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Your role of Steward at Historic Environment Scotland will be a fixed term position up until 30/9/25. The likely start date for this role is in April 2025.

Are you looking for a flexible seasonal job that is both fun and unique? You’ll get a unique view into Scotland’s rich history and gain valuable experience in the tourism industry and help bring Scotland’s dramatic history to life for our visitors from across the world. Explore the fascinating stories from Scotland’s past and share your passion with international and local visitors who come to Arbroath Abbey, Claypotts Castle, St Vigeans Museum & Edzell Castle during the season.

Come and work in Angus & Dundee, a county of rolling hills and glens along the stunning east coast of Scotland or delve into Dundee City of Discovery. A role that will enable you as part of the Visitor & Community team help visitors create memories to last a lifetime at these fantastic properties.

Arbroath Abbey, your base site, burial place of William the Lion who founded the Abbey in 1178, can you tell visitors what family seals are on the Declaration of Arbroath. At Edzell Castle the home of the Lindsays, a gifted, turbulent and tragic noble family who acquired the estate in 1358. The lordly seat was a motte and bailey residence near the medieval church. In the 1500s, the family built a brand-new castle – the one we admire today. What do you know about the Seven Cardinal Virtues, Seven Liberal Arts & the Seven Planetary Deities & how do they relate to the gardens of Edzell, can you excite visitors about that? At St Vigeans you may have specialised groups who know more about the Pictish Stones than you do, so what new information can you tell them that they may not notice, could it be about the birdlife on the river nearby? Claypotts Castle is a Castle built out of opportunity, the Strachans worked the land & were tenants of Lindores Abbey and were able to take advantage of their new higher status after the Reformation to build this Castle. Do you have practical information to enable visitors to park easily around Claypotts Castle?

Benefits of working with HES

– A generous holiday allowance of 25 days holidays + 11.5 public holidays per year (pro-rata for employees)
– A Civil Service pension which means you will receive an employer contribution of 27% of your annual salary
– Free entry to Historic Environment Scotland sites (with up to three guests) and all English Heritage, Manx and Cadw properties
– Discounts on 100’s of online retailers
– Interest free loans for bicycles and annual travel passes

Application Deadline: Wednesday 29/01/2025