Seasonal

Visitor Services Assistant – Castle

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Culzean Castle is one of Scotland’s most loved castles, as one of the Visitor Services team within the castle, you’ll ensure that all visitors receive an excellent visitor experience and leave feeling inspired by this magical place. This will be achieved through being welcoming; engaging and knowledgeable; prepared to answer visitors’ questions about objects, stories of the castle and its family and the NTS.

The role involves some physical activity and will include standing for periods of time and/or walking through the building undertaking guided tours. Due to the historic nature of the building physical access from the upper levels in the event of an emergency is currently only by stairs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Visitor Welcome & Front of House Duties
• Warmly welcome visitors to the Castle, checking tickets and upselling guidebooks to enhance their visit
• Ensure the highest level of customer service so all visitors receive an excellent experience
• Maximise visitor enjoyment and understanding of the property by engaging them with the history of Culzean and the Kennedy family
• Ensuring accurate recording of visitors through the till system

Membership Engagement & Promotion
• Share the benefits of membership with ticket holders and actively seek innovative ways to encourage recruitment
• Actively promote the work of the National Trust for Scotland and the value of membership to existing and potential members

Tours, Interpretation & Learning
• Deliver a broad range of high-quality guided tours and talks for the public and organised groups, following a pre-arranged script within the allotted time of 45 minutes
• Deliver engaging school workshops for all ages and abilities
• Enhance the visitor experience through third-person costumed interpretation, object handling and conservation demonstrations (where applicable)
• Promote and sensitively encourage donations during guided tours and/or at the Front Desk ensuring that visitors understand the impact of their support on the property’s conservation work.

Security, Conservation & Property Care
• Be mindful of the security needs of the property and its contents, minimising opportunities for theft or damage through diligent monitoring of visitors and the implementation of security measures (e.g. locking up procedures etc.)
• Support the VSS Collections Care and the conservation the property and its contents, reducing the risk of accidental damage through visitor engagement and appropriate conservations/object handling practices

Health, Safety & Emergency Procedures
• Share in the common responsibility of implementing the Trust’s Health & Safety policy, being mindful at all times of health & safety of self, staff, volunteers, and visitors
• Participate in the safe evacuation and management of colleagues and visitors in the event of a fire, security alert or alarm

Housekeeping & Daily Operations
• Share responsibility for housekeeping duties at the beginning of and end of each shift (e.g. hoovering, rubbish removal) including staffroom and staff bathroom

SEASONAL VISITOR EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATE

Full Job Title: Seasonal Visitor Experience Associate

Organisation: Muckle Brig Ltd

Location: Leith, Edinburgh (Lind & Lime Gin Distillery, Port of Leith Distillery)

Weekly Hours: Seasonal, Part Time

Work Schedule: Monday to Sunday, in line with VE operating hours

Salary: £13.39 per hour

Reporting to: Visitor Experience Supervisors

ABOUT US
Our company values are at the foundation of everything we do.

We focus on products that we love.

We’re realistic.

We keep our conscience clear.

We achieve everything as a team.

We deal with the difficult stuff first.

We spend our money on the right things.

We invite our friends to parties.

From a single person in a garden shed, our company has grown to include multiple sites, brands, and a team of passionate and talented individuals. We have so many stories to tell, and communicating those stories is an essential and increasingly complex undertaking. 2026 isn’t slowing down!

The Role
As a Visitor Experience Associate, you will be the face of our Port of Leith Whisky and Lind & Lime Gin Distilleries. From greeting our guests with a 5-star welcome & guiding them through the Tour Experience to advising in our distillery shops and so much more.

Muckle Brig is a fun, fast-paced, diverse environment to work in. Excellent communication skills are paramount to a successful day. Your skills, enthusiasm and diplomacy will shine through for our guests and your colleagues within the distilleries.

Key Responsibilities
Provide excellent customer service

Welcome and orientate guests

Be responsible and proactive

Tour Guide

Dynamic storytelling – providing the historical stories behind our liquids, information on our production process, demonstrating mini-bottling, and conducting tasting sessions and cocktail making sessions.

