Join our passionate team and play a key role in delivering exceptional visitor experiences at the Scottish Seabird Centre!

In this role, you’ll be the friendly face of our retail and information desk, helping visitors discover our unique range of local, nature positive and sustainable products while ensuring every interaction is warm, informative, and memorable. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with an interest in cause-based retail who loves connecting with people, thrives in a dynamic environment, and wants to contribute to our mission - saving seabirds, restoring seas and inspiring change.

Our retail and visitor centre operation plays a vital role in connecting people to nature and raising funds for our conservation and education programmes. If you want to help us do more for nature, and you’re a proactive team player with a knack for customer service and a keen eye for detail, we’d love for you to be part of our story.

The Scottish Seabird Centre

The Scottish Seabird Centre (SSC) works to ensure that Scotland’s seas and coasts are alive with wildlife, celebrated and protected by all. We act to save seabirds and restore Scotland’s marine environment through conservation, learning, and unforgettable wildlife experiences:

Conservation – We manage internationally important seabird islands, including Bass Rock, which is home to one of the largest gannet colonies in the world, and Craigleith, where our community conservation project, SOS Puffin, has quadrupled the population of breeding puffins.

Learning – We seek to build an understanding of and a passion for the marine environment. Over 60,000 children and young people have engaged with our education programme.

Experience – We operate one of the leading nature visitor centres in the UK, welcoming over 170,000 visitors a year, and were awarded the Gold Green Tourism Award in April 2025.

Physical Requirements:

This role involves active, hands-on work, including standing and moving for extended periods. We welcome applications from all candidates and will consider reasonable adjustments to enable applicants with disabilities to perform the role.

Key Responsibilities

• Welcome and assist visitors: Be the first point of contact at our information and retail desk, providing friendly, knowledgeable support to visitors, inspiring them to join our charity and visit the Discovery Experience

• Curate and promote our gift shop:Help shape and showcase a thoughtful selection of local, nature positive and sustainable products, creating an inviting shopping experience that reflects our values and delights our customers.

• Maintain a vibrant retail space:Use your creativity to merchandise our shop beautifully, manage stock efficiently, and keep displays fresh and engaging for all who visit.

• Support shop operations: Assist with stock handling, deliveries, and inventory management, ensuring our shop runs smoothly and is always well-stocked with exciting products.

• Grow and help administer online shop: Contribute to the growth of our online shop by helping with content creation, promotion and order fulfilment.

• Work as part of a dynamic team: Bring your adaptability, initiative, and problem-solving skills to a varied and rewarding role, where no two days are the same.

The Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS) exists to educate the general public in the history of railways in Scotland. It is dedicated to preserving, operating, and celebrating Britain’s railway history. Our mission is to maintain our historic line, rolling stock, and visitor experience for future generations. As a registered charity, we rely on a blend of volunteers, staff, donors, and supporters to keep the railway running. It achieves this through operation of the Museum of Scottish Railways, Bo’ness & KinneilRailwayandSRPSRailtours Ltd.

You will be responsible for maintaining accurate financial records, processing day‑to‑day transactions, supporting the Financial Controller & Finance Director with ensuring up-to-date compliance with Companies Act Regulations, Charity Accounting & Regulatory Standards (FRS / SORP), and OSCR guidelines. This role is ideal for a ‘hands on’ individual with an ‘above & beyond and can do’ attitude, who enjoys working in a friendly, mission‑driven environment and wants to contribute to the preservation of railway heritage.

You will bring strong bookkeeping skills, attention to detail, and a positive, collaborative approach even when there are pressures or tight deadlines. Experience in the charity sector is essential; with experience of the heritage sector helpful - what matters most is accuracy, reliability, a positive approach and a willingness to improve processes and service levels.

In return, you will work in a unique setting where no two days are the same. You would be supported by the Financial Controller and a wider pool of volunteers who support our financial processes.

More details are available at srps.org.uk/recruitment

We are an award-winning family attraction and heritage charity at the heart of West Lothian. Our 23-acre site features historic buildings, a working waterwheel, accredited museum, rare breed farm, landscaped grounds and vibrant visitor spaces welcoming over 160,000 visitors each year.

As we deliver our ambitious five-year strategy, we are seeking an experienced and strategic Operations Manager to lead the safe, efficient and commercially successful day-to-day operation of Almond Valley Heritage Centre.

Reporting directly to the Director and forming part of the Senior Management Team, this is a pivotal leadership role responsible for visitor experience, commercial performance, events, and health & safety compliance across the site.

Key Requirements:

• Senior operational leadership experience within a visitor-facing or multi-use site
• Proven ability to implement strategy and drive commercial growth
• Strong understanding of health & safety and compliance management
• Experience leading and developing teams
• Financially confident with strong organisational and problem-solving skills
• A collaborative, people-centred leadership style

This is an exciting opportunity to take a visible leadership role within a much-loved community attraction while helping shape its future growth and resilience.

We are an award-winning family attraction and heritage charity at the heart of West Lothian. Our 23-acre site features historic buildings, rare breed animals, landscaped gardens, play areas and engaging visitor spaces — and we’re looking for a skilled Estates Maintenance Manager to lead the care, upkeep and development of this unique estate.

This is a senior leadership role responsible for estate maintenance, grounds management, health & safety compliance, team leadership and delivering an exceptional visitor experience for over 160,000 visitors each year.

You will report directly to the Director and be part of the Senior Management Team, playing a central role in shaping and delivering our ambitious five-year transformation strategy.

Key Requirements:

• Proven experience in estates, facilities or grounds management (heritage, cultural or visitor attraction setting desirable)
• Strong practical maintenance skills with sound knowledge of health & safety legislation (including PUWER and COSHH)
• Experience leading teams, managing contractors and overseeing site development projects
• Ability to develop proactive maintenance and asset management plans
• A hands-on, solutions-focused approach
• A proactive, visitor-focused mindset with commitment to sustainability and conservation

This is an exciting opportunity to make a visible impact within a much-loved community attraction while helping safeguard and evolve an important heritage estate for future generations.