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Full Time

Retail & Admissions Manager

Work somewhere where a job is not just a ‘job’, where you can be part of a team with a passion for sharing Scotland’s heritage and making a real difference to local lives. Abbotsford, the home of Sir Walter Scott, is one of Scotland’s most important heritage sites and easily accessible from Edinburgh by road and rail. Now cared for by an independent charity, we are seeking a highly effective retail and admission manager to work with us.

In this interesting and varied role, you will be essential to the success of our charity. The Retail and Admissions Manager plays a lead role in representing Abbotsford as first point of call to our visitors and to ensure all retail and admissions procedures are robust and comply with best charity and fundraising practice. As a small team run by staff and volunteers, you should be personable and flexible in your approach to others and be prepared to be bitten by our passion for Scott and Abbotsford.

Full time, salary of £29,391-£31,799 per annum dependant on experience.
Application Process
For more details of the role, please download the Job Description.

To apply follow the link, https://www.scottsabbotsford.com/about/vacancies download and complete the Application Form. Candidates are asked to send the completed document, and if they wish an additional CV, to vacancies@scottsabbotsford.co.uk.

Thank you for your interest in the post of Plumber with Historic Environment Scotland, based at Edinburgh Castle within the Edinburgh Region. This is a permanent and pensionable appointment.

You will help ensure the day-to-day maintenance of hot and cold-water services within the Edinburgh Region, carry out maintenance on drainage, rhones and cast-iron systems and daily checks of public toilets prior to opening. The applicant will be an integral part of the Monument Conservation Unit (MCU) Team, who deliver the annual programme of works and provide support to the Visitor & Community Team ensuring that Edinburgh Regions buildings are maintained to a five-star level.

Camera Obscura and World of Illusions is a Visit Scotland 5-Star rated visitor attraction consisting of a rooftop terrace, exhibitions, reception area, and gift shop.

This role involves maintaining high standards of presentation and safety internally and externally for our many visitors. In 2023, we were the 7th most visited paid attraction in Scotland. We are open to candidates with various levels of experience, from juniors who will receive full training, to experienced technicians ready to hit the ground running, to specialist electricians who may take on electrical maintenance in addition to general tasks.

Camera Obscura & World of Illusions is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage Employer.
We offer:
– Real Living Wage, calculated according to the cost of living
-Non-contributory pension scheme
– Free entry for friends and family
– Free tea, coffee, and breakfast staples
– Generous break times
– Flexible shifts when possible
– Extensive Employee Assistance Programme
– NHS-approved wellness app for mental health
– Sick Pay
– Yearly bonus, discretionary
– Role Details

Summary
– Ensure visitor safety through health and safety checks and necessary remedial work.
– Maintain all exhibits, lights, and effects in full working order.
– Participate in prototyping and building new exhibits.
– Tasks will be allocated based on your skill set.

Job Requirements
– Experience: 2 years relevant experience (preferred).
– Language: Fluent English (required).
– Licence/Certification: Driving Licence (preferred).
– Work Authorisation: United Kingdom (required).
– Basic skills or the ability to learn in electrics, joinery, painting and decorating, plumbing, and IT.
– Good communication, numeracy, organizational skills, and initiative.
– Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
– Flexibility to work outside normal opening hours when necessary.

Main Duties
– Building Maintenance: Routine maintenance, repair work, and occasional cleaning.
– Exhibitions: Development, maintenance, enhancement, and repair of exhibits.
– General: Maintain a clean and tidy work environment and assist in other site operations as required.
– Emergencies/Security: Familiarity with fire and emergency procedures and ability to lock and secure the building after hours as a key-holder.
– Other Duties: Event/meeting preparation, offsite research, driving, ordering, and liaison with external contractors.

Hourly rate: £13.65 (equivalent annual salary: £28,392).
Type: Permanent
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Edinburgh, EH1 2ND
Schedule: 8-hour shifts 5 days over seven including one weekend day.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Visitor experience

Offer excellent customer service and ensure all members of the catering team do the same.

