Organisation: The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Part-time (21 hrs per week), permanent post based in Edinburgh
Starting salary: £31,080 per annum (pro-rata £18,648) plus civil service pension, generous holiday entitlement and other benefits
A rare and exciting opportunity to join our Visitor Welcome Team as an Assistant Manager, where you will lead the team to ensure that our visitors receive a world-class welcome. You’ll have the opportunity to help shape our visitor operations for the future, as we build our visitor numbers, develop our visitor experience and continue with the largest capital investment in our history, Edinburgh Biomes.
We’re looking for someone with energy and creativity to make a difference as part of a team dedicated to the needs of our visitors. You should have previous experience in a staff management role, ideally within a similar fast paced visitor-focused role, where you will have demonstrated excellent leadership, teamwork, organisational and communication skills. You should also be computer literate in the use of Microsoft Word and Outlook.
As we are open to the public 7 days a week, you will be required to work on a roster, working 3 days over 7 days which will include working weekends and public holidays. The working pattern is based on a 3 week rotation:
1. Week 1 – Sunday, Mon, Tues
2. Week 2 – Mon, Tues, Wed
3. Week 3 – Mon, Tues, Saturday
There may be some flexibility on the working days during the week, the weekend schedule is fixed.
For full application details please visit the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh website linked below.
Closing date: 12pm (midday) on Monday 27 January 2025
Interview date: Thursday 13th February 2025
Recruitment Information: Job description and person specification can be downloaded from our website
If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been shortlisted. No recruitment agencies please.
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