Setting up, clearing, cleaning and resetting the tour route for each tour, including cocktail making equipment and tasting laboratory

Weekly tour stock counts

Ongoing cleanliness and presentability of the tour area

Assisting with guest needs as required to ensure an excellent experience

Assisting with Private Tours and Events on an ad hoc basis

Retail Assistance

Actively up-sell products through strong product knowledge and excellent customer service to maximise sales

Continually engage with customers to ensure maximum service

Weekly and monthly stock takes across shop stock

Fulfilling online retail orders for collection and posting at Lind & Lime as required

Being a superb ambassador for all aspects of Muckle Brig, including Lind & Lime, Port of Leith Distillery and Leith Bond, our export company

Following our Health & Safety, COSHH, Organic and Food Hygiene policies

You may be required to work at other Muckle Brig locations when appropriate

Other tasks as required

Skills & experience
You are a superb communicator with an enthusiastic and flexible approach, with the ability to adapt to any situation. You can create a fabulous atmosphere for all our guests. You are a competent multitasker who thrives on being part of a team delivering an excellent visitor experience.

Enthusiastic and confident, warm, friendly and the ability to work within the team, with minimal supervision, to a high and safe standard

EVE (Exceeding Visitor Expectations) Certificate desirable

Positive, can-do attitude

Ability to adapt to customer flow while maintaining excellent service quality

Excellent front-of-house skills

Demonstrable time management skills and the ability to prioritise

Previous retail experience would be advantageous but not essential

SALARY & BENEFITS
£13.39 per hour

29 days holiday per year (inc. bank holidays), pro-rated for part-time staff

Employee discounts

Full training given with CPD opportunities ongoing

This job description is indicative of the nature and level of responsibility associated with the job. It is not exhaustive, and there may be a requirement to undertake other duties as required

To apply please send your CV and Cover Letter to jobs@mucklebrig.com

Visitor Services Supervisor – Catering

JOB PURPOSE
To provide operational coordination and supervision of catering, visitor services, and events at House of Dun in line with the Trust’s policies, priorities, performance standards and targets to contribute to the enjoyment of the property by visitors and members, and help ensure commercial, financial, and conservation objectives are achieved.
The Visitor Services Supervisor at a Trust property plays a pivotal role ensuring that the management objectives are achieved through excellent customer service and, with delegated responsibility for catering, retail, events and duty management is very often the “face” of the Trust to visitors and suppliers. As such, s/he directly influences public perceptions of the Trust and is crucial to developing and maintaining the property’s local/national reputation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
Supervising/undertaking the day-to-day operation of the property and environs to ensure excellent customer/visitor experience. This includes supervision of:
• Visitor services, Catering, events offer (including ordering, merchandising, sales targets);
• Line management of Visitor Services Assistants and volunteers
• Duty management and oversight/maintenance of the property
• Engage with the property social media lead to generate interest, engagement and help drive visitors
• Ticketing & Membership sales (to targets) and general customer service (individuals, education visits, other groups);
• Security of the Property
• Health & Safety procedures, emergency procedures, and environmental procedures;
• Deputising for the Visitor Services Manager / VSS Operations on-site and off-site as required

Responsible for day to day financial administration at the property, including
• Ensuring the completion of Cash/till reconciliation;
• Week-end reports and reconciliation;
• Completion of the banking and all cash handling processes

Supporting the Visitor Services / VSS Operations with
• recruitment; induction; development; and management of all visitor services employees and volunteers such that they understand and are equipped to fulfill their roles to the standards required and that they feel valued, respected and supported.

Visitor Services Assistant – Food & Beverage

JOB PURPOSE
To maximise our visitors’ enjoyment of National Trust for Scotland managed sites by maintaining excellent standards of service, optimising opportunities to generate income and ensuring that the site and its assets are safe and secure.
Specifically, to ensure the smooth and safe operations in the Food & Beverage activities at Brodick Castle, Gardens and Country Park, making the property the best possible place to visit and work.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
To always provide a consistently high standard of visitor care.
Ensuring the site is ready to open, welcoming visitors to the site and processing their admission or catering purchase in a friendly, efficient and knowledgeable manner.

