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Visitor Services Assistant - Administration

Organisation: The National Trust for Scotland

Salary: £22,672 pro-rata, per annum

Location: Haddo House

JOB PURPOSE

You will be responsible for the providing administration support to three properties within the Aberdeenshire North area, including Fyvie Castle, Haddo House & Castle Fraser. You will ensure all general administration is undertaken diligently, efficiently and carried out within the Trust’s procedures and policies.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Ensure all general administrative tasks are undertaken efficiently, effectively and timeously, including (but not limited to):
• Property correspondence (mail, email and telephone);
• Filing and record-keeping;
• Diary Management;
• Processing membership applications for the sites;
• Meetings support (agendas, minutes, support documentation);
• Cashier duties (reconciliation and recording);
• Data entry of takings, statistics – weekly, monthly and ad hoc;
• Purchase ordering – as required;
• Invoicing

You must be flexible to meet the needs of the property, this will include weekend working.

Department specific – visitor services

• Embody the Trust’s values;
• Provide excellent customer service and care to all staff, visitors and volunteers.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE

Qualifications

Essential
• Qualification in business administration – HND or Diploma – or relevant experience.

Experience
Essential
 Cash handling experience
 Ability and competence to intermediate level in MS packages – Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint.
 Possess excellent communication skills (written and oral);
 Must be diligent and accurate with excellent eye for detail;
 Excellent customer care skills
 Well-developed time management and organisation skills – ability to prioritise workload.
 Current driving license

Desirable
 Previous experience providing administrative support to a number of different departments highly desirable.

DIMENSIONS AND SCOPE OF JOB

Scale
• Three large heritage visitor attractions that run both tours of the sites, but also hospitality events, catering and retail outlets.

People Management

• Not a line manager.
• The post-holder will work frequently with the wider property staff and volunteers and regional team.

Finance Management

 No budget responsibility.
• Access to PC and relevant IT systems, i.e. standard NTS management systems including Intranet, T:Drive, Microsoft Dynamics, EPOS.

Application Deadline: Friday 13/01/2023