Job Description

Facilities Assistant | Full time | 35 hours
(with driving duties)
Salary: 24,973 (13.66 per hour) pay award pending
Hours: 35 hours per week | Monday - Friday
Location: National Museums Collection Centre, Granton, Edinburgh. EH5 1JA*
National Museums Scotland is one of the leading museum groups in Europe with one of the largest and most diverse collections in the world.
We are looking for enthusiastic, passionate, honest, service-driven team-players to join our Facilities Management team.
*Please note this post will also include scheduled cover at National Museum of Scotland and National War Museum.
Benefits of joining us as our Facilities Assistant will include:

• Annually alongside your salary of 24,973, the National Museums of Scotland contributes 7,234 towards you being a member of the

. * A generous annual leave of 28.5 days - rising to 33.5 after 5 years Plus 8 paid days public holidays

• Full uniform provided
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Free access to national (and international) museums and exhibitions
• Exclusive discounts on both local and national High Street and online retailers
• A range of wellbeing benefits including Employee Assistance Programme 24/7
• Flexible working options such as part time working, paid special leave, career breaks and unpaid leave
• Access to all the above and more from day one of employment.

About the Facilities Assistant role:
This is a varied role, providing operational support on the NMCC site and includes: general warehousing/porterage; manual handling and/or the use of materials handling equipment to move, materials, furniture, equipment and crated/palletised objects; reception / security duties and activities such as escorting of contract personnel and janitorial services.
As an Facilities Assistant at National Museums Scotland you will:

• Drive vehicles - 3.5 tonne Luton van, transit van and all-terrain vehicle
• Carry out general warehouse duties including: materials, equipment and Museum object moves and contractor escorting
• Prepare meeting rooms for events and meetings
• Provide janitorial services on site as required
• Provide reception services, registering NMS personnel, visitors and contractors (training provided)
• Monitor CCTV, intruder and fire system (training provided)
• Carry out site health and safety checks
• Operate forklifts, MEWP and other manual handling aids (training provided)
• Any other ad hoc duties

Skills and experience we're looking for in our Facilities Assistant:

• Full clean manual driving licence
• Manual handling and materials handling experience
• Site reception and security experience
• Knowledge of Health & Safety at work procedures.

Hiring the right person for the right job is everything to us. We want to encourage you to apply if you think this is the role for you.
Please be sure to view our recruitment pack for this role (available on our careers website: careers.nms.ac.uk) for full details of the position that may help with your application.
The closing date for this role is 08/03/2026.

Skills Required