Vacancies
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The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) needs keen and enthusiastic individuals to support the Garden’s mission to explore, conserve and explain the world of plants for a better future.
We have four sites around Scotland, Dawyck Botanic Garden near Peebles, Benmore Botanic Garden in Dunoon, Logan Botanic Garden near Stranraer and in Edinburgh.
We currently employ around 240 staff and work with around 300 volunteers to achieve our objectives.
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Current vacancies
- Visitor Welcome/Retail Assistant - Dawyck Botanic Garden
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BOTANICS TRADING COMPANY LTD
Working 1st February to 30th November 2021
Around 21 hours including some weekends
£9.34 per hour
The Botanics Trading Company Ltd (BTC) seeks to appoint a Visitor Welcome/Retail Assistant to work at Dawyck Botanic Garden near Peebles. Applicants should possess excellent customer service skills as well as experience of working as part of a team in a busy retail environment or comparable customer focused setting. A confident and outgoing personality and the ability to work with both the retail team and staff across the organisation to deliver objectives including 5 star Customer service and retail budget targets, is essential. Due to the location of the garden, access to a car would be essential.
The full job description can be viewed here.
Applications should be made by way of CV and a covering letter which outlines your experience and suitability for this post and should be sent to recruitment@rbge.org.uk by end of day 8th March 2021
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