Full Time

Administrative Assistant

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

Collections Technician

Located in the Museum’s Collections Care team, this full time, permanent post plays a central role in the delivery of a comprehensive and unified programme of collections care across all National Museums Scotland sites.

Collections Technicians deliver efficient handling and movement of collections in support of the Museum’s programme of displays, exhibitions, loans and effective collection storage as well as object cleaning for collections on display and in store. The Museum’s diverse and extensive collection means technicians work with a huge variety of objects ranging from ceramics to aircraft.

Possessing strong technical skills and manual dexterity to ensure collections are moved, cleaned, stored and cared for safely and effectively, Collections Technicians are experienced in collections information standards and health & safety procedures; they possess effective communication skills to facilitate good working relationships with colleagues from across the museum directorate.

Security Officer (Night Shift)

£11 per hour plus excellent benefits

We are looking for a professional and customer focussed Security Officer to ensure the highest level of protection of our company assets and our people. You will work on a 4 days on, 4 days off basis from 7pm to 7am with average hours of 39 per week.

• Can you demonstrate excellent communication and teamworking skills?
• Are you a competent IT user with an understanding of security technology?
• Do you have experience in the security industry with an SIA front line and CCTV licence?

If the answer is yes, and you hold a full UK driving licence, then we would love to hear from you.

Dalkeith Country Park is a truly special place. Just a few miles from Edinburgh, it’s home to Fort Douglas adventure playground and Restoration Yard, set in a beautiful 1,000-acre country estate. With over 300 years of history, a 700-year-old oak wood and miles of waymarked trails, visitors can enjoy exploring the park before a delicious meal in our restaurant, The Kitchen, or a browse around our wonderfully eclectic retail store. You’ll also find our Wellbeing Lab offering yoga and fitness classes.

Interested? To apply, please email your CV and covering letter to recruitment@dalkeithcountrypark.co.uk.

The closing date for applications is 13 May.

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Security Officer (Day Shift)

£11 per hour plus excellent benefits

If the answer is yes, and you hold a full UK driving licence, then we would love to hear from you.

Interested? To apply, please email your CV and covering letter to recruitment@dalkeithcountrypark.co.uk.

The closing date for applications is 22 April.

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Marketing & Communications Officer Fixed Term

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
FULL TIME, FIXED TERM 18 MONTHS (BAND 5)
Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who thrives on creating audience-focused and engaging marketing and communications content. The ideal candidate will be creative, highly organised and keen to play a key role in a major capital project to deliver a suite of new spaces for the National Galleries of Scotland’s renowned collection of Scottish art.

The Scottish National Gallery Project is transforming the way Scottish art will be shown in our galleries and experienced by our visitors. New exhibition spaces directly accessible from Princes Street Gardens will provide a light-filled new home for the Galleries’ unrivalled collection of Scottish art, raising its profile for visitors from all over the world.

The first phase of the Scottish National Gallery Project was completed in 2019. This included a new entrance area in East Princes Street Gardens, a new café, refurbished restaurant and shop, an extensive sandstone terrace, and new landscaping and paths to improve access to the gardens and the Galleries. Work is now focused on delivering the stunning new gallery spaces where the artwork will be displayed.

This role will play a key part in helping devise and deliver on the marketing and communications plans for the project as it moves toward completion. Work will include media relations, creating social media content and marketing collateral, assisting with a wayfinding strategy for the new galleries and devising internal communications approaches and content. The post holder will also provide rota cover for the NGS press office, responding to enquires and arranging visits for media across all NGS sites.

Visitor Centre Manager

Bladnoch Distillery is looking for the new face of our award winning Visitor Centre Experience. Incorporating one of the region’s top tourist attractions, with daily tours of Scotland’s oldest independent distillery, a warm and inviting café, and the distillery gallery and retail shop, this unique role will reward an ambitious hospitality superstar looking to make their mark in the dynamic Scotch Whisky Industry.

If you have experience in welcoming thousands of visitors every year and inspiring a team to ensure five-star guest feedback from everyone, we want to hear from you.

This role manages a team that varies seasonally between five and fifteen people, working across the tours, F&B and retail environments (including e-commerce). You will be managing a P&L for your department, be responsible for recruitment and training for the team, and ensure the wellbeing of all guests on site – this is a critical role in our business as you will leave a lasting impression of our whisky and our brand in the minds of every guest who steps through our gates.

Using your skills in forming strong relationships, you will be engaging with the local community in the South West of Scotland to be sure that a visit to Bladnoch is on the itinerary of every visitor to the region. You will also identify complementary brands to partner with and share the best regional produce with guests.

A passion for whisky would be an advantage, though we will provide in-depth training to the successful candidate. Knowledge of a second language would be beneficial. Experience in Health and Safety procedures will also be highly regarded, as Bladnoch is a working distillery. The role is based full time at our site in the South West of Scotland in the beautiful Dumfries and Galloway region. Relocation Assistance will be provided, along with a competitive salary, generous product allowance, and bonus structure.

Actors and Actresses to conduct Walking Tours

We are looking for actors and actresses to deliver Historical/Cultural/Haunted 1700’s Underground/Graveyard Tours in Edinburgh’s Old and New Town.

