Full Time

Brand Home Guide

Additional Job Description
Brand Home Guide

Caol Ila Visitor Centre

Full-Time – Permanent

Closing Date: 10th April 2022

About Us

This is a chance to be involved in a daring 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

This is an exciting opportunity to join the hardworking team at our Caol Ila Visitor Centre as a Brand Home Guide, due to open this Summer.
 
Being an integral part of the visitor centre team, as a Brand Home Guide, you’ll be required to deliver high standards of customer service and an outstanding and memorable visitor experience. Our tours are the opportunity for the public to learn who we are and what we do, you’ll be guiding them around our beautiful distillery representing the brand and Diageo using the full training provided.
 
You will assist with ticket sales and promoting our brand throughout the full experience. From warmly greeting our guests to providing advice and information on the offerings of our outstanding visitor experience.

Our impressive whisky bar holds many of our products, therefore shop duties and upselling products will be required alongside the merchandising of our other products in the retail area.

You’ll help with the planning and implementation of special events throughout the year.

Please note this role is a full-time contract comprised of 1983.6 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

Brands like Guinness and Johnnie Walker were created by the leading entrepreneurs of their age.  And their spirit is alive in our business every single day and you’ll see this nowhere better than in our Brand Home. 

Here you won’t just stand on the shoulders of giants.  You’ll take what they created and make it even better for those who come after you.  It’s a career-defining responsibility.

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

We’re looking for someone who values the importance of working in a team and being able to build strong working relationships with customers as well.

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 unique 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

Brand Home Lead Guide

Brand Home Lead Guide
Caol Ila Visitor Centre

Full-Time – Annualised Hours  

 

Closing Date – 10th 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 Caol Ila Visitor Center as a Brand Home Lead Guide, due to open this Summer.

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 Regional Brand Home Manager 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 are 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

Exhibitions Registrar Fixed Term

The functions of the Collections Management Department are to assist the Senior Management Team in the management of and accountability for the NGS collections; the management of all loans both to and from the Galleries; delivery of the NGS programme of exhibitions and displays; the maintenance and development of the automated collections management system and advising the Director General and Trustees on matters of policy and practice in the management of the collections.

As a member of a dedicated team of exhibitions registrars, the main purpose of this post is to facilitate the NGS programme of exhibitions and displays. These responsibilities call for relevant experience, including a firm grasp of the principles of exhibitions management, together with strong communication skills and a broad knowledge of the technical, financial, legal and international issues involved in the safe handling, transport and display of works of art. The postholder must have a flexible approach to the post and may sometimes be assigned to duties outwith normal working hours.

The post is based at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Modern One, within the Collections Management Department, and reports to the Lead Registrar – Exhibitions and Display

Park Ranger

£18,000 – £22,000 depending on experience

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.

As Park Ranger you will work as part of the Parks & Woodlands Team to ensure a positive visitor experience for all. The core responsibility of this role is to ensure that the park and grounds are maintained to a high standard while conserving the natural heritage of our beautiful country park. In addition, you will play a part in educating our visitors and the wider community.

While most of the Ranger’s work will focus on the grounds and woodlands of Dalkeith Country Park, there will also be involvement with wider activities in the park.

• Do you have a passion for the countryside and a drive to share your love of the outdoors?
• Can you demonstrate ground maintenance experience?
• Are you able to interact with a wide range of people with excellent communication and customer service skills?

Regular weekend working is required. Candidates should have a full driving licence and should be able to demonstrate risk awareness along with an understanding of safety in the workplace.

We will consider applications from candidates without relevant experience who are looking to embark on a new career – full training and support will be given to those who can demonstrate the drive to succeed and the enthusiasm to learn!

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

The closing date for applications is 8 April.

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Digital Marketing Assistant

£20,000 – £23,000 depending on experience

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.

As Digital Marketing Assistant you will join our Marketing team primarily focusing on social media working in a fast paced and busy environment. You will create content on Restoration Yard and Dalkeith Country Park’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, update and maintain the company websites, compose e-newsletters and update external promotional sites.

