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Contract Type: Casual

Grade: FCLW

Salary: £13.64 per hour

Hours: N/A

Location: Rothes Halls, Glenrothes

Job Reference: ON000634

We are OnFife and we know how valuable creativity is to our communities. Whether we’re helping people learn or making them laugh – we’re here to bring people together and make them feel good. Our spaces are some of Fife’s favourite places – from historic buildings to mobile libraries, award-winning new destinations to much-loved community hubs. Museums, theatres, galleries, libraries, and archives – we offer them all. We’re built on strong values, and those values make us who we are – Fearless, Inviting, Fair and Exciting.

We’re a Real Living Wage employer, and we offer a local government pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and flexible working opportunities. We have a dedicated training scheme offering professional development opportunities and you can also access our employee discount scheme which offers local and national savings and a range of employee benefits.

The Role

We have an great opportunity to join our operational team as a Catering Assistant at Rothes Halls on a casual basis. You will be part of the onsite catering team undertaking bar duties primarily, although this will extend to support in our busy café area. The role includes serving food and beverages, recording payments, restocking, maintaining cleanliness and hygiene standards and wider team support. You will ensure all working and public areas are kept safe and provide visitor engagement and support to a high level.    

The role will involve working on casual basis including evenings and weekends for covering our Shows.

You can view the full job spec here.

About You

You’ll have previous experience in a similar bar and hospitality role with a knowledge of health and safety requirements, understanding the workings of a catering environment is desirable. You will be a team player who will be energetic, with good literacy and numeracy skills and have a positive and flexible ‘can do’ attitude. You’ll take pride in your working environment and provide a professional and courteous service to visitors.  

How to Apply

If you would like to find out more information about this role before applying, please contact Caroline Livingstone the Assistant Venue Manager for an informal chat. Please email Caroline Livingstone on Caroline.livingstone@onfife.com. When you’re ready to apply, please complete our application form and equal opportunities form and return them to the HR team at hr.fct@onfife.com

The closing date for applications is 17th September 2026

Interviews will take place on Friday 25th September 2026 at Rothes Halls

OnFife is an equal opportunities employer.

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community and are committed to the Armed Forces Covenant.

JOB PURPOSE

As a front-line member of the Culloden team your job is give an amazing welcome and tell the story of this iconic site. You will be responsible for welcoming our visitors to the site and making sure that they are greeted and maintain parking facilities. You will be part of our Visit Scotland 5-star team acting as an ambassador for the site and the National Trust for Scotland.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

This role will assist the wider Estates team to deliver high-quality visitor experience at Culloden Battlefield (including but not limited to):

• To provide excellent customer service.
• Be responsible and proactive. Ensuring all day-to-day tasks are completed including responding to customer enquiries, maintaining car park machines, and keeping our facilities clean from litter.
• Working with the Visitor Services Manager (Estates) to deliver an excellent visitor experience from arrival to departure.
• Cash handling duties including emptying of car park machines. Ensuring cash is handled accurately.
• To ensure perpetually high levels of accuracy are maintained for all transactions and data recording.
• To actively drive-up selling opportunities through strong product knowledge and an excellent customer service to maximise sales of admission tickets, membership and donations.
• Be able to take responsibility for your own development and learning.
• Answer basic questions about operating hours.
• Have a flexible approach to working hours and days including working weekends and Bank Holidays as appropriate.
• To work across departments when necessary, supporting the wider Culloden Cluster team
• To develop a working knowledge of the history of the site and being able to relate that to visitors in a friendly and engaging way.
• To provide consistently excellent customer service when dealing with high volumes of customers.
• Adhering to the property’s quality standards including wearing of uniform.
• Ensuring health, safety and welfare of property staff, volunteers, and visitors by adhering to the Trust’s Health, Safety and Environment policies and guidelines. This includes working within the property’s “Safe System of Work” (the system for managing Health & Safety).

• The current duties of this job do not require a criminal records (Disclosure Scotland) check to be carried out.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE

Experience

Essential
• Ability to work within a team or independently, with minimal supervision to a high and safe standard.
• Ability to be flexible, to adapt working patterns and tasks to meet day-to-day variations in 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.
• Willingness to work outside in all weather conditions.
• Genuine belief in the value of good customer service.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrable time management skills and the ability to prioritise.
• Ability to be proactive and to take the initiative.
Desirable
• Previous cash handling experience
• Foreign language skills
• Historical knowledge of the site and area
• Previous experience in museum, tourism or equivalent sector

JOB PURPOSE

As a member of Culloden Battlefield’s Catering team, you will be working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment serving a large range of international and local guests. You will work as part of a larger, multi-department team to ensure an unforgettable visitor experience every time.