Delivering high standards and a consistently warm welcome within the catering department

Act as one of our duty manager team, responsible for ensuring a safe and smooth visitor operation, opening/closing and security of buildings, addressing issues and emergency procedure and providing relief cover, as required.

Catering operation

Plan, prepare, cook, and present food of the highest quality and standard.

Ensure that food is prepared and served in a timely manner.

Lead with menu development ensuring presentation of a high-quality food and drink offer.

Ensure compliance with health and safety, food hygiene, food allergen, licensing, and environmental health standards, completing all related record-keeping.

Accountable for cost-effective stock management, ordering, storage, and wastage control.

People management

Supervise the activities of a team of permanent and seasonal Visitor Service Assistants (VSAs), achieving excellent staff performance and motivation through effective induction, training, task-setting and coaching on front and back-of-house routines.

Prepare catering rotas and holiday allocation to meet business needs.

Work closely with specialist advisory colleagues, i.e.our Trust-wide Catering Development team

Instill a Health & safety and Environmental health culture throughout the catering operation

Finance Management

Share responsibility for achieving the catering budget together with the F& B Manager

Monitor commercial performance and adjust activities to capitalize on sales opportunities and run a cost-effective catering operation.

Supervise daily café till operations and perform end-of-day income reconciliation

Assist the F&B Manager with menu costing and stock-taking.

You may have delegated tasks within other departments, and you will understand and help deliver the overall property business plan

This role is one for which the duties, responsibilities or accountabilities of the role require you to undertake a criminal records check, specifically a Standard Disclosure.

What we want you to be responsible and accountable for:

Provide pro-active administration to support the Directors and wider teams.

Act as an administrative contact point for the two Directors responding to emails, telephone calls and ad hoc queries resolving or escalating as appropriate.

Management of diaries for both Directors.

Arranging meetings and managing meeting paperwork including contacting participants to prepare and circulate agendas and any supporting documentation, taking and circulating minutes, and managing action registers.

Booking accommodation and travel for both Directors

Supporting the arrangement of small Trust wide meetings involving attendees from various locations where overnight accommodation may be required.

Circulating questionnaires and analysing responses to provide feedback as required.

Analysing data as required and report writing.

Carrying out financial transactions such as raising and processing purchase orders. administering expenses for both Directors, and reconciling credit card payments.

Keeping accurate records and ensuring the accurate filing of electronic documents. This will include minutes and action registers,

Updating SharePoint as appropriate ensuring documents are filed in a logical place and providing support to users as required.

Be an active participant in BEST (Business Executive Support Group) which exists across the Trust and contribute to any other knowledge sharing groups/opportunities.

The current duties of the role do not require a criminal record check or membership of the PVG scheme through Disclosure Scotland.

How we would like you to achieve this

To work in a way that is wholly consistent with our stated organisational values and our Corporate Strategy.

To work collegiately across the teams and directorates, and collaboratively with colleagues across the Trust.

To become familiar with the Trust’s systems and processes and the work of other departments.

Who you will be working with

You will not be a line-manager but will work closely with colleagues across the various teams.

You will work particularly closely with:

Conservation & Policy Directorate Teams

Public Engagement & Research Teams

Finance and Project Management colleagues

Consultants, suppliers and contractors

The Commercial Marketing Officer is responsible for providing a first-class visitor experience and support the Marketing and Communications Manager with marketing duties. The role supports the Commercial Manager with managing ticket, retail sales and contributing to events, management of stock levels, programming the till, visual display merchandising and the maintenance and running of our online shop. You will act as the first point of contact for customers and ensure visitor targets are met through excellent customer service, data management, communication and commercial marketing initiatives.

You will work as part of a dynamic team with a remit to expand our public offer and maximise income generation to support the world-renowned Dovecot Tapestry Studio. You will be expected to gain knowledge about Dovecot and share this confidently, acting as an ambassador for Dovecot with our visitors, participants, and suppliers.

To apply please send your CV and a covering letter to elinorbrown@dovecotstudios.com

Closing Date: Wednesday 26 June 2024 with interviews expected to be held during the week commencing 1 July 2024.

