HLH/2604/25 Seasonal Visitor Experience Assistant (Retail)

Reference code: HLH/2604/25
  • Museum
  • Newtonmore
  • Closing on 29th April 2026
  • Work location: Highland Folk Museum
  • Contract type: Various
  • Salary: £14.12 per hour
  • Homeworking: This post is not suitable for homeworking
  • Responsible to: Assistant Operations Manager
  • Contact: Lucy McIntosh 01349 781655 / LUCY.MCINTOSH@highlifehighland.com

Key duties and responsibilities

  • Actively promote a positive and collaborative workplace culture that supports the Charity’s purpose of Making Life Better and i-care values to increase morale, productivity and performance.
  • Provide a warm, professional welcome to all visitors, creating a memorable experience through excellent customer care, attentiveness and efficiency.
  • Work on a rota basis within the Gift Shop and Sweetie Shop roles, including weekends and bank holidays ensuring you are up to date with your rostered shifts and give advance notice of any leave requests for consideration.
  • Process deliveries, monitor stock levels, merchandising, observing stock expiration dates and good stock rotation practices.
  • Interpret the 1930’s Sweetie Shop in costume.
  • Comply with all statutory legislation with regards to Health & Safety and Liquor Licensing.
  • Ensure all banking and cash handling requirements are met accurately and adhere to security and cash handling procedures.
  • Be responsible for opening and closing the areas of the museum as appropriate, always keeping an awareness of security and safety of personnel.
  • Pursue continuous professional development and contribute to the continuous improvement of the Highland Folk Museum and High Life Highland as a whole.
  • Attend and undertake any training online or in person.
  • Aim to reduce wastage and uphold our environmental values of being as sustainable as possible in all tasks.
  • Assist and support other areas of High Life Highland with particular projects, training or in the event of holidays or sickness working cross-functionally across the Highland Folk Museum team.
  • Undertake all tasks in accordance with High Life Highland policies and procedures, including General Data Protection Regulations, health and safety procedures, relevant checks, reporting any concerns to management to ensure corrective action is taken. 

 *** A Disclosure Scotland PVG check is not required for this post *** 

Date posted: 20th April 2026

About us

High Life Highland is charity and our purpose is Making Life Better. We are a fun, friendly, caring, supportive, inclusive and proud organisation with strong people values based around integrity, community, accountability, respect and example. We believe if all our of employees strive to embrace our people values then, collectively, we give ourselves the best chance of fulfilling our purpose of Making Life Better.
High Life Highland (HLH) is committed to the protection and safeguarding of vulnerable groups, including children and protected adults and believes that they should never experience any kind of abuse. It has a responsibility to promote the welfare of those in vulnerable groups and to keep them safe and to practice in a way that protects them. HLH expects all those with whom the Charity engages to share this position. Where applicable, new positions will be subject to the appropriate level of Disclosure Scotland checking; identity checks (address, date of birth), employment/experience history, two references (one of which must be most recent employer, where appropriate), qualifications, Right to Work in the UK (where applicable). The above will apply to anyone working on behalf of HLH (paid or unpaid) including all board directors, staff, workers, volunteers, agency staff and students.