Seasonal Museum Attendant - DGA

Job Description

Seasonal Museum Attendant (10/0019) (Fixed Term)

Sanquhar Tolbooth Museum

£21,087.50 - £21.447.50

You will be required to work 30 hours per week, 52.14 weeks per year.

Museum Attendants are responsible for safeguarding museum exhibitions and buildings and for keeping facilities clean and tidy. Working front of house, they ensure that museum visitors enjoy their visit by providing a high quality of customer service. This involves answering queries, giving presentations and visitor information and the sale of goods and tickets.

You should be a reliable, trustworthy, conscientious and enthusiastic person with good general education and experience of cleaning and keeping public facilities in good order. A high level of communication and customer care skills are essential as are experience of working in visitor services and with security systems. Basic computer skills and a current driving licence are desirable.

This post is fixed term for up 26 weeks.

Working pattern:
Tuesday-Saturday: 10am-1pm, 2pm-5pm (Days off – Sunday and Monday)

This post is subject to candidate vetting through Disclosure Scotland.

With an exciting benefits package, working for Dumfries and Galloway Council supports you to invest in your own health and wellbeing. Employees have access to our bespoke Vivup platform with over 800 discounts on everyday essentials from top UK retailers, restaurants, utility providers and more. Employees also get access to membership of The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) exclusive discounts from local businesses, a Cycle-to-Work scheme, financial support from My Money Matters, and guidance from our trained Wellbeing Champions.

Here at Dumfries and Galloway Council we are committed to equality, diversity and equal opportunity with our values, which include treating everyone with dignity, fairness and respect, driving us to tackle inequality. We are looking for people that can bring different perspectives and experiences and especially welcome applications from those who are underrepresented in our organisation.

For further information please contact Vivienne Orr, Museums Facilities Officer, Tel: or Email: