Full Time

This role involves working closely with the Distillery Director, Whisky Maker and Production team, to maximise the efficient operation of a busy single malt distillery, whilst creating a quality spirit for maturation.

Whilst managing a small multi skilled team, the Assistant Distillery Manager will be expected to encourage a culture of continuous improvements and forward thinking, whilst respecting The Glenturret’s values and heritage.

Being a small but busy distillery, the Assistant Distillery Manager will be expected to step in and be hands on when required.

Key Responsibilities include:
• Oversee the production of NMS
• Efficiently oversee production to produce quality spirit
• Oversee the ordering of malt / yeast and other items as required
• Oversee the removal of distillery waste and co-products
• Work closely with the Whisky Maker to ensure there is always a supply of quality casks to meet production demands
• Line manager for the Production team, including coaching, mentoring and shift scheduling
• Comply with H & S, HMRC, Environmental, food safety, feed safety and Legionella legislation
• Complete documentation as required for reporting, including procedures, work instructions and RA’s
• Ensure calibrations of equipment are in place
• Assist in managing warehouses to minimise losses and maximise vacuity
• Work closely with the Distillery Director and Facilities Manager to facilitate PPM and breakdowns, to ensure there is minimum disruption to the process
• Be part of the on-call rota
• Manage production operations to produce spirit of the highest quality at the lowest possible cost, whilst minimising waste
• Assist to manage warehousing operations at lowest possible cost whilst keeping losses to a minimum
• Lead, coach and develop the Glenturret Production team
• Identify and propose improvements in all aspects of production in keeping with a continuous improvement culture
• Assist to manage site security
• Responsibility to be fully conversant with all Glenturret quality, environmental, health & safety, HMRC, HACCP & feed safety procedures, ensuring that all activities under your control are conducted in accordance with these requirements.
• Make technical decisions on a regular basis. E.g. alter production programme to accommodate new malt, schedule challenges, breakdown’s etc.
• Carry out structured and open team meetings

Assistant Compliance Manager
Dalwhinnie Visitor Centre
Permanent – Full Time

The successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the full Brand Home operations which include; experience, retail, F&B and ensuring compliance. You will be expected to run overall operations, leading by example, and prioritising time on the shop floor. Leading the team to deliver world class service.

This role will require weekend, evening and on-call work, with opening and closing responsibilities. The post-holder will be based within 30 minutes from the Visitor Centre for on-call purposes.

Your responsibilities:

• Duty Management for Brand Home and distillery operations as required (full training provided)
• Lead and drive the risk compliance agenda across the Brand Home/s, lead and advocate good governance to ensure that all health, safety, and environment targets are met by driving site compliance with all legislation and internal Company Standards.
• To ensure zero additional costs to site through non-compliance, and (in line with Diageo’s code of conduct) to source the most financially viable option when identifying suppliers of materials/training.
• Managing all contractor administration and management on site Inc. Supplier tendering, contractor inductions & scheduling of works. Support with assessing suitability of Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS). Challenging where submitted RAMS had not met Diageo standards.
• Using bespoke systems including SAP, Entropy, EQMS & Enablon to record data and source vital information.
• Onsite point of contact with operations team, attend Distillery risk and PCC meetings as required,
• Responsible for carrying our task based risk assessments, and creating and reviewing work instructions

Qualifications and experience required:

• 3+ years’ experience in a compliance function within hospitality, food & beverage, retail, spirits/wine and/or a relevant industry
• 2+ years’ experience in a management/leadership/supervisory role
• Knowledge of Whisky is desirable
• Be familiar with sales protocols and customer service procedures
• Experience of contract and facilities management
• Strong understanding of Health and Safety
• Possesses or willing to work towards achieving NEBOSH and all internal health and safety training
• Be guided by a customer-first attitude ability to understand and interpret consumer insights
• Must be analytical, and possess good knowledge of budgeting processes and performance indicators management
• Strong desire to learn more about the whisky story, brand, and its characteristics
• Must be flexible with work schedule including weekends, holidays, and evenings

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. 