• Do you have a passion for all things social media and knowledge of WordPress, social media
platforms and e-newsletter systems?
• Can you demonstrate a creative flair with the ability to produce quality photography and
videography?
• Are you organised with excellent administration skills?

Candidates should be proficient with the Office 365 suite of packages. A formal marketing qualification or a minimum of two years’ experience in a similar role will be helpful.

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

The closing date is 8 April.

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Assistant Compliance Manager

Assistant Compliance Manager
Lagavulin and Caol Ila Visitor Centres
Permanent – Full Time

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. 

Lagavulin and Caol Ila are iconic visitor centres 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. 

About the Role

This truly is the dream job for someone looking to join an inspirational team to harness their passion for delivering outstanding and memorable experiences for customers. Part of the Management team comes with the responsibility of providing diligent and quality service to visitors and the team. You will lead the day-to-day management of the full Brand Home operations which include; experience, retail, F&B and ensuring compliance. You will be encouraged to run overall operations, leading by example, and prioritizing time on the shop floor in order to encourage the team to deliver world-class service.

You will be passionate about crafting outstanding and unforgettable customer experiences in the safest and most compliant environment and reporting on the delivery of key performance indicators.

The Assistant Compliance Manager is an integral role responsible for ensuring all Brand Home activities operate in a safe and compliant manner. You will be responsible for embedding safe systems of work and will lead the Brand Home compliance agenda with support from the central functions and the Regional Brand Home Manager. You will be the main onsite point of contact between the Distillery operations team and Brand Home teams, leading these relationships to build a one team culture and an effective working relationship.

As a member of the management team, you will be responsible for coaching, mentoring, and encouraging Brand Home Lead Guide and Guides and supporting with crafting focused development plans for the team.

The role holder will assist the Regional Brand Home Manager with all safety and compliance functions, facilities management, hosting external and internal auditors, contractor management, run risk agenda, liaise with Distillery operations team, attend site-based compliance meeting, handling training records, and overall support the Malt Brand Home operation.

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

About You

This is the perfect position for someone with experience in a compliance function within hospitality, food & beverage, retail, spirits/wine and/or a relevant industry. You’ll be an inspirational leader and empower others to work collaboratively with a positive and enthusiastic approach and the ability to develop, support, train and encourage the team to strive for the best and ensure that you are all set up for success.

With a strong understanding of leading and driving a risk compliance agenda 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.

You will have a proven track record of working at pace, responding to sales performance, handling multiple priorities and you are results driven with an attention to detail. You will be able to monitor and manage financial KPI’s and be able to implement and execute processes and procedures. Along with this you will be able to harness your expert knowledge within compliance operations, leading front of house teams and your strong stakeholder management skills as you will be collaboratively working with the Operations, Supply, Retail, Finance, and Leadership teams.

This role will have operational complexity and will require advocacy skills, with the ability to think analytically, independently, and strategically. Ideally you will have proven ability to develop strategy and fluently translate this into commercial and operational success.  You will be required to work multiple technology systems for rostering/planning/ticketing etc.

Full training will be provided for you, we just look for individuals who are either passionate or have a desire to become true brand ambassadors for our whisky portfolio.

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 unique 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:

Lagavulin Visitors Centre

Additional Locations :
Caol Ila Visitors Centre

Graduate Guest Experience Executive

Johnstons of Elgin have worked with the world’s finest natural, biodegradable fibres for 224 years. It takes time to create our luxurious, high-quality designs, and our products are made to last for more than a lifetime. We are committed to continually improving our sustainability and reducing our environmental footprint.

Our Elgin mill was established in 1797 and is the only remaining vertical mill in Scotland meaning we dye, spin, weave and finish everything on site. Elgin Mill is also the home of our main visitor attraction, comprising our retail store, restaurant, mill tours and events throughout the year. Awarded 5* grading by VisitScotland for over 20 years, our Elgin visitor attraction was also awarded Best Heritage Tourism Experience at the Highlands & Islands Tourism Awards in 2019.

We are now seeking to recruit for the newly created graduate role of Guest Experience Executive to continue supporting, promoting and overseeing an excellent guest experience on our site in Elgin. We have grown this side of our business in recent years to an all-year-round destination for local, domestic & international visitors, and now wish to further enhance our success in this area. Working closely with our Retail and Marketing teams you will continue to support our experience and explore new opportunities to attract visitors to our site.

Main Responsibilities will include:

Establishing relationships with internal and external stakeholders to drive forward footfall on site.
Developing our tours & events team to deliver world-class experiences on site through our tour program and events.
Identifying opportunities to improve the visitor experience on site such as new systems or procedures.
Co-ordinate all special guest/VIP activities on site.
Building and curating a program of year-round events on site in line with the company strategy.
Supporting our teams in our UK locations with attracting and developing experience opportunities.
Promoting the visitor attraction at local and national events.

About You:

Graduate degree in a tourism or related discipline
Experience of working as part of a team.
Strong interpersonal skills.
Excellent IT and administration skills.
A passion for creating world-class experiences for visitors.
Event planning experience is highly desirable.

As regular local and occasional UK travel is part of this role, a full driving license would be preferred.

Office Receptionist

Full time 5 days a week to include weekends and public Holidays.
You will also need: Previous experience
Accommodation and Booking Enquiries
To process accommodation bookings.
To update prices on super control.
To keep all letters and correspondence up to date.
To answer reviews on booking.com and Trip Advisor.
To answer phone calls for bookings and other enquiries.
To liaise with Housekeeping regarding accommodation issues.
To print Daily Housekeeping Reports.
To report maintenance issues.
To undertake guest check in and departures.
To deal with guest general enquiries onsite.
To keep accommodation welcome packs updated and current.

General Office Duties
To answer office emails.
To provide excellent guest and visitor service.
To take bookings across the business.
To sort incoming and outgoing mail.
To update websites and other company information sites.
To help with printing and laminating for other departments.
To update the filing system.

Team working
To ensure good time management and use of resources.

Catering Steward / Stewardess

Seasonal Job Opportunity Aboard Paddle Steamer Waverley

We are seeking to appoint up to 8 crew members to join our onboard catering team for Waverley’s 2022 season (May – October). The successful candidates will live aboard Waverley to work within the self-service restaurant, tea bar, galley and bars. You will strive to provide a high quality service to both passengers and crew.

This is an exciting opportunity to work aboard this unique vessel. We would welcome applicants who have experience in a similar role on other vessels. In return a competitive daily rate of pay will be offered.

Waverley is based on the Firth of Clyde but does operate in several areas around the UK. Crew will therefore have the opportunity to visit many ports in the course of the operating season.

Ideally Candidates will Possess:
Merchant Shipping STCW Certificates including:
1) Personal Survival Techniques (PST)
2) Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting (FPFF)
3) Elementary First Aid (EFA)
4) Security Awareness (SA)
5) Personal Safety and Social Responsibility (PSSR)

– ENG1 Medical issued by relevant UK Authority or recognised equivalent
– Right to work in the UK.

Waverley Excursions is willing to provide the necessary training, and meet the cost, for candidates with suitable experience in the hospitality industry to be awarded STCW and ENG 1 certificates.

The Role of Catering Steward / Stewardess

As a member of the catering crew on Waverley you will be focused on passengers and providing the best level of customer service. Daily duties involve storing the ship and preparing her for passenger service, serving in one of the onboard facilities while ensuring passenger areas are kept clean and tidy.

We would be willing to appoint a candidate who solely wishes to work in the galley.

How to Apply
If you are interested in applying for this position please send a CV with covering letter to info@waverleyexcursions.co.uk

Career Progression
Through working on Waverley you will gain valuable experience of working at sea which will allow you to apply to other ship operating companies. There are career progression opportunities within Waverley Excursions including Second Steward and Chief Steward.

Assistant Manager

Assistant Retail Manager

Blair Athol Visitor Centre

Permanent – Full Time

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. 

