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JOB PURPOSE

This job is necessary to help the National Trust for Scotland properly care for the cultural landscape and natural heritage of the established site at Fyvie Castle through directly carrying out skilled estate maintenance work including path maintenance, vegetation control and general building and estate structures maintenance.

The Gardens Team plays a pivotal role ensuring that the Fyvie Management plan is realised and that we ensure safe access for over 80,000 visitors per year to our estate.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Ensuring a high standard of health and safety practice is followed while undertaking practical maintenance and conservation at Fyvie Castle
o Ensure you follow all relevant and appropriate Health and Safety Risk Assessments and activity procedures.
o Complete all relevant Health, Safety and Welfare logs relevant to your work and ensure compliance with COSHH
o Assist in delivery of all operations to ensure, where relevant and practical, the property is managed to reduce risk to the visiting public.
o Have an awareness of specific environmental risks relevant to working on the property, e.g. Lyme’s disease.
• Carry out essential estate maintenance and minor repairs to a high standard – this will include;
o Small scale repairs to fences, benches, gates and other countryside furniture
o Upkeep of estate and ground around buildings in line with expected presentation standards of a grand historic home
• Using and maintaining equipment and vehicles safely
• Day to day upkeep of the estate
• Undertaking conservation work while following guidelines and regulations around listed buildings and areas of archaeological interest
• Interacting with visitors at the site to communicate key visitor safety messages and act as a positive ambassador for the site and the NTS
• Work with and supervise volunteers in a safe and responsible manner helping them to maximize their input to the work needed at the site and their enjoyment of the experience
• Support community engagement projects and ecological surveys on site to improve landscape management

Application Deadline: Sunday 30/03/2025