Staff Manager
£115 / £125 (daily rate)
Closing Date 1 December 2024
Fixed Term
About the Organisation
Edinburgh Science Foundation is an educational charity that inspires people of all ages and backgrounds around the world to experience the wonder of science and technology. Best known for Edinburgh’s annual Science Festival – the world’s first science festival and still one of the world’s largest – and for our Learning programmes that sees Generation Science tour Scotland and bring science to life in classrooms throughout the year and promotes STEM careers to teens through initiatives such as Careers Hive. An increasing worldwide element shares our content, passion and expertise more widely through an extensive portfolio of international projects.
About the Role
We are looking for someone with extraordinary organisational and people skills to recruit, train, programme and manage our temporary Festival staff including our Science Communicators, Front of House staff and Assistant Staff Managers.
This post is available initially on a part-time basis – 4 days per week from 20 January – end of February and then full-time, from March to end of April 2025.
Normal working hours out with the live Festival are usually 9am-5pm Monday to Friday. Some weekend and evening work will be required during the Festival training and live festival period.
About You
You will have ideally worked in a festival/events environment with staff management responsibilities and have a sound understanding of festival/events settings. You will bring exceptional people skills with experience in managing large groups of temporary staff. Proven skills in recruitment and selection methods and training delivery are essential. You will also be well organised, competent in using Microsoft Office (particularly Excel) and ideally in using Applicant Tracking Systems for recruitment. You’ll be a natural at meeting tight deadlines and delivering high quality work within time and budget.
How to Apply
- Download: the full job description HERE
- Apply: via the dedicated jobs portal HERE
- Deadline: 11.59pm on Sunday 01 December
- Interviews: will be held on 11/12 December
At Edinburgh Science we welcome applications from all backgrounds because we believe that bringing together people with different perspectives, ideas and experiences always leads to better discussions, decisions and results.