Blair Athol 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. 

About the Role

This truly is the dream job for someone looking to join an inspirational team to harness their passion for delivering extraordinary and memorable experiences for customers. Part of the Management team comes with the responsibility of providing attentive and quality service to visitors and the team. You will lead the day-to-day management of the full Brand Home operations which include; experience, retail, F&B and ensuring compliance. You will be encouraged to run overall operations, leading by example, and prioritizing time on the shop floor in order to encourage the team to deliver premier service.

This role will have a key focus on our retail operations, you will be passionate about ensuring that store operations are running smoothly, efficiently and to a world-class standard. You will be a motivating presence, creating a collaborative work environment and leading the team in terms of operational excellence, ensuring scheduling, deliveries, inventory, communications and compliance are maintained for the store.

You will assist the Regional Brand Home Manager with all on-site retail functions, including oversight of retail operations, staff scheduling, inventory and stock control, opening and closing, pivotal initiatives, systems guide, and overall support the Brand Home operation.

You will ensure the visitor experience operation is ran with excellence, providing strong and inspirational leadership while crafting an inclusive environment for your team to achieve set goals to ensure we are operating at an elite level. Ultimately, you will set the tone for customer engagement, encourage people to discover Scotch whisky, and promote responsible drinking. As a line manager you will be responsible for coaching, mentoring, and encouraging the Brand Home team and crafting focused development plans for your direct reports.

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

About You

This is the perfect position for a dedicated individual with experience in fast paced retail/hospitality environment and facilitating extraordinary customer experience through operational excellence. You will have a consistent record of customer service, delivery of targets and leading engaged and passionate teams. Interested in technology and retail innovation, you will have the ability to solve sophisticated problems in order to create unforgettable customer experiences.

You’ll be an inspirational leader and empower others to work collaboratively with a positive and enthusiastic approach and the ability to develop, support, train and encourage the team to strive for the best and ensure that you are all set up for success.

You will have a proven track record of working at pace, responding to sales performance, handling multiple priorities and you are results driven with an attention to detail. You will be able to monitor and manage financial KPI’s and be able to implement and execute processes and procedures. Along with this you will be able to harness your expert knowledge within operations, leading front of house teams and your strong stakeholder management skills as you will be collaboratively working with the Operations, Supply, Compliance, Finance, and Leadership teams.

This role will have operational complexity and will require advocacy skills, with the ability to think analytically, independently, and strategically. Ideally you will have proven ability to develop strategy and fluently translate this into commercial and operational success.  You will be required to work multiple technology systems for rostering/planning/ticketing etc.

Full training will be provided for you, we just look for individuals who are either passionate or have a desire to become true brand ambassadors for our whisky portfolio.

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 unique 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:

Blair Athol Visitors Centre

First Gardener

KEY PURPOSE

Arduaine needs a capable, motivated, and knowledgeable First Gardener to work closely with the Head Gardener and help lead a small, dedicated team of gardeners and volunteers in an exciting period of redevelopment and restoration for this garden and nationally important plant collection.

