The successful candidate will manifest our core values: collaboration, integrity, passion for museums, and courageousness.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
- Demonstrable administrative skills
- Strong organisational skills and managing a varied workload
- Attention to detail
- Ability to use initiative
- Working with data (written and numerical) and documents
- Understanding of business processes
- Strong customer focus and ability to communicate positively with a range of people
- Pro-active attitude to learning and development
- Confident using (or learning to use) a range of digital platforms
Preferred
- Organising or supporting events, hospitality or travel
- Use of Microsoft Teams or similar software
- Nat 4 qualification or equivalent or equivalent experience
Preference will be given to applicants who:
- have not completed (or are due to complete) a university degree;
- do not have significant paid work experience in the museums sector;
- have experienced barriers to employment.
We work with staff to help everyone reach their potential in the workplace and welcome conversations with individuals about their needs, circumstances and aspirations.
HOW YOU WORK
MGS has a behavioural competency framework which describes how we expect people to go about their work day-to-day. Staff must demonstrate the following skills areas at an appropriate level:
- Works collaboratively
- Communicating with impact
- Respect, inclusion and integrity
- Effective decision-making
- Sector focus
- Drive for results
- Innovation, agility and building capability
In particular this role requires someone who collaborates well and promotes this approach across teams, can make effective decisions following appropriate criteria, organises and plans work effectively, readily contributes ideas and willingly adapts working practices to support changes.
All staff are expected to champion and help deliver MGS’s commitments to anti-racism and climate action.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Although this is a hybrid role, regular office attendance in Edinburgh will be required. This will be agreed with the line manager.
