to the Park development and strategic direction.

Primarily, the Operations Manager must ensure the efficient and safe operation and staffing of all of the attractions in the Park, the maintenance, care and upkeep of all areas and take a lead in the management of Health and Safety for the park. In conjunction with the General Manager and Directors – all aspects of new builds and projects, from concept to delivery are also part of the remit.

You will have direct responsibility for the Operations Team, which numbers around 14 in winter and 35 in summer. Deputising for the General Manager and representing the Park in certain circumstances is also required.

Previous experience of expertly running a comparable department in a similar adventure park, theme park or major attraction environment is highly desirable, although consideration might be given to parallel, but directly transferrable, career experience in other sectors.

This is a full time permanent salaried post with normal working hours of 40 hours over five days out of seven. Applicants should be able to take part in rostered seven-day cover as part of a management presence during the busy summer season if required.

First aid qualification and experience are an advantage or, if not, training, qualifying and participating in FA provision will be required.

As well as a fun and friendly work environment, we offer an excellent package including a Workplace Pension Scheme, Company Sick Pay Scheme, Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service cover of four times annual earnings. There is a discretionary annual bonus. Some relocation expenses may be considered.

Please visit https://www.landmarkpark.co.uk/operations-manager/.

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

This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join us as a Supervisor within one of our flagship venues, Kirkcaldy Galleries. As part of a small management team, the post holder will support the Venue Manager in the effective delivery of customer and visitor services within the venue. You will be a key figure, responsible for the promotion of all services within Kirkcaldy Galleries, and responsible for aspects of people management for your team. You’ll have responsibility for administrative, budgetary and financial tasks along with ensuring all working and public areas are kept safe, and all our collections are secure. As a member of our Operations Management Team, you’ll work closely with various teams across OnFife to maintain and improve our customer experience. This is a full time post, and your days and hours of working will flex to meet the business needs and this will include weekend and evening working.

About You

You’ll be an experienced people manager who loves a challenge, excels at building strong relationships and has a passion for providing excellent customer service, ideally within a visitor/customer facing venue. You’ll also have strong IT skills along with an understanding of Health & Safety in the workplace.

How to Apply

If you would like to find out more information about this role before applying, you can contact Helen Stevenson, Venue Manager for an informal chat. Please email helen.stevenson@onifife.com
to arrange this.
When you’re ready to apply, please download and complete our Application Form, and return this along with a completed Equal Opportunities Form to recruitment.fct@onfife.com

OnFife is an equal opportunities employer.

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

The closing date for applications is 12pm on Monday 25 April 2022

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 11 May 2022

As part of a team responsible for building the profile of National Museums Scotland through media and digital channels, you will drive visits to our four national museums and our website through the delivery of specific media relations and communication campaigns. You will do this through creating compelling media materials, events and
photo opportunities, filming facilitation and managing external agencies working on our behalf. Targeting a range of media and developing partnerships which extend reach will form part of your remit as will responding to media enquiries.

Educated to degree level (or equivalent) you will have knowledge of applied and strategic media relations and best practice in the world of media relations and communications. It is vital that you have significant relevant practical experience in the field which includes creating compelling media materials and statements, managing
sensitive media and communications issues, and acting as a spokesperson, preferably gained within a cultural setting.