Full-time and Permanent
Starting end of September 2024
Salary £29,598 – £32,286 per annum plus 20% shift allowance
Plus generous benefits package

About the role 

Do you have proven supervisory experience working in a visitor attraction, in retail or the hospitality sector? Do you have outstanding interpersonal skills, with experience of leading and motivating a team? Then we want to hear from you.

This position is an ideal opportunity for an experienced Supervisor to be part of our enthusiastic and dedicated Security team. It’s not just about security – your excellent customer service skills will ensure a positive experience for visitors and colleagues.

You’ll have a people-focused approach to lead, coach and inspire a team of Security Attendants supporting the delivery of an exceptional visitor experience through strong leadership while helping keep our people, art, and buildings safe and secure.

The Security team provide 24/7 cover, 365 days a year, working a rotating pattern of 12-hour shifts. Averaging 35 hours per week, the standard rota is made up of 2-day shifts / 2-night shifts followed by 6 days off and will include weekends, night work, Bank Holidays or Public Holidays as normal days of work. Teams also work 6 additional shifts flexibly throughout the year.

The difference you’ll make

Working closely with the Head of Security and with the Security Operations Manager across our Galleries, you will take responsibility for the smooth, secure, and safe running of our Galleries and your duties will include:

Operations Management

– Motivate, coach, and manage Security Attendants to ensure an exceptional standard of artwork care, safety, security and building presentation.
– Working on a rota basis, you will help deliver all aspects of public and asset safety and security through 24 hours, 7 days a week.
– Communicating effectively and proactively across departments, gathering, and sharing information with other visitor-facing colleagues. 
– Being prepared to lead in safe evacuation of our buildings in the event of any incident or emergency.

Security Systems

– Support Security Attendants by monitoring all security and safety systems including fire safety, CCTV, intruder alarms, and other building management systems.
– Responding to, and dealing effectively with system activations, taking prompt and appropriate action to resolve any issues.
– Have an up-to-date knowledge of all NGS operational procedures and requirements of any exhibitions, displays and events and coach and develop Security Attendants to gain and use their expertise to enhance security and deliver an excellent colleague and visitor experience.

Team Management/Leadership

– Lead a team of Security Attendants including recruitment, induction, training, development, and performance.
– Manage the Security Attendants to ensure that best practice is followed regards health, safety, and welfare.
– Ensure the necessary security coverage, including arranging overtime as required, effective allocation of annual leave, and distribution of staff between locations.
– Support colleagues working as Gallery Supervisors.

Who we are looking for

To succeed in this role, you’ll need the following range of knowledge, skills, and experience:

– While an interest in art would be great it’s not essential. However, you must have previous experience of successfully supervising teams within a visitor experience, security, retail and/or customer service organisation.
– With experience of managing performance, you’ll be interested in people and be confident in engaging with staff to provide motivation and inspiration to deliver information.
– A creative and pragmatic approach to problem solving, you will work well in a busy environment with strong organisational skills.
– Ability to prioritise your own and the team’s workload.
– Excellent communicator with outstanding interpersonal and written skills.
– High degree of IT skills, proficient in MS Office.
– A fair, consistent, and helpful approach in dealing with people.
– Full Driving License.

It would also be great if you have:

– Knowledge of and understanding of security in a visitor-facing environment.
– First Aid qualification, or willingness to undertake training to obtain.
– Knowledge of another language (e.g. Gaelic) is desirable but not essential. 

Full-time, Permanent
Starting end of September 2024
Salary £25,081 plus 20% shift allowance of £5,016 per annum
Plus generous benefits package

About the role

We have a fantastic new opportunity for a number of Security Attendants to join our enthusiastic and dedicated Security team. If you have previous experience with excellent customer service skills, we want to hear from you.

The main purpose of the Security & Visitor Engagement team within the Galleries is to provide security for the displays and to welcome, assist and ensure visitors always have a safe and enjoyable visit whilst keeping our art secure.

You’ll work in our four beautiful, listed buildings based in the heart of Edinburgh the National, Portrait, and Modern looking after our amazing world-class art collection. The ideal candidate will have exceptional interpersonal skills, as well good IT skills and some security experience. You will help us maintain our high-quality security service across our Galleries.