Dalwhinnie is an iconic visitor centre providing extraordinary visitor experiences to all our visitors from around the globe.  We captivate and educate our guests whilst leading them throughout our full-sensory interactive tour and tasting experiences. Our people are making history every day and act as true ambassadors for this inspiring brand.  

Feel inspired? Then we may have the opportunity for you. 

Create a future worth celebrating with us!

Assistant Retail Manager

Location: Glen Ord Visitor Centre, Muir of Ord

Type: Permanent, Full-time

Closing date: 10th March 2024

The post holder is an integral role responsible for managing both the Front of House and Back of House retail operations whilst ensuring world class service is delivered and operational excellence is achieved.

You will be responsible for:

Daily management of all operational activities; retail, experience, and F&B offerings
Ensure compliance in accordance with Diageo’s global standards and policies
Ensuring excellent customer service standards are adhered to; escalation point for resolving customer issues as required
Coach, develop and mentor experienced operations team with clear purpose, personal accountability, and well-defined performance goals and processes
Identify individual team members’ strengths and create developmental plans to prepare all for future growth.
Lead the implementation of new operational procedures and/or systems
Directly contribute to Malt Brand Home performance with a detailed understanding of KIP’s and levers required to deliver.
Responsible for implementing the Retail Strategy
Priorities time on the shop floor; coaching and developing the team; and leading by example
Key holder, personal license holder and premise manager as required Recruitment & onboarding of staff
Direct line management responsibilities

This role will require weekend and evening work, with opening and closing responsibilities.

Following training completion, this role will involve on-call duties as part of the duty management team rota covering both the Brand Home and Distillery. When on-call you will be required to be within driving distance of the site to attend call outs .

To be successful in this role:

2+ years’ experience in a management/leadership/supervisory role
Strong desire to learn more about the whisky story, brand, and its characteristics
Be familiar with sales protocols and customer service procedures
Strong understanding and experience of inventory management
Be guided by a customer-first mindset; ability to understand and interpret consumer insights
Must be analytical, and possess good knowledge of budgeting processes and KPI management
Proven track record of achieving operational KPI, revenue, and profit targets
Proven experience managing teams and business units; be a true leader, acting as a role model for the team
Excellent communicator, both verbal and written, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization
Results driven, with a desire to work in a fast-paced environment
Must have ability to prioritize and plan work activities in a timely and efficient manner
Ability to adapt to changes in the work environment, manage multiple work demands, and adjust to delays and unexpected events
Possess strong computer literacy skills
Proficient in Microsoft applications
Working with Us

Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including:

Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
Contributory pension scheme
Competitive annual bonus (dependent on performance)
Generous holiday allowance
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 the business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

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. 

Singleton is an iconic visitor centre that provides extraordinary visitor experiences to all our visitors from around the globe.  We captivate and educate our guests whilst leading them throughout our full-sensory interactive tour and tasting experiences. Our people are making history every day and act as true ambassadors for this inspiring brand.  

Feel inspired? Then we may have the opportunity for you. 

Use your skills and experience to save endangered species from extinction and improve people’s lives through closer connections with nature. Join our small but highly successful fundraising team based in the heart of Edinburgh Zoo and you’ll have an amazing opportunity to make an impact on conservation in Scotland and around the world!

About the charity

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland is a wildlife conservation charity with a vision of a world where nature is protected, valued and loved. Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park are our gateways to the natural world where people can experience nature and learn how to protect it.

Our 2030 strategy includes three ambitious pledges: to reverse the decline of 50 species; to create deeper connections with nature for more than one million people; and to enable more than 100 communities to better connect nature. More information on RZSS can be found at rzss.org.uk

About the role

Grant funding is vital to the delivery of RZSS’s ambitious strategy and the Grants Manager is a senior role in our small fundraising team. Working with the Head of Fundraising and colleagues across RZSS, the post-holder will generate high value grants to support a wide range of inspiring and innovative projects to care for endangered animals in Scotland and conserve them in the wild, whilst also helping diverse communities to realise the benefits of being close to nature.

This hugely varied role will include responsibility for managing relationships with existing major funders, increasing the volume and success of proposals and applications, managing reports and grant claims as well as identifying new funders and avenues for income generation.

