2 Customer Services jobs in Dunbar, East Lothian

National Museums Scotland is one of the leading museum groups in Europe with one of the largest and most diverse collections in the world.

As an organisation our values are Creative, Inclusive, Collaborative and Forward-thinking.

We are looking for enthusiastic, passionate, honest, service-driven individuals to join our Engineering and Furniture Conservation team.

Benefits of joining us as our Assistant Conservator will include:
* Annually alongside your salary of £31,929 - £34,549 National Museums Scotland contributes 28.97% of this towards you being a member of the Civil Service Pension Scheme (pro rata)
* A generous annual leave of 28.5 days – rising to 33.5 after 5 years, plus an additional 8 paid days public holidays (pro rata)
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Free access to national (and international) museums and exhibitions
* Exclusive discounts on both local and national High Street and online retailers
* A range of wellbeing benefits including Employee Assistance Programme 24/7
* Flexible working options such as part time working, paid special leave, career breaks and unpaid leave
* Access to all the above and more from day one of employment.

To see more of our benefits please visit out dedicated benefits page on our careers portal.

About the Assistant Conservator role:

An exciting opportunity has risen for an Assistant Conservator to join our busy and dynamic Engineering and Furniture Conservation team on a full-time fixed term contract for 6 months. You’ll be helping care for an internationally significant collection covering a wide range of science and technology objects from Clocks to Concorde. You’ll bring your conservation knowledge to support our programme of exhibitions, displays and loans. Based at the National Museum of Flight but with collections across all five NMS sites, this role will support the Aircraft Conservator working out at the National Museum of Flight caring for a range of collections but with a focus on the ongoing care and maintenance of the outdoor aircraft.

As an Assistant Conservator at National Museums Scotland you will:
* Apply expert specialist conservation knowledge to National Museums Scotland’s conservation programmes
* Work closely with exhibition, curatorial and other key sectors in the museum, normally under guidance, to provide the conservation necessary to ensure that deadlines for exhibition and display are met
* Propose and develop technical solutions to conserve complex artefacts.

Skills and experience we’re looking for in our Assistant Conservator:
* Able, practical conservator
* Good documentation and reporting skills
* Proven relevant practical experience in a museum or similar environment (additional demonstrable experience is essential in the absence of formal qualifications).

Hiring the right person for the right job is everything to us. We want to encourage you to apply if you think this is the role for you.

Please be sure to view our recruitment pack for this role (available on our careers website: careers.nms.ac.uk) for full details of the position that may help with your application.

Should you progress to the next stage you are required to submit a current portfolio of work which will demonstrate your experience and capabilities relevant to this role. Whilst this is not required at this stage, if you already have this available and wish to include, please provide a URL link to this in your application.

The closing date for this role is 24/03/2025. The Selection Event is likely to take place 29/04/2025.