The Security team provide 24/7 cover, 365 days a year, working a rotating pattern of 12-hour shifts. Averaging 35 hours per week, the standard rota is made up of 2-day shifts / 2-night shifts followed by 6 days off and will include weekends, night work, Bank Holidays or Public Holidays as normal days of work. Teams also work 6 additional shifts flexibly throughout the year.

If you do not meet every desired criteria but feel you have the skills and experience to thrive in this role as well as a genuine interest in working for the National Galleries of Scotland, we would encourage you to apply.

The difference you’ll make

In all that you do, you’ll support the team, reporting to the Security Supervisor you will:

– Supervise members of the public to ensure the safety of the collections and regulation of those failing to comply with the Gallery’s conditions of entry.
– Provide a high standard of visitor care, maintaining a professional front and being the public face of the National Galleries of Scotland. Welcoming visitors, answering queries and orientation.
– Staff fixed duty or access points including searching incoming baggage or containers as necessary.
– Attentively monitor fire and security alarm panels, CCTV systems and maintain accurate records.
– Ensure the safety and security of the collection by visual monitoring and operation of control room equipment.
– Be proactive in keeping up to date with our exhibitions, events and displays and engage with the public on these
– Remain vigilant and aware of surroundings which may include standing or patrolling for long periods of time.
– Assist the public and colleagues in emergency situations.
– Supervise contractors and tradespeople.
– Patrol the galleries in silent hours and dealing effectively and calmly with situations as they arise.
– Carry out light cleaning and portering duties.
– Adhere to Health and Safety guidelines.

Who we are looking for

To succeed in this role, you’ll need the following range of knowledge, skills, and experience:

– Previous experience of working within a customer service or retail environment.
– Excellent interpersonal / communication skills (written and oral).
– Ability to use initiative and work well as part of a team.
– Flexible approach to the job.
– Helpful manner with colleagues and the public.
– Proficient IT skills including MS Outlook, Teams, etc.

It would also be great if you have:

– Security experience.
– Knowledge and appreciation of art.
– First Aid qualification or be willing to undertake training to obtain.
– Willingness to work occasional overtime assisting at evening functions.
– Knowledge of another language (e.g. Gaelic) is desirable but not essential. 
– Full driving licence.

To apply, please visit our careers page.

The closing date for completed applications is 12 noon on Friday, 21 June 2024.

Full time / fixed term – This is a full time, fixed term role until 31 December 2025.

Purpose

· To act as first point of contact for audiences and stakeholders joining the park community and learning programmes

· To contribute to, develop and deliver the activity and evaluation plan for the Scotland’s Wildlife Discovery Centre (SWDC) at Highland Wildlife Park

· To line manage the Discovery and learning officers at the park and their day-to-day operations ensuring the programmes and engagement provides first-class visitor experience; whilst meeting agreed targets in support of RZSS’ vision and mission.

Responsibilities

Learning and Community

· Work directly with our communities and maintain partnerships and relationships, and act as point of contact for programme users

· Work with the HWP Discovery and Learning Programme Manager to support and contribute to the coordination and delivery of the SWDC activity plan meeting agreed objectives and targets

· Work alongside the HWP Discovery and Learning Programme Manager, RZSS Learning Manager and RZSS Community and Discovery and Programme Manager to ensure consistency in learning and community programmes across RZSS, Highland Wildlife Park and Edinburgh Zoo

· Research, input into the development of and deliver content for activity plan programmes including the creation of resource materials · Ensure that developed programmes are accessible, inclusive and representational to the communities we’re supporting, working with the Accessibility and Inclusion Manager where necessary. · Contribute to the accessibility, inclusion and barrier programme planning

· Maintain accurate records and reports relating to the Discovery and Learning programmes

· Research and develop curriculum supporting learning programmes in line with the activity plan

· Support the evaluation of targeted programmes: identify key challenges in our local communities that can be addressed by our unique resources

· Support the development, delivery, coordination and evaluation of the activity programmes and resources to achieve agreed outcomes

Maximising the visitor experience

· Maintain dynamic first-class customer service and public engagement throughout all delivery focusing on delivering informative, professional presentations and exceeding audience expectations

· Develop, deliver and support of programmes which promote the park as a community hub/resource

General and compliance

· Support the discovery and learning team in their day to day activities and delivery

· Ensure a first-class service culture is embedded within the team

· Manage, motivate, develop and review direct team members, working within HR policy guidelines, so their individual and collective performance is of the required standard and meets current and future needs.

