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Starting salary: £27,519
Contract type: Permanent
Grade: 2
Location: Fort George
Working Hours: Full Time – 1932hrs (annualised hours)
Interviews: w/c 22nd September 2025

Thank you for your interest in the Painter position with Historic Environment Scotland at Fort George, Inverness-shire. This permanent and pensionable appointment offers a diverse working environment where no two days are the same.

Your role involves planning, organising, and delivering painting and decorating repairs at Fort George and other HES sites in the scenic Highland region. From recoating sash and case windows to working on conservation projects to restore decorative coats of arms, there’s a wide range of tasks that you can do. You’ll closely collaborate with our team of joiners, as painting often follows their completed joinery work. Join us and be a part of preserving and beautifying these historic sites!

For more information about the post and information about the team, please access the full job description Painter New JD.pdf for this post. Please note that if you don’t have Office 365 installed on your device, this can be opened using your browser.

Benefits of joining us at Historic Environment Scotland

Enrolment onto a Civil Service Pension scheme – 28% employer contribution
25 days annual leave, pro-rata (increasing to 30 days after 3 years) + 11.5 public holidays
Reimbursement for relevant professional subscriptions
Support for further education and personal development
Study leave for work related courses
Flexible working hours (where appropriate)
Free entry to all of our properties (with up to three guests)
Free entry to English Heritage, Manx and Cadw properties
Key Responsibilities of this role

To carry out conservation and routine maintenance painting works to HES monuments in the Fort George District area. This will involve a variety of different forms of traditional stonemasonry including:

• To perform conservation and regular maintenance on HES monuments in the Fort George area. This includes traditional painting upkeep for Fort George and historic sites across the Highland district.
• To work within the painting team to fulfil the painting work program at Fort George.
• Provide training and mentorship for apprentices in traditional painting skills.
• Comply with and promote HES Health and Safety Policy.
• Throughout your employment with HES you will be required to attend training courses identified to assist the work, or to comply with health and safety legislation (this may require overnight stays away from home which will be expensed by HES).

Application Deadline: Wednesday 10/09/2025