private museum assistant
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 17 Chwefror 2026 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 19 Mawrth 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | IV2 3TX |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | behind-the-radar.co.uk |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: |
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behind-the-radar is a private museum based in a 1939/40 2 level underground bunker situated in Inverness. See http://www.behind-the-radar.co.uk
The museum is unusual in that many of the pieces of equipment can be operated (under supervision) by the visitors. So this is NOT a 'walk around unsupervised' museum which has everything in glass cases.
Up until now it has mainly been run by the owners and family members.
The business volume has increased to a point where we would like to appoint an 'assistant'. The job would initially be permanent part-time but we would anticipate it could move to full-time as the volume of visitors further increases.
The bunker has been open for public guided tours for about 5 years. The company now needs to recruit a staff member with a mixture of skills. These include:
* the ability to run small personal guided tours (5-10 in a group) and to have acquired and retained enough information about the bunker, ww2 and the cold-war to do professional presentations.
* basic curator tasks - maintain the log of artefacts, where they are and a little bit of history on them. Perhaps create posters to go along with the display items.
* do futher research on the bunker, RAF 13th and 14th group, visit the archive centre to scan old documents about the bunker.
* design and/or implement a rotation of displays/artefacts/posters over a season.
* simple maintance of the building - cleaning, floor polish, checking light and emergency lights, reporting faults, maintaining H&S logs.
* the ability to computer program(!) would be a major asset - to maintain existing radar emulations and display systems.
* a scientific background - at least to the level of describing technology in a basic way. Such as radar, cats-whisker radios, radiation, ww2 telephones, encryption system such as Enigma.
We class part of this job as being in a "regulated role". Tours will often involve groups of school-children (along with teachers and assistants). As such we would require any employee to be registered with and maintain a Disclosure Scotland/PVG certificate as part of employment conditions.
At present - but likely to change - there are up to three tours a day scheduled - 1000-1200, 1400-1600 and 1800-2000. It is unusual to run three tours in the one day. The owners would still expect to run some tours themselves.
What is our ideal candidate? Hard to say. The mixture of required skills and abilities is large and varied. As the war recruitment posters used to say "....we are looking for people with nimble fingers and quick brains..."
Training will be provided. Salary will be commensurate with skills.
The museum is unusual in that many of the pieces of equipment can be operated (under supervision) by the visitors. So this is NOT a 'walk around unsupervised' museum which has everything in glass cases.
Up until now it has mainly been run by the owners and family members.
The business volume has increased to a point where we would like to appoint an 'assistant'. The job would initially be permanent part-time but we would anticipate it could move to full-time as the volume of visitors further increases.
The bunker has been open for public guided tours for about 5 years. The company now needs to recruit a staff member with a mixture of skills. These include:
* the ability to run small personal guided tours (5-10 in a group) and to have acquired and retained enough information about the bunker, ww2 and the cold-war to do professional presentations.
* basic curator tasks - maintain the log of artefacts, where they are and a little bit of history on them. Perhaps create posters to go along with the display items.
* do futher research on the bunker, RAF 13th and 14th group, visit the archive centre to scan old documents about the bunker.
* design and/or implement a rotation of displays/artefacts/posters over a season.
* simple maintance of the building - cleaning, floor polish, checking light and emergency lights, reporting faults, maintaining H&S logs.
* the ability to computer program(!) would be a major asset - to maintain existing radar emulations and display systems.
* a scientific background - at least to the level of describing technology in a basic way. Such as radar, cats-whisker radios, radiation, ww2 telephones, encryption system such as Enigma.
We class part of this job as being in a "regulated role". Tours will often involve groups of school-children (along with teachers and assistants). As such we would require any employee to be registered with and maintain a Disclosure Scotland/PVG certificate as part of employment conditions.
At present - but likely to change - there are up to three tours a day scheduled - 1000-1200, 1400-1600 and 1800-2000. It is unusual to run three tours in the one day. The owners would still expect to run some tours themselves.
What is our ideal candidate? Hard to say. The mixture of required skills and abilities is large and varied. As the war recruitment posters used to say "....we are looking for people with nimble fingers and quick brains..."
Training will be provided. Salary will be commensurate with skills.