 Welcome visitors with special needs / impairments and providing a high level of service in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act.
 Welcome International visitors and aiding with specific needs.
 Welcome groups in an efficient and warm manner.
 Answering visitors’ queries about the site, facilities, and the local area.
 Providing information about the site, its history, contents, offers, and merchandise.
 Promoting the National Trust for Scotland brand to include our Membership scheme, events, upselling other properties and any promotional campaigns.
 Being proactive in the selling of Membership and Gift Aid.
 To support the operational needs of the business with occasional cross department working such as guiding and retail.

Always maintain excellent standards of site and personal presentation.
 Wearing the correct uniform, name badges, or PPE as required.
 Upkeeping a clean and safe working environment for staff and visitors.
 Reporting all issues of damage, wear and tears, promptly to your Line Manager.

Food & Beverage Duties
 To ensure good housekeeping of kitchens, serveries and back of house areas.
 To ensure that merchandising is in accordance with NTS policy.
 To assist in achieving catering targets and KPI’s.
 To actively upsell products and services to facilitate the visitor’s enjoyment.
 To actively encourage visitor feedback using the Trust survey cards.
 To feedback visitor comments to line managers to develop and improve offer, service, operations.
 To work flexibly across departments and sites as needed, for instance in retail or guiding.
 Systems of recording are all up to date: including All-In-One records, allergens, COSSH, cleaning records, stock take and wastage.

Health and Safety
 To ensure the site meets with Health and Safety legislation in liaison with your department manager.
 To ensure that visitors vacate the site at the close of business and that the site is secured at the end of day.
 To use personal protection equipment as provided and directed by your line manager.
 To maintain a safe working environment for colleagues.
 Assist as a fire marshal for the safety of all staff and visitors.

Visitor Services Supervisor – Food & Beverage

JOB PURPOSE

This is a fantastic opportunity to work as part of our leadership team at the world famous Inverewe Garden, which attracts tens of thousands of people from across the globe every year.

The Visitor Services Supervisor at a Trust property plays a pivotal role ensuring that the management objectives are achieved through excellent customer service and with delegated responsibility for Food and Beveridge (F&B) duty management is very often the face of the Trust to visitors. As such directly influences public perceptions of the Trust and is significant to developing and maintaining the property’s reputation

As the F&B Visitor Services Supervisor, you will be responsible for the day-to-day supervision of the operations at our popular 190-seater Osgood’s Café, and smaller Bothy outlet in the Garden itself. This will involve working an 8-hour shift between the hours of 8.30a.m, and 5.30p.m. You will work with the Visitor Services Manager to deliver our quality standards and performance targets, ensuring we offer customers a fantastic Food & Beverage experience. Occasionally the role may be required to help cover Food and Beveridge at our close by site Corrieshalloch Gorge. Work transport provided.
You will be an enthusiastic team player who can supervise, coach and motivate your team. You will also be part of a broader duty management team responsible for promoting good communication across the site and a joined-up visitor services provision.
As a charity, every penny we raise goes back into the National Trust for Scotland’s conservation work, caring for this special place. You will lead by example and work with the Visitor Services Manager to create an enticing F&B menu, to recommend and upsell our range, and to promote complementary income streams like retail, membership and donations. You’ll help answer visitors’ questions about things to do here and share your enthusiasm for Inverewe, the work we do and what their money is funding.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Catering operation
• Support the VSM to develop our menu ensuring our cafes’ offering is appealing, profitable and sustainable.
• Lead with preparation, cooking, training and 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.
Visitor experience
• Offer excellent customer service and ensure all members of the F&B team do the same.
• Support property-wide targets for completion of visitor surveys to understand more about our visitors.
• Act as one of our duty manager team, responsible for ensuring a safe and smooth visitor operation, opening/closing the café, addressing issues and emergency procedure and providing relief cover, as required.
People management
• Supervise the activities of a team of 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 weekly catering rotas to meet business needs.
• Work closely with specialist advisory colleagues, i.e. our Trust-wide Catering Development team.

Finance Management
• Share responsibility for achieving an F&B budget of around £350,000 a year.
• Monitor commercial performance and adjust activities to capitalise on sales opportunities and run a cost-effective catering operation.
• Supervise daily café till operations and perform end-of-day income reconciliation as a duty manager.
• Assist the F&B Manager with menu costing and stock-taking.

SEASONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSISTANT

Position Title
Seasonal Customer Service Assistant

Reports To
Assistant General Manager

Summary of Position
Waverley Excursions Ltd., which operates Paddle Steamer Waverley, is seeking to appoint a Customer Service Assistant as Waverley returns to service in 2026 to work within the company’s booking office delivering a high standard of customer service.

The Customer Service Assistant will work closely with the Assistant General Manager and Booking Office Manager to ensure the smooth operation of the passenger business.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking to gain wider experience. You should be well organised, have good people skills, be flexible with an ability to rise to the challenge when the unexpected happens.

This position is based in Glasgow though attendance on board Waverley may be required. This is a unique role working with the dedicated team who manage and operate Waverley. Everyone in the team helps in whatever capacity necessary to ensure that the demands of the business are met. Flexibility and commitment are essential for this role.

Role
To work within the company’s booking office, ensuring high standards of customer service and support the Assistant General Manager and Booking Office Manager in delivering a high standard onboard service.

About You
• Educated to a high standard
• Self-motivated with strong organisational and prioritisation skills
• Excellent communication skills, able to write in an engaging manner to suit a variety of audiences
• Ability to manage own workload and multitask
• Ability to work flexibly as a team player in a busy environment
• Ability to process and interpret complex information
• Prepared to learn new skills and assist within other areas of the business
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams

Job Description
• Process bookings via telephone, online or mail efficiently.
• Ensure tickets are dispatched in a timely manner.
• Respond to customer enquiries by telephone and or email
• Ensuring customer satisfaction and dealing appropriately with customer feedback
• Dispatching Gift Vouchers and Shop orders in a timely manner.
• Any other duties required by the Assistant General Manager and Booking Office Manager
• Work onboard in a commercial role if required and practicable

Hours of Work
Monday – Friday 09:00-17:00. Occasional Saturdays 09:00-13:00 and occasional evenings subject to the needs of the business.

Interview date – Wednesday 8th April with ideal start date ASAP.

If you are interested in joining our team, please email your CV along with a Covering Letter confirming your suitability to the post to info@waverleyexcursions.co.uk

Scottish Dolphin Centre Assistant

Scottish Dolphin Centre Assistant – 4 months
WDC Scottish Dolphin Centre, Spey Bay

30-32.5 hours per week | £23,132 pro rata
Regular weekend work required | Varying shifts, all 6 or 6.5 hours long. Earliest start 9am, latest finish 5pm.

Located at the stunning mouth of the River Spey in Moray, Scotland, the Scottish Dolphin Centre is the perfect backdrop for incredible wildlife experiences. You’ll get the chance to witness the beautiful bottlenose dolphins – the largest in the world – alongside ospreys, seals, and a wide variety of other amazing creatures!

Your key responsibilities will include delivering exceptional customer service, engaging visitors with fascinating facts about the dolphins and local wildlife, leading tours, and conducting dolphin watches. You will help our visitors get the most from their visit by answering their questions about Spey Bay and the wider Moray area. Don’t worry, training will be provided, so you’ll have everything you need to succeed!

This seasonal position runs from June to September, and you’ll work five days a week (including weekends).

We are committed to creating an inclusive, welcoming environment for everyone. Regardless of your background or experiences, we’d love to hear from you.

This post is considered a regulated role under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a confirmed offer of employment.

Closing date: 13th April, 10am
Interviews: 21st and 22nd April at the Scottish Dolphin Centre
Starting date: 2nd June 2026
Finish Date: 30th September 2026

Brand Home Guide

Brand Home Guide

Dalwhinnie Visitor Centre

Full-time, Fixed Term Summer Contract ending 31st October 2026

Salary: 26,678.31/annum (plus bonus, product allowance, private pension, sharepurchase scheme and many more)

We have an outstanding opportunity to join our dedicated team at our Dalwhinnie Visitor Centre as a seasonal Brand Home Guide. Dalwhinnie 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.    

About the Distillery:

Dalwhinnie distillery stands in the Cairngorm National Park at the heart of the Scottish Highlands in the village of Dalwhinnie. From this remote but accessible location comes the liquid known as the gentle spirit

If you’ve got a real passion for our craft and our products, help us continue our story and create a future worth celebrating.

This role will require weekend and evening work.