· Ensure compliance with RZSS’ policies, procedures and guidelines, together with all relevant regulatory and statutory requirements.

· Engage with the organisations appraisal system, and demonstrate commitment to our Values, Behaviours and your continuous personal development.

· Perform other reasonable duties and/or projects as directed by your line manager.

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.

Interview date will be Wednesday 3 July at Highland Wildlife Park.

Purpose of Role

To support the Visitor Centre Manager in motivating and leading the Visitor Centre (VC) team to deliver a first class Deanston Distillery Experience for all our customers and visitors.

Key Performance Areas and Responsibilities

Includes but is not limited to:

• Engage visitors in a distillery experience providing accurate and informative information via engaging and entertaining tours, tastings and other innovative experiences

• Demonstrate a pride and passion for Deanston Distillery, Scotch whisky and other CVH Spirits brands.

• Support the realisation of the vision for the Deanston Distillery Visitor Centre (DVC) through the Scotch Whisky & future Gin Experiences from our sister distillery, Tobermory, and the DVC Retail Store.

• Day to day management of the Visitor Centre, organising tours and tasks and allocating them to your team

• Provide daily support and supervision of the Tour Guides, including scheduling, monitoring and recording of working hours, creating rotas in line with operational and team needs, etc.

• Delivery against annual operational budgets

• Act as a Key Holder and be responsible for the opening and closing of the Visitor Centre

• Deputise for the Visitor Centre Manager as required

• Manage both the safe and till for banking purposes

• Be responsible for DVC stock levels and carry out stock taking and store work

• Day to day system administration of EPOS, managing email and telephone enquiries and DigiTickets.

• Work within the standards of CVH Spirits and Deanston DVC’s health and safety policy, food hygiene, licencing and other company policies and standards, ensuring compliance at all times

• Prepare stock for sale – to include filling bottles, building packaging and related tasks.

• Carry out cleaning and housekeeping to maintain attractive and functional extended DVC work areas – floors, surfaces, glasses, wash areas, toilets etc.

• Help plan and implement special events through the year.

• Build community engagement and support delivery of the Brand Home sustainability ambition.

• Work in partnership with the Sales and Marketing teams to provide ambassadorial and hospitality support

• Set KPIs for the team, run daily DOR meetings and ensure the team board is updated accordingly.

• Provide training and support to team members, hold regular appraisal meetings and ensure ongoing personal development and the reporting of team performance and KPI’s.

• Deliver the CVH Spirits high performance culture by leading by example.

• Plan and implement DVC projects such as filling schedules, online sales, etc

• Create monthly reports for Visitor Centre Manager.

• Continually seek ways to create new, extend and/or improve the range and quality of experiences

• Build effective relationships and networks with internal departments including but not limited to; Customer Services, sister Distilleries, Deanston Production, IT, Finance, etc

• Provide vital support to the Visitor Centre Manager and team with all operational activities relating to the experiential, shop and retail offerings.

• Where required, participate in administrative tasks and the development and use of new approaches to the work of the DVC including social media, processing purchase orders, invoices and deliveries via SAP etc and use Head Quarters Management system

• Carry out other reasonable duties/tasks as required to deliver and meet the objectives of the DVC. This will include working at weekends, occasional evening work in the corporate and online facilities, and project work.

Qualifications:

• Degree in Hospitality or Tourism advantageous
• Health and Safety certification advantageous
• Personal Licence advantageous

Professional Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience in hospitality, retail or Visitor Centre roles
• Ability to speak an additional language is a distinct advantage.