This role is key to the visitor experience; your role is to put smiles on faces and ensure our visitors have an amazing visit.
Benefits include
• Cycle to Work Scheme – offering excellent discounts on bicycle costs •
• Up to £50 towards the cost of your glasses or contact lenses if you need them for work •
• Staff discounts through Reward Gateway, our online employee discount scheme – offering a variety of discounts on a wide range of high street retail brands •
• 10% discount from the rental price (excluding the booking fee and any other ancillary charges) on all self-catering holiday accommodation managed by our partner Sykes Holiday Cottages
• Your employee card gives free entry to you, any of your children under the age of 18 and one other adult to National Trust for Scotland and National Trust properties, as well as a 20% discount on most purchases in National Trust for Scotland retail outlets.
REQUIRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & ATTRIBUTES

Essential

• A warm, friendly and outgoing personality.
• Previous experience in a catering or customer-facing role, delivering impeccable customer care and food safety standards.
• Be responsible and proactive. Ensuring all day-to-day tasks are completed including record keeping and reporting figures, cleaning, preparation and basic administration as required.
• To provide consistently excellent customer service when dealing with high volumes of customers
• Cash reconciliation duties including start and end of day tasks, must have experience handling cash accurately and processing sales
• Be able to take responsibility for your own development and learning.
• Have a flexible approach to working hours and days including working weekend and Bank Holidays as appropriate.
• To work across departments when necessary, supporting the wider Culloden cluster
• Adhering to the property’s quality standards including but not limited to the wearing of uniform, being well presented with a good standard of personal hygiene.
• Ensuring health and welfare of property staff, volunteers, and visitors by adhering to the Trust’s Health, Safety and Environment policies and guidelines. This includes working within the property’s “Safe System of Work” (the system for managing Health & Safety).
• Ensuring Safe systems of work are implemented effectively within all activities

Desirable

• Recognised First Aid Qualification.
• Experience of a Barista-style Coffee Machine and basic knowledge of Coffee types & styles
• SCPLH Qualification Alcohol.
• Knowledge of HACCP & COSHH systems.
• Basic Food Hygiene Qualification (will be expected to undertake if not held)
• Experience in EPOS style till operation.
• Excellent cash handling skills.

DIMENSIONS AND SCOPE OF JOB

Scale:
⦁ Primarily based in the Visitor Centre café working a variety of shift patterns including weekends and early evenings but may involve working across all departments including the external catering trailer.

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

Health and Safety
• To complete various online learning modules covering all aspects of on-site Health and Safety
• To use personal protective equipment as provided and directed by your line manager.
• Will be a frequent user of catering equipment and cleaning chemicals.
• Expected to work within and ensure compliance with the property’s ‘Safe Systems of Work’ (the system for managing health and safety and to ensure site meets with Health and Safety legislation).
• This role will involve manual handling

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

⦁ Welcoming visitors to the site and interact with them in a friendly, efficient, and knowledgeable manner.
⦁ Welcoming visitors with special needs / impairments and providing a high level of service in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act.
⦁ Answering visitors’ queries about the sites, education facilities and the local area.
⦁ Promoting 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.

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a world-leading botanic garden, conservation charity and visitor attraction. Through our four gardens and internationally recognised collections, we inspire people to value, protect and enjoy plants and the natural world. We also deliver a vibrant programme of events that connects thousands of visitors with our work each year.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly organised Events Coordinator to join our Events team and support the delivery of RBGE’s exciting events programme, including our flagship winter event, Christmas at the Botanics. Working closely with colleagues, partners and contractors, you will support event logistics, helping to deliver safe, welcoming and memorable visitor experiences while ensuring smooth day-to-day event operations.

This varied and hands-on role will involve supporting event planning and delivery, coordinating staffing and operational arrangements, managing ticketing and customer enquiries, liaising with contractors and stakeholders, , and helping to maintain high standards of health and safety. You will also play a key role in supporting on-site event operations during installation, live event delivery and de-rig periods.

We are seeking someone with experience of delivering public-facing events, excellent organisational and communication skills, and a passion for creating outstanding visitor experiences. You will enjoy working collaboratively, thrive in a fast-paced environment and be looking for an opportunity to contribute to one of Scotland’s most popular seasonal events.

RBGE is unable to sponsor applicants without the right to work in the United Kingdom for this role. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure eligibility to work in the United Kingdom for the duration of the appointment.

Closing date: 9am on Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Interview date: 23 September 2026

For more information including job description, person specification and to apply, please visit our website.