The fundraising team are based in Edinburgh Zoo and this can be a hybrid role.

Some of the things you’ll do

* Contribute to and support the implementation and delivery of the fundraising strategy and annual fundraising plans to meet agreed individual and team targets.
* Manage the RZSS grants programme to support our strategy and business plans, including identifying opportunities as well as setting and monitoring targets/budgets.
* Generate annual income in the range of £1m+ to support national and international conservation and engagement initiatives
* Account manage and enhance relationships with current major funders (£100k – £3m) and deliver first-class stewardship, including organising site visits and events.
* Work on exceptionally large or complex fundraising projects, including defining projects and writing compelling proposals.
* Build and maintain a pipeline of UK and global charitable trusts, foundations and major funders through on-going research and horizon-scanning.
* Identify and deliver opportunities to promote RZSS as a world class visitor attraction and gateway to nature, and position RZSS amongst major funders as an international leader in conservation and science.

What we are looking for

* Extensive knowledge of grants management and stewardship principles.
* Extensive experience from working in a busy fundraising environment, with a proven track record of generating five and six figure grants.
* Excellent communication skills and ability to write compelling and persuasive grant application and reports.
* Ability to build and maintain effective relationships and communicate confidently with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
* Experience of researching and managing donor information, including managing trust records on a CRM database and building prospect lists.

What you’ll get in return

• Starting salary between £44,259 – £45,498 (offer based on experience) with future salary progression up to £50,844 per annum
• 37.5hr working week
• 34 days annual leave (pro rata)
• Discount in both retail/catering
• Access to a healthcare plan
• Employer contributory pension scheme
• You will receive a staff membership which will give you (and family/friends) free (and discounted) entry to both the Highland Wildlife Park and Edinburgh Zoo as well as a number of other Zoo’s across the UK.

Shortlisting of applications and interviews for this position will take place while the advert is live; the advert will close once a successful candidate has been found. Interested candidates are therefore encouraged to submit applications as quickly as possible.

Please see the role profile for further information about this post and essential/desirable criteria.

RZSS offers a range of amazing benefits which can be found at https://www.rzss.org.uk/about-rzss/staff-benefits/’

Full-time, fixed term to June 2027, based in Edinburgh
Starting salary £45,268 to £50,485, plus civil service pension and other benefits

Edinburgh Biomes is the most exciting and visionary project being undertaken by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) since its relocation to its fourth site at Inverleith in 1820. The project aims to conserve plant life for generations to come.
Edinburgh Biomes is central to RBGE’s response to the twin challenges of the biodiversity crisis and climate emergency. In a world where 40% of plant species are estimated to be under threat, our mission has never been more urgent.

The project will protect global plant science and conservation through the restoration of the Garden’s A-listed historic Palm Houses, modernist Front Range and research houses. It will also provide new facilities for cutting edge plant science, accelerating RBGE’s research into plant pests and pathogens.

Edinburgh Biomes has now reached the construction stage, and we are looking to recruit an experienced project manager to support in its delivery. Reporting into our Head of Edinburgh Biomes Programme, you will work with internal colleagues, external consultants, contractors, and partners to support and co-ordinate the delivery of the programme works using construction management tools and techniques.

This is a key post in the project team and will be critical to its success. Applicants should have demonstrable professional and technical experience in design, construction, procurement and project management, and a record of delivering a range of planning and successfully implementing major capital projects.

Full application details are available on our Vacancies page: https://www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/working-with-us/vacancies/.

We will require:
• your CV
• a covering letter outlining the skills, knowledge and experience you’d bring to the post
• a completed equal opportunities questionnaire

Informal enquiries on the role can be addressed to Claire Monk at cmonk@rbge.org.uk

Closing date: Midday (GMT) Monday, 11 March 2024
Interview date: Expected Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Recruitment Information: Recruitment Brochure can be downloaded below
Project Information: https://www.rbge.org.uk/news/edinburgh-biomes

If you haven’t heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume your application hasn’t been successful on this occasion. No recruitment agencies please.