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.
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is committed to ensuring that all staff and customers are treated equally irrespective of their age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity. Our strategy may be downloaded from the box on the right.
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If you require the above download documents in an alternative format, please email recruitment@rbge.org.uk or call 0131 552 7171.
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Current vacancies
- Project Manager – Edinburgh Biomes
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Full-time, fixed term to March 2027, based in Edinburgh
Starting salary £39,500 to £50,000, plus civil service pension and other benefits
Edinburgh Biomes is the most exciting and visionary project being undertaken by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) since its relocation to its fourth site at Inverleith in 1820. The project aims to conserve plant life for generations to come.
Edinburgh Biomes is central to RBGE’s response to the twin challenges of the biodiversity crisis and climate emergency. In a world where 40% of plant species are estimated to be under threat, our mission has never been more urgent.
The project will protect global plant science and conservation through the restoration of the Garden’s A-listed historic Palm Houses, modernist Front Range and research houses. It will also provide new facilities for cutting edge plant science, accelerating RBGE’s research into plant pests and pathogens.
Edinburgh Biomes will create a new destination within the Garden for visitors, staff and academics from around the world - the creation of a new Glasshouse that will enrich our National Botanic Collection, provide a spectacular visitor experience and inspire the scientists, horticulturists and conservationists of the future.
Edinburgh Biomes has now reached the construction stage, and we are looking to recruit an experienced project manager to support in its delivery. Reporting into our Head of Edinburgh Biomes Programme, you will work with internal colleagues, external consultants, contractors, and partners to support and co-ordinate the delivery of the programme works using construction management tools and techniques.
This is a key post in the project team and will be critical to its success. Applicants should have demonstrable professional and technical experience in design, construction, procurement and project management, and a record of delivering a range of planning and successfully implementing a range of capital projects.
More information on the role, including a full job description and person specification, can be found in our recruitment brochure. Further information on the Edinburgh Biomes project can also be found there at https://www.rbge.org.uk/news/edinburgh-biomes. Informal enquiries on the role can be addressed to Amy Murray at amurray@rbge.org.uk
Interested applicants should send a CV and covering letter which outlines your suitability for this post as well as a completed equal opportunities questionnaire to recruitment@rbge.org.uk by Tuesday, 28 June 2022 with interviews likely to take place on Thursday, 14 July 2022.
If you haven’t heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume your application hasn’t been successful on this occasion.
No recruitment agencies please.
- Director of Horticulture
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Permanent post, based in Edinburgh. Hybrid working arrangements may be possible.
Starting salary £63,000 to £73,000 plus civil service pension and other benefits
We are one of the world’s leading scientific botanic gardens, holding knowledge gained over centuries that the world needs today. All known life depends on plants and fungi. It is our mission to explore, conserve and explain the world of plants for a better future. We know that biodiversity loss and climate change are threatening thousands of plants with extinction. Through cutting edge science, conservation, and education, we are helping to save them. Our four Scottish gardens – Benmore, Dawyck, Logan and ‘The Botanics’ in Edinburgh – attract over a million visitors every year. Together, these gardens comprise one of the richest plant collections on earth.
We are now looking to recruit into a critical exciting new role leading the strategic leadership of our key horticulture division. Reporting to the Regius Keeper, as our new Director of Horticulture you will be responsible for maintaining, advancing, and championing one the world’s leading plant collections, and leading the strategic, innovative, and collaborative development of our horticulture division.
More information on the role, including a full job description and person specification and details of how to apply, can be found in our recruitment brochure. Although we see this as a full-time role (37 hours per week), applications will also be considered from exceptional candidates looking to work on a part-time basis.
If you haven’t heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume your application hasn’t been successful on this occasion.
No recruitment agencies please.
- Retail Assistant – Logan Botanic Garden
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BOTANICS TRADING COMPANY LTD
Fixed Term, Part-time seasonal position (12 hours per week)
£9.90 per hour
The Botanics Trading Company Ltd seeks to appoint a part-time Retail Assistant. This post will run from 11th July until 15th November 2022 and the successful applicant will work 2 days per week on a rota basis which will include working weekends. Applicants should possess excellent customer service skills and experience in a fast-paced retail environment. A friendly outgoing personality and good attention to detail are essential.
A full job description and person specification which outlines all the essential and desirable criteria for this post can be downloaded from here.
Applications should be made by way of CV or application letter which outlines your suitability for this post and should be emailed to recruitment@rbge.org.uk by noon on Wednesday the 29th of June.
If you have not heard from us by 1st of July, please assume your application has not been shortlisted. No recruitment agencies please.
- Creative Programmes Assistant
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Full time, fixed term 22 months
Based in Edinburgh
Starting Salary £21,213, Band B (Pay Award Pending)
We’re one of the world’s leading scientific botanic gardens, holding knowledge gained over centuries that the world needs today. All known life depends on plants and fungi. It’s our mission to explore, conserve and explain the world of plants for a better future. We know that biodiversity loss and climate change are threatening thousands of plants with extinction. Through cutting edge science, conservation and education, we’re helping to save them. Our four Scottish gardens – Benmore, Dawyck, Logan and ‘The Botanics’ in Edinburgh – attract over a million visitors every year. Together, these gardens comprise one of the richest plant collections on earth. As a registered Scottish charity, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is funded principally by the Scottish Government – but as an organisation, we’re very much global. We’re taking positive action for plants and people around the world – from local communities in Scotland to over 40 countries overseas.
We are looking to recruit a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual to work as part of our Creative Programmes team, based in Inverleith House, Edinburgh. The working hours will generally be 10am to 6pm, Friday to Tuesday. You should be available to start work prior to Saturday 13 August 2022.
You should be graduates or have equivalent work experience, be highly organised and possess excellent communication skills. An interest in art, culture or nature is essential. Full details of the post including a job description and person specification can be downloaded from this page
Interested applicants should send a CV and covering letter outlining the skills and experience they could bring to the post, along with a completed equal opportunities questionnaire to recruitment@rbge.org.uk no later than 12pm on Tuesday 5 July. Interviews will be held on Tuesday 19 July. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date please assume that your application has not been shortlisted.
No recruitment agencies please.
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