Operations

Dundee Industrial Heritage Ltd

Role: Access Consultant to undertake an Access Audit of Discovery Point and RRS
Discovery and the planned capital redevelopment project ‘Discovery Point
Transformed’.

Estimated Fee: £10,000 inclusive of expenses, exclusive of VAT if applicable
Duration: 4 months

Timetable: Submission deadline 5pm on Tuesday 21st May 2024
Work commissioned early June 2024
Work complete September 2024

Location: Home or company based
Must be able to travel to Dundee to visit the site and for meetings and
consultations

Who are we?

We are Scotland’s design museum. Designed for everyone, firing imaginations and sparking curiosity in design across Scotland and around the world. At V&A Dundee we are on a mission to inspire and empower through design.

Design shapes our world, it’s part of everyday life and it’s everywhere. We are a museum with energy and have a vision of the future where everyone is inspired through design and recognises its far-reaching impact in our lives.

We are a welcoming place for people of Dundee to explore design and to use as an everyday part of their city, as well as inviting visitors from around the world. We are part of the V&A family of museums that celebrate creativity in all its forms from across centuries, for everyone.

At V&A Dundee, we champion and value our role in engaging audiences with design through a varied programme of accessible, participatory and co designed projects and events that stretch thinking and encourage a curious mind. Key to this is how we co-design with and for our Young Peoples Collective membership, participants, and partners to make the museum enjoyable for everyone.

Role Profile:
The Young Peoples Producer plays a key role in ensuring that the museum is a welcoming, accessible, and inclusive space for a young people’s audience, locally. As well as our young people’s programme as an introduction to all that V&A Dundee has to offer, aimed at those who may otherwise not consider visiting.

With a strong emphasis on co-design, and inclusion this role will work towards engaging young people from a range of backgrounds. Key to our approach is our Young Peoples Programme – co-designed by our Young People’s Collective (YPC), a group of 14 to 24-year-olds from across Dundee. The programme offers diverse, forward-thinking, and relevant opportunities to young people, as well as a programme out with school and college hours specifically to help young people develop new design-related skills and increase confidence and resilience, raise aspirations, and be involved with the Museum.

This programme helps support equal access for all audiences and is a key driver in relation to social impact and contributes significantly to the museum’s civic responsibility.

As a member of the Programme team, the Young Peoples Producer contributes ideas to the wider Museum’s programme and ensures the voice of young people is heard and acted upon, liaising with other internal departments and key, strategic partners.

Duties and Responsibilities:
-Devise, coordinate and facilitate weekly YPC meetings and onboarding of new members

-Develop a bespoke, co designed programme of opportunities led by the needs and interests of YPC to ensure their voices are represented and implemented across the museums’ wider programme

-Maintain and strengthen relationships with key national partners and stakeholders e.g. Young Scot, Children in Scotland, LGBT Youth Scotland to ensure that V&A Dundee is relevant and valued to young people

-Seek out opportunities and encourage membership for young people including those identified as NEET with a range of external partners

-With support from the Learning Manager, work closely with the Philanthropy and Partnerships team on a range of funding proposals and reports as and when necessary

-Working closely with Audiences and Media team to prepare social media posts and author, commission and edit information relating to the programme (What’s On) – e.g. blogs, articles, press releases etc.

-Coordinate and support YPC to gain accreditation for their programme and contribution to the museum

-Undertake administration relating to the post, including compiling reports and proposals, statistics and KPIs, administering budgets, purchase orders, invoices, and event schedules, risk assessments and contracts

-Monitor and evaluate the young people’s programme to ensure that it continues to meet user needs efficiently and effectively

-In collaboration with YPC, engage and commission designers, artists, creative practitioners to contribute to the development and delivery of the programme including museum wide events e.g. Tay Late, Design Days etc

-Actively promote equality and diversity in all aspects of work by developing and maintaining positive working relationships, ensuring that colleagues are treated fairly and with dignity and respect, and actively contributing to developments that support the museum’s strategy for widening access, inclusion, and diversity

-Represent and promote the work of V&A Dundee outside the organisation and undertake any other duties as reasonably required.

Person specification
Essential

-Proven experience of developing, coordinating, co-designing, and delivering programmes and projects for and with young people, in a museum, gallery, arts organisation, visitor attraction or similar cultural setting

-Efficient time and work management, ability to work on multiple projects and meticulous attention to detail

-Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to thrive in a busy environment

-Confident public speaker able to represent the Museum and its programmes

-Ability to work independently and creatively as part of a team

-Experience of writing and managing resources for and with young people both for print and digital platforms

-Ability to contribute to and promote an inclusive, respectful culture within a team

-Up-to-date knowledge and understanding of government policies and legislation relating to young people – including Child Protection, Health & Safety and The Equality Act and knowledge of national Young People initiatives, e.g. The Promise

-Experience of financial administration relating to budgets

-Represent and promote the work of V&A Dundee outside the organisation and undertake any other duties as reasonably required

-Proven IT skills and up to date knowledge of digital platforms and social media

This role will require the post holder to work some evenings, weekends and holiday periods as the learning programmes demand and when required. To deliver services effectively, a degree of flexibility is needed, and the post holder may be required to perform work not specifically referred to above.