A flair for Drama interspersed with humour is essential, along with clear spoken English. Must reside in Edinburgh. Earnings from £11-00ph to £16-00ph, plus bonus and tips, along with flexible hours. Full or part time hours available.

Must be able to work during weekends, public holidays and Edinburgh Fringe 2022.

Please send in your C.V., both Acting and Academic, along with a current headshot and any references to ian@auldreekietours.com

We are a 4* Visit Scotland Attraction, and trade all year round, and an Edinburgh Fringe Venue in August 2022. Our various walking tours cover Old and New Town, Greyfriars Cemetery, Edinburgh’s Largest Network of 1700’s Haunted Underground Vaults, featuring a Wiccan Temple, Legendary Haunted Vault, Cursed Stone Circle Vault, Merchant’s Trading Vault and a Medieval Torture Exhibition.

Event Sales Co-Ordinator

Fixed-term post to March 2024

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is one of the world’s top four botanic gardens based on the quality, breadth and depth of our science, plant collections, public engagement and education. The Botanics Trading Company (BTC) is our wholly owned subsidiary and manages all our trading activity, including all our retail and catering offers, with profits being gift-aided back to RBGE.

This is a new exciting role sitting within the wider Commercial Sales Team of BTC, an innovative and proactive team targeted with maximising income generation and delivering new business.

The Event Sales Co-ordinator post is focussed on proactively supporting the current team to increase our event sales business and other commercial opportunities both in the corporate market along with supporting internal and partnership events and some work with the private event sector.

A proactive can do attitude is an essential part of this role with applicants having previous experience of working in a fast paced event sales environment. Excellent communication skills and attention to detail are essential, along with flexibility and the drive and hunger to support the team to win business along with contributing themselves to sales.

A full job description and person specification for the role can be found on our website.

Interested candidates should send a CV and covering letter outlining the skills and experience you could bring to the post to recruitment@rbge.org.uk, along with a completed equal opportunities questionnaire from our website, by 12 Noon on Friday 24th June 2022.

Interviews will likely be held week commencing 4th July 2022

If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.

No recruitment agencies please.

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Botanics Trading Company are committed to providing a fair and equitable working environment and supporting a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to these posts. We have a range of initiatives to promote diversity and inclusivity, including flexible working for staff with, for example, parenting and carer responsibilities, and proactive celebration of diversity among our staff, students and volunteers. RBGE holds an Athena SWAN Research Institute Bronze Award in acknowledgement of our commitment to the advancement of gender equality.

Stock Controller

BOTANICS TRADING COMPANY LTD

Stock Controller

Full Time position based in Edinburgh (37 hrs. excluding meal breaks)

Starting salary £20,753 (Monday to Friday)

The Botanics Trading Company Ltd (BTC) seeks to appoint a full-time Retail Stock Controller based at the Botanics Shop situated in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Applicants must have past stock control experience in a busy retail environment or comparable setting. Candidates should possess strong and confident communication skills, the ability to work closely with the retail teams both in Edinburgh and at our regional gardens as well as with RBGE staff and external suppliers. Applicants should be well organized and able to prioritise tasks and resolve stock issues, in order to maximize sales and achieve budgeted targets.

A full job description and person specification which outlines all of the essential and desirable criteria for this post can be downloaded from our website, www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/vacancies

Applications should be made by way of CV and a covering letter which outlines your experience and suitability for this post and should be sent to the HR Department at The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR or recruitment@rbge.org.uk by noon on Tuesday 19^th April 2022

If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been shortlisted.

No recruitment agencies please.

Science Communicator

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 Science Communicators to join the Science Operations Team to deliver activities and programmes to all our audiences (education, publican and corporate visitors) in a variety of venues, including our science mall exhibit galleries, planetarium, Newton flight Academy, and across Scotland as part of our touring GSC On Tour team.

Full job description is available to download at the bottom of this page.

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.

Head of Events

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 Head of Events to work across the organisation leading the initiation, development, planning, scheduling and assist in the delivery of an extensive programme of creative and innovative high quality events throughout the year (day and evenings) utilising all of our assets (including Science Mall, IMAX, Planetarium, Newton Flight Academy, Tower and external spaces) to achieve the following key aims:

– enhance and promote the delivery of our mission;
– raise its profile as a venue within the City and beyond;
– increase the size and diversity of its audience base; and
– generate increased financial returns.

We are looking for an experienced leader with project management and budgetary management skills along with commercial awareness and creative ability to lead on the extensive events programme which is expected to be a mixture of “in house” developed events and events initiated by third parties but hosted at Glasgow Science Centre.

You have excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively across the organisation, are inspired by our mission and have a passion for excellence and innovation aligning with our company values.

If this sounds like you then we would love you to get in touch!

Full job description is available to download at the bottom of this page.

APPLICATION DETAILS

Please visit the Jobs and Volunteering section of our website for further information about working at GSC and a link to an application form for this role.

We are equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Caretaker and Duty Manager

The Caretaker is central to ensuring efficient day-to-day running of Greyfriars Kirk. He is responsible for routine maintenance, setting up for services and Outreach events, cleaning and overseeing events as Duty Manager. The Caretaker will report directly to the Operations Manager.

Please see the file attached below for full job description and candidate specification.

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