About The Team

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.   

You will be responsible for:

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. 

There will be 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.  

  

To be successful in this role:

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.  Ideally you will have insight into the drinks industry or worked within a hospitality environment.

Working with Us

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

Product allowance

Contributory pension scheme

Competitive annual bonus (dependent on performance)

Generous holiday allowance

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

Brand Home Guide

Brand Home Guide

Glen Ord Visitor Centre

Full-time

Fixed Term Summer Contract, ending 30th Sept 2026

Salary: 26,678.31/annum (plus bonus, product allowance, private pension, sharepurchase scheme and many more)

We have an outstanding opportunity to join our dedicated team at our Glen Ord Visitor Center as a Brand Home Guide. Glen Ord 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.    

This role will require weekend and evening work.

About The Team

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.   

You will be responsible for:

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. 

There will be 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.  

  

To be successful in this role:

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.  Ideally you will have insight into the drinks industry or worked within a hospitality environment.

Working with Us

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

Product allowance

Contributory pension scheme

Competitive annual bonus (dependent on performance)

Generous holiday allowance

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

Feel inspired? Create a future worth celebrating with us!

Brand Home Guide

Brand Home Guide

Lagavulin Visitor Centre

Full-time, Fixed Term Summer Contract ending 30th September 2026

Salary: 26,678.31/annum (plus bonus, product allowance, private pension, sharepurchase scheme and many more)

We have an outstanding opportunity to join our dedicated team at our Lagavulin Visitor Center as a Brand Home Guide. Lagavulin 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.    

Please note: This role will require weekend and evening work.

  

About The Team

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.   

You will be responsible for:

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. 

There will be 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.  

  

To be successful in this role:

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.  Ideally you will have insight into the drinks industry or worked within a hospitality environment.

Working with Us

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

Product allowance

Contributory pension scheme

Competitive annual bonus (dependent on performance)

Generous holiday allowance

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

About Us  

Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our purpose – Celebrating life, every day, everywhere has a meaningful role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we build shared value    

Feel inspired? Create a future worth celebrating with us!

Seasonal Gardener

JOB PURPOSE

To assist in the maintenance of Inverewe Garden as an internationally recognised garden of outstanding horticultural importance, contributing to its conservation and development, and to its enjoyment by visitors and supporters in particular working in the Walled Garden under the supervision of the Walled Gardener. The prestigious historic Walled Garden, created in the 1860s by Osgood Mackenzie and, since the Trust took over in 1952, presented as a ‘model’ of ‘kitchen garden’ design, display and cultivation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Assisting the Walled Gardener with general horticultural duties to the required standards expected by the Trust and for the maximum safety of, and enjoyment by, visitors. Activities may include:

a. Undertaking practical maintenance of the garden (e.g., managing shrubs and herbaceous borders)
b. Grass-cutting, strimming, hedge-cutting and raking/collection.
c. Cutting of lawn edges
d. Hand-weeding of beds and borders
e. Fruit and vegetable production, watering and feeding vegetable beds and harvesting produce.
f. Planting out (under direction of the Walled Gardener)
g. Application of mulches and compost

2. Assisting with general property maintenance duties and for the maximum safety of, and enjoyment by, visitors. Activities may include:

a. Refuse disposal.
b. Raking gravel paths

3. Assisting as required with the general enjoyment of the gardens and estate by:

a. Responding to general visitor enquiries
b. Assisting at events held within the garden or on the estate.

4. Assisting with interpretation activities such as answering basic horticultural enquiries from visitors and providing clear and accurate plant labeling.

5. Working with the full-time staff to foster positive relationships with local communities, visitors and promoting the work of the Trust, and actively seeking opportunities to increase Trust membership.

6. Working with volunteers to ensure they deliver required outputs at the appropriate standard and gain benefits from their volunteering.

7. Ensuring compliance with the Trust’s health, safety and environment policies and procedures to ensure the safety of staff, volunteers and visitors. This includes recognition of the Trust’s environmental policy with respect to sustainable gardening policies.

8. 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.

