Management

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Area Manager to lead and support operations across our visitor attraction venues. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering exceptional visitor experiences, driving operational performance, and leading high-performing teams.

Working collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders, you will ensure the effective day-to-day management of attractions, maintaining high standards of customer service, safety, and commercial performance while supporting the strategic objectives of OneRen.

The Trimontium Trust (a registered charity SCO16646) is an independent Trust which has been successfully running an Accredited Museum in Melrose, displaying artefacts (many on loan from National Museums Scotland) and interpreting the fascinating story of the Roman fort at Trimontium.

Over the last five years the Trust has completed a major refurbishment and extension of the museum (increasing its visitor numbers from 3000 to c11,000 p.a.) and now runs a lively programme of learning and engagement activities. The museum has been awarded a five-star grading from VisitScotland’s Quality Assurance Scheme. The Trust has recently secured funding to run a three-year project, Revealing Trimontium, which will connect the museum to the Roman fort site at Newstead, through the creation of a cinema space and the use of Augmented and Virtual Reality. The Trust is now seeking to appoint a Heritage Innovation Manager to lead this project and Digital Engagement and Interpretation Manager to develop the offer, working alongside our Volunteer and Visitor Experience Manager and volunteer team.

Please see attached document for full job description.

To apply: please send a covering letter explaining your suitability for the post and CV demonstrating appropriate experience, to: recruitment@trimontium.co.uk

Closing date: 16th October
Possible interview date: 9th November

Job Purpose

The Estate Supervisor will lead the estate team at Mar Lodge. The role will primarily involve responsibility for delivering all aspects of estate maintenance, including buildings and utilities, vehicles, tracks, forestry and farmland infrastructure. We are therefore looking for a candidate who is highly organised with general abilities who values working within a flexible and supportive team culture, and who would uphold the values of the Trust. The ideal candidate will be passionate about promoting nature recovery in the largest National Nature Reserve in Britain.

Context

Mar Lodge Estate is made up of more than 29,000 hectares of inspiring Scottish landscape: heather covered moorland, Caledonian pine forest, towering mountains and the Quoich wetlands, home to wading birds and otters. There are 15 Munros here, including 4 of the 5 highest mountains in the UK. The wild beauty of Mar Lodge Estate unfolds around our 19th century shooting lodge, which is used for both holiday accommodation and events.

The beautiful ancient pinewoods that surround the Lodge are home to red squirrels and pine martens as well as birds such as the crossbill and black grouse. We have a wide range of landscape conservation projects underway, including woodland regeneration through deer reduction, footpath repair and peatland restoration.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Planning
• Manage maintenance and compliance master sheets so that all works are planned according to priority, recorded in terms of progress and accurate costings tracked.

Building Maintenance
• Carrying out property condition/safety and fire safety checks and inspections in line with Safe Systems of Work.
• Identifying, initiating and monitoring contractor repair work, both in house and by external contractors, in line with contractor management procedures, and legislation.
• Maintaining on-line records in relation to the elements above to ensure compliance with legislation.

Forestry interventions.
• Plan felling and thinning rotation in accordance with the Mar Lodge Estate management objectives and long-term forest plan in conjunction with the ecology team. The estate supervisor will be involved in the periodic review of the aforementioned documents.
• Manage thinning, timber harvesting and transport operations. Manage the periodic safety inspections of trees and any subsequent necessary interventions.

Infrastructure maintenance and compliance.
• Oversee operation and maintenance of infrastructure on the estate, including roads, bridges, private water supplies, district heat network, solar panels, sewage treatment and biomass heating system.

Asset Control
• Keep an inventory of all estate tools, plant, vehicles and equipment and ensure they are securely stored and audited periodically

Grounds/Farmland maintenance.
• Work with the estate manager, conservation manager and the visitor services manager to update and deliver a landscape plan for the Mar Lodge Policies/designated landscape.
• Provide practical support on the delivery of conservation projects, such as peatland restoration.
• Erect and maintain fencing, manage conservation hay meadows and wetland interventions, manage hedgerows, manage formal lawns and garden shrubbery.

Health and Safety
• Prepare risk assessments for all activities undertaken by the estate team in accordance with Health & Safety legislation tasks. Record and report accidents, incidents and near misses as appropriate. In conjunction with others (Estate Manager, VSM, NTS H&S Team), prepare Fire Risk Assessments for estate buildings. Lead on delivery of remedial actions. Other necessary H&S administration (COSHH, HAVs recording, etc).
• In line with stated Trust policies and approaches to ensure the health and welfare of staff/volunteers and visitors in compliance with legislation.
Advocacy
• Contribute where appropriate to Trust membership recruitment.