Specific Company or Industry Knowledge:

• Experience working in the drinks, tourism and travel, guiding or retail industry is required

Functional Skills / Attributes:

• Experience of till work and POS systems required
• Experience leading world-class teams
• Excellent people management skills
• World class customer service knowledge and execution
• Experience motivating and leading teams to achieving KPIs
• Microsoft Office skills desirable
• Experience using virtual and online tools such as Zoom and/or other platforms advantageous
• SAP or other ERP system experience advantageous

Behaviours & Competencies:

• Friendly, confident and enthusiastic.
• Strong communication skills with ability to entertain and engage with people one on one or in large groups.
• Focused and quality driven with attention to detail.
• Solutions focused with ability to inspire those around you
• Strong team player who can collaborate well and motivate others.
• Ability to work enthusiastically under pressure.
• Self-motivated who can work efficiently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to multi-task, moving from one task to another in a swiftly manner
• A strong sense of ownership and pride
• An interest and passion for whisky is a strong advantage.
• Appetite and enthusiasm for learning.
• A flexible approach to hours of work over a seven day working week and the year is required and some evening work will be integral to this role.

Please send your CV and covering letter to hrinternational@cvhspirits.com

Are you an experienced bartender with a deep passion for mixology and the crafting and curation of serves, cocktails and menus? Do you have a proven record of leading successful bar teams to smoothly deliver daily operations whilst promoting innovation and creativity? Do you understand the importance of brand advocacy, and have a desire to help shape the direction of a new, premium and brand-led visitor experience and bar in the heart of Edinburgh?

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Setting the Scene…

Born in 2010, and distilled in the heart of our namesake city, Edinburgh Gin has established itself as a pioneer in craft and wonder-filled flavour. Having been consistently rated on Tripadvisor as one of Scotland’s top tourist attractions through an offering of innovative and engaging experiences, but not one for ‘resting on our laurels’, in January 2024 we closed the doors to our Edinburgh Gin West End Distillery and Hanover Street retail shop in preparation for our extraordinary next chapter…

Nestled in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town, excitement is distilling as we look forward to opening our brand-new, state-of-the-art distillery at the Arches on East Market Street, where traditional craft meets innovation and we celebrate the art of gin-making amidst breath-taking views of Edinburgh’s skyline. This ongoing investment is a true testament to the pride we have in our product and our commitment to sharing this with our visitors, ensuring everyone who comes to see us has the most exceptional Edinburgh Gin experience.

With plans to welcome visitors from Autumn 2024, our new Brand Home is more than just a distillery; it’s a place where stories are told, where discoveries are made, where life-long connections are made with our brand, and where the spirit of Edinburgh comes alive.

As we embark on this next evolution of our Edinburgh Gin journey, fuelled by our passion for gin and dedication to excellence, we are now looking for kindred spirits to join us at this truly exciting time…

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Our opportunity…

At the heart of our brand, product and experience are the people that make it all happen. A critical element to our success is ensuring we have the right team in place, advocating for our brand, approaching their work creatively and innovatively and ensuring that everyone who engages with us has an exceptional experience.

In this first wave of our recruitment activities, we are delighted to now welcome interest in our exciting new role of Brand Homes Bar Manager (Edinburgh Gin).

This is a rare and unique opportunity for someone with extensive bartending and mixology experience to work on an opening project, years in the making. Completing our on-site management team, we’re looking for the right person to draw on their expertise and creativity to put their own stamp on how our brand is enjoyed and experienced. As Brand Homes Bar Manager (Edinburgh Gin), you will lead the bar team and its daily operation, supporting the delivery of tours, experiences, events and trade visits. You will be a key brand advocate, enthusiastically showcasing our products with in-depth product knowledge. Your skill, experience, curiosity, and ongoing research will be required to design our serve and cocktail menu, deepening brand engagement with all who come to see us. You will support the Brand Homes Manager and Central Brand to build and deliver a new strategic vision for the Brand Home bar, with profitability and commercial viability at the core and in line with the brand plan. As a key member of the Edinburgh Gin team, you will act as an ambassador for the Brand, engaging with our key trade customers by designing and hosting on site events and delivering training on our serve strategy. You will proudly use your industry network and social media presence to advocate for our craft and products, actively being a face for our brand, building strong relationships with our on-trade customers, partners and stakeholders.