Provan Hall is an A listed medieval building located in Auchinlea Park, which sits at the heart of Easterhouse. The building has recently reopened after a £2m restoration, offering a new hub for heritage learning and engagement, and as a visitor gateway to the Seven Lochs Wetland Park. Provan Hall Community Management Trust are responsible for the operation and management of Provan Hall and we are passionate about connecting local people and visitors with our hidden gem in the heart of Easterhouse, Glasgow.

This is a 6 month part time 17.5 hours per week role, due to begin in June 2024 and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. We welcome applications from people not currently in paid employment from ages 18+. We will work with you to design a work plan complete with training and guidance to reach your personal and professional development goals. No formal qualifications are essential but please read the person specification for each role carefully. A hybrid of working from home and onsite at Provan Hall is available but the frequency will depend on the role, tasks and projects assigned and we will plan a schedule with you to suit the role and your goals.

This role will explore all the features of running a tourist visitor attraction. From venue operations, merchandise to events. This role will offer a breadth of knowledge and experience, preparing trainees for managing visitor, heritage, arts and cultural attractions for future careers.

Tasks can include (this is not exhaustive):
Evaluating visitor access – identifying issues and resolutions to allow people from all walks of life to access and enjoy their experience at Provan Hall
Working with volunteers – assisting with scheduling volunteer tour guide timetables.
Marketing – seeking out opportunities and proposing new marketing strategies to attract national and international visitors
Events – managing bookings and organising community and commercial events
Merchandise – Monitoring sales, proposing merchandise stock, visual merchandising

Person Specification:
Confidence in speaking and writing in English
Confidence in using IT systems
Enjoy working and speaking to a variety of people including children, adults, volunteers, staff and project partners.
Enjoy learning on the job
Can use own initiative
Works well independently
Works well to tight deadlines
Hands on and happy to get stuck in to various jobs and tasks throughout a working day, with guidance from supervisor.

This role will suit someone interested in learning about the inner workings of a running a visitor attraction, in particularly a heritage attraction. If you’d like to try various jobs to find out what you like best or would like to gather a broad range of experience to develop confidence in venue management, this is the traineeship for you.

To apply, please check our website for full details and application pack: https://www.provanhall.org/opportunities-and-volunteering

The deadline for applying is 24th April.

Salary Range: £23,500 – £24,500 (pro rata) Contract: Fixed term 18-month, annualised hours (Part time – 24 hours a week; 3-day week, days to be determined)

Dundee Science Centre is looking for a proactive, forward-thinking individual who enjoys a challenge as well as working as part of an ambitious team.

The post holder will be hands on, ensuring all exhibits on the exhibition floor are fully functioning. You will be accountable for the operation, maintenance, repair, development and fabrication of Dundee Science Centre electronic, mechanical and electro-mechanical exhibits and equipment. The role requires manual handling and physical activity daily.

You will support the Facilities & Safety Procedures Lead to ensure all health and safety aspects are adhered to.

Main duties will include performing routine maintenance tasks such as cleaning, repairing, and replacing components to keep exhibitions operational, troubleshoot and address facility-related issues, such as plumbing, electrical and security systems, manage inventory of supplies and equipment necessary for facility maintenance and exhibition upkeep, provide technical support and training to staff members on operating and troubleshooting exhibition components as well as assisting the team with the transferring of equipment to and from outreach venues by driving the DSC van, to name a few.

You will be an advocate for Inclusion & Diversity, supporting the development of DSC’s culture of inclusion for our team and visitors.

We are looking for someone with a positive, resourceful, and confident nature with the ability to work independently and play a key role across the organisation.

Hours of work will be flexible depending on the availability of the individual; weekend and evening work will be required.

Your role of Steward at Historic Environment Scotland will be a fixed term position, running from May until August 2024 initially.

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 Bute and Port Glasgow through the season.

You will have the opportunity to work at:

Rothesay Castle: unique among Scottish castles for both its early date and unusual circular plan. It’s also famous for its close links with the Stewarts – both while they were hereditary high stewards and, from 1371, a royal dynasty. To this day, the heir to the throne still has the title Duke of Rothesay.

Glasgow & Strathclyde is a vibrant area of Scotland, encompassing 21 sites from Dunbartonshire to Ayrshire, including Glasgow and Lanarkshire. Our team works across a wide range of sites including castles, cathedrals, and gasworks. As a steward, you are key to enhancing the experience of our visitors by engaging with them about all aspects of our unique sites.

Your role of Steward at Historic Environment Scotland will be a fixed term position, with an expected start date in May, until the end of September.

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 Glasgow & Strathclyde during the season.

Dumbarton Castle:
You will have the opportunity to work at Dumbarton Castle, a stronghold that stood at the heart of an ancient kingdom covering the area now known as Strathclyde. Set high upon a volcanic rock in the Firth of Clyde, the castle was a royal refuge.

Glasgow & Strathclyde is a vibrant area of Scotland, encompassing 21 sites from Dunbartonshire to Ayrshire, including Glasgow and Lanarkshire. Our team works across a wide range of sites including castles, cathedrals, and gasworks. As a steward, you are key to enhancing the experience of our visitors by engaging with them about all aspects of our unique sites. Glasgow Cathedral welcomes upwards of 400,000 visitors per year, and hosts a mix of secular and religious events throughout the year