This role does not require you to undertake a criminal record.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE

Qualifications
 No formal educational qualifications required – but previous gardening or grounds-keeping experience is highly desirable.
 Driving License, valid for driving within the UK

Experience

Essential
 Should be experienced with a wide range of hand tools and basic machinery / equipment (e.g., lawn mowers, strimmer) or willing to be trained.
 Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, confident in interacting and dealing with a wide range of people, and able to represent the Trust.
 Capable of working effectively within a team environment, but equally able to work unsupervised.
 Good organisational and time management skills – including the ability to prioritise work where necessary.
 Must have a genuine understanding of, and belief in, the work of the National Trust for Scotland
 Solid interest in gardening with at least basic gardening skills and enthusiasm and practical experience.
 Strong attention to detail
 Sound practical knowledge of Health and Safety processes and procedures and the ability to work effectively within these processes.
Desirable
 A genuine love for gardening and garden maintenance is highly desirable.
 Experience of working in a garden open to the public
 Competent IT skills sufficient for use of the internet and for completing intranet training modules.
 First Aid qualification

Visitor Services Assistant

JOB PURPOSE
As a member of our Visitor Services team your job is to give visitors from across the globe a warm welcome to Kellie Castle and help generate the income that enables us to care for the Castle & Gardens.

Specifically, you are there to ensure smooth and safe operations, making the property the best possible place to work and visit.

You’ll help us maximise sales through excellent customer service and product knowledge, taking a pride in the presentation and operation of the castle and all its parts, to make a memorable and positive experience for our visitors.

Must have full weekend availability, hours will be issued on a rota basis.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
To provide a consistently high standard of visitor care at all times:
 Welcoming visitors to the site and assisting with admissions, catering, membership and retail sales.
 Proactively engaging visitors in the stories and history of the site. This will include the delivery of tours and informal assistance around the property as and when required by the visitors.
 Welcoming visitors with special needs / impairments and providing a high level of service in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act.
 Welcoming International visitors and aiding with specific needs.
 Welcoming groups in an efficient and warm manner.
 Answering visitor queries about the site, the wider NTS and the local area.
 Promoting the National Trust for Scotland brand, to include our Membership scheme, events, upselling other properties and any promotional campaigns, being proactive in the selling of Membership and Gift Aid.
To maintain excellent standards of personal presentation at all times:
 Ensuring site is ready to open and welcome visitors by the set opening time.
 Wearing correct uniform, name badges, or PPE as required.
 Reporting all instances of damage and wear and tear issues promptly to your line manager.
 Working in harmony with other departments; Collections Care, Gardening and site repair employees/ contractors.

Financial Responsibilities:
 To adhere to all financial procedures including till operations, banking and safeguarding of monies: to implement amendments to standard procedure as instructions may dictate.

Visitor Services/Retail/Events/Catering/Cashier duties:
 To prepare and serve food and drink to customers.
 To ensure good housekeeping of catering kitchens, serveries, seating, front and back of house areas.
 To ensure that retail merchandising is in accordance with NTS policy.
 To assist in achieving site retail/membership/events targets and KPI’s.
 To actively upsell products and services to facilitate the visitor enjoyment.
 To actively feedback visitor comments to line managers to develop and improve offer, service, operations.
 To work flexibly across departments and Fife Properties as needed.
 To assist with the set-up, stewarding and break down of events in liaison with the management.
 To assist with hospitality and travel trade events. This may include evening work.

Health and Safety:
 To ensure site meets with all relevant Health and Safety legislation in liaison with your department manager.
 To ensure visitors vacate the site at close of business and that the site is secured at end of day.
 To use personal protection equipment as provided and directed by your line manager.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
Qualifications
 No formal educational qualification required.

Skills, Experience & Knowledge
Essential
 Ability to work within a team or independently, with minimal supervision, to a high and safe standard.
 Ability to be flexible and adapt working patterns and tasks to meet the property needs.
 Ability to adjust pace to match customer flow without compromising quality of service.
 Excellent front of house persona – warm, welcoming, patient and understanding.
 Genuine belief in the value of good customer service.
 Ability to be proactive and to take the initiative.
 Excellent selling skills – adaptable to customer type and product.
 Demonstrable excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritise.
 An understanding and commitment to the aims and objectives of the National Trust for Scotland.
Desirable
 Experience in storytelling and a passion for Scottish heritage and history.
 Basic food hygiene certificate.

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