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Who We Are Looking For …

This role is integral to the success of our new Brand Home, and we’re looking for candidates who are industry experts, with a strong, demonstrable background in the art of mixology and drinks menu curation. Direct previous experience leading the daily operation of a bar is essential, preferably within a high-end hospitality environment. We need an innovative individual with true passion for their craft and providing exceptional customer service and experiences, with a continuous desire to learn and adapt.

Our ideal candidate will be a charismatic, friendly and engaging individual, a team player who is able to build strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, working towards common goals. An excellent communicator who is confident presenting our Brand in person and on social media. Someone who is energised by their art and is thrives on sharing that enthusiasm.

We are looking for a professional who embodies our values and leads by example, with previous experience leading and developing a Bar team, establishing a warm and friendly culture that invites collaboration and experimentation. Excellent interpersonal skills and previous experience of people management and resource planning is essential.

The successful candidate will have commercial acumen and be technically competent with previous systems and Microsoft experience to support the smooth operation of the bar. We are looking for candidates who have an eye for detail and a drive for ongoing improvement.

We operate annualised hours, therefore previous experience of managing these operationally would be advantageous.

Candidates must also have a true and authentic passion for our Edinburgh Gin brand and be able to help translate brand values and ethos throughout all aspects of the operational world, making it their business to understand the competitive set and continuously striving to adapt and innovate.

Due to the nature of our operation and this role, we are looking for candidates who have flexibility in their availability. The role be offered on a full-time, permanent basis, working 5 from 7 days, including evening and weekends to facilitate our experience and event offering. You will also act, on a rotational basis, as a Duty Manager for the full site.

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Additional Information…

Edinburgh Gin is part of Ian Macleod Distillers, an entrepreneurial, family owned whisky and spirits business who own other premium and luxury brands such as Glengoyne, Rosebank, Tamdhu, Smokehead, to name but a few! ‘Crafting Spirits With Passion’ is what we do best. If you haven’t already, please browse around our company internet pages and immerse yourself in our colourful history and sample the details of some of our exquisite brands. As we start to tantalise your taste buds and whet your appetite for a career here with us at Ian Macleod Distillers, you will really get to understand just why our team members and customers are indeed so passionate about all things Ian Macleod!

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Next steps…

If after reading through, you still find that all of this really excites you, then we would love to hear from you!

Please remember that along with your CV, you will need to answer some key questions and submit a tailored cover letter, clearly outlining why your skills and previous experiences are a perfect fit to what we are looking for – remember this is your opportunity to make yourself stand out from the crowd!

Please note, this is an open application window therefore we may close the advert at any point depending on the candidate applications received so our recommendation is that you apply early to ensure you don’t miss out!

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Ian Macleod Distillers (IMD) are proud members of the Scotch Whisky Association, Drink Aware and the Portman Group. In our individual IMD way, we endeavour to follow best practice to help shape our commitment to wider social responsibility and industry standards. We are advocates of promoting responsible selling and consumption of alcohol

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Ensure all food preparation meets standards

Prepare and present high-quality food

Supervise junior team members

Keep all working areas clean and tidy and ensure no cross contamination

Ensure food stuffs are of a good quality and stored correctly

Contribute to controlling costs, improving gross profit margins, and other departmental and financial targets

Have control and organisation of own section

Assist Head Chef/Sous Chef/Senior CDP in the training of all staff in compliance of company procedures

Ability to work well as part of a team

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE

Qualifications

Essential

Professional Food Qualification or relevant experience

Desirable

Experience

Essential

1 year experience of Chef de Partie or someone with 3+ years’ experience as a junior CDP (or equivalent) looking for the next step up in their career

Professional Food Qualification or relevant experience

Proficiency in a wide range of cooking techniques, including but not limited to, grilling, sautéing, baking, and knife skills. Additionally, knowledge of food safety regulations and procedures is essential.

Desirable

Previous experience of cheffing within the tourism industry