CONTEXT

Arduaine Garden was established in 1898 by Ethel and James Arthur Campbell and is renowned for its nationally important collection of Rhododendron species, many of which were collected at the beginning of the last century. Arduaine grows a broad range of plants from all around the world including many tender plants which thrive in the garden’s mild climate, influenced by warm Atlantic currents. The garden covers 20 acres, divided into two main areas, a semi formal garden of shrub beds, mixed borders, lawns and ponds and an informal woodland garden.
In 1971 the garden was acquired by nurserymen, Edmund and Harry Wright. The brothers greatly improved the infrastructure of the garden and added to the existing Rhododendron collection before donating the garden to the National Trust for Scotland in 1992.
The garden regularly attracts 15000 visitors a year, though it is temporarily closed to facilitate the completion of the Shelterbelt Restoration project and additional arboricultural work relating to the project.
The Shelterbelt Restoration Project at Arduaine is in its final year and 1000 mature Japanese Larch have been removed after an outbreak of Phytophthora ramorum. The felling stage is expected to be completed by the end of 2022 and site preparation is already underway for the restoration of the garden shelterbelt, after which the garden will be intensively redeveloped and replanted to improve Arduaine’s nationally important collection of Rhododendron’s and diverse botanical collection.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The Key Purposes of the job will be met by:
1. Ensuring the conservation and practical maintenance of the garden and policies – whether through delegation to other staff/volunteers, or personal participation – in terms of:
a. Practical horticulture (e.g. including managing trees and shrubs, herbaceous, pond plants and bulbs; turf care; pest/disease/weed control; composting and soil improvement; hard-landscaping and path care; soft landscaping and planting preparation; glasshouse care and plant propagation);
b. Garden Restoration/ Development (e.g planting and establishing newly introduced trees, shrubs and herbaceous; contributing to planning and design of new plantings and hard landscaping; processing of timber with training to use garden sawmill; use of pesticides to control regen for establishment of new plantings; use of chainsaw to process logs, stumps and brash for replanting.
c. Plantsmanship (e.g. the identification, knowledge and understanding of this high calibre plant collection, including recording [using Iris database], and labelling of individual plants and recognized collections);
d. Interpretation (e.g. through the development and delivery of events such as introductory talks, presentations, guided tours or practical demonstrations and workshops, garden trails, digital media and contribution to guide-books or leaflets) to include the impact of various forms of Phytophthora at the property.
2. Ensuring an appropriate management regime of the garden and policies that includes the management of:
a. Staff, Apprentice and volunteers (e.g. assisting in recruitment, induction, direction, development, performance management) such that they are fully equipped, organised and motivated to undertake their duties to the required Trust standards;
b. health, safety and the environment in line with stated Trust policies and approaches to ensure the health and welfare of staff/volunteers;
c. machinery and equipment (e.g. ensuring timely and appropriate repairs, purchases and servicing) and its use (e.g. training, risk assessments and HAVS logs);
d. recognition of the Trust’s Environmental Policy with respect to sustainable gardening activities, including energy, water, peat & pesticide-use;

e. customer service and care from garden staff/volunteers, and in the broader sense of facilities and “visiting experience”, to ensure that the properties’ reputation for excellence is maintained and enhanced;
f. administration to enable gardening activities to be undertaken and recorded efficiently;

Gardener

KEY PURPOSE

As part of the property team, assist with the conservation and development of the properties and gardens to ensure that Craigievar Castle and Estate are presented at the highest standards to its visitors and guests.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The Key Purposes of the job will be met by:
1. Undertaking practical maintenance of the garden (e.g. managing trees and shrubs, herbaceous plants, and bulbsturf care; pest/disease/weed control; composting and soil improvement; hard-landscaping; path care) to the required standards expected by the Trust and for the maximum safety of, and enjoyment by, visitors;
2. As requested, assisting with education/interpretation activities such as introductory talks and guided walks;
3. Fostering positive relationships promote the work of the Trust, and actively seek opportunities to increase Trust membership;
4. 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;
5. Demonstrating self motivation, organizing, planning, and prioritizing and good time management;
6. 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.
7. Ensuring compliance with the Trust’s health, safety, and environment policies and procedures.

The current duties of this job do not require a criminal records (Disclosure Scotland) check to be carried out.

SCOPE OF JOB

People Management
 Not a line manager but will, on occasion, supervise volunteers and staff under instructions from Head Gardener;
 Will work closely with other property colleagues, and will have some interaction with other technical/specialist advisory colleagues based in other locations and departments (e.g. Gardens department);
 Will have regular (daily) interaction with members of the public and guests of all ages and abilities;

Tools/equipment
 May be required to be a user of driven vehicles such as ride-on mowers;
 May be a frequent user of powered tools such as, mowers, strimmers, hedge-cutters;
 Will be a frequent user of hand-tools such as spades, forks, trowels, rakes, hoes, shears, and secateurs.

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