Seasonal Visitor Experience Assistants (Various Roles Available)
High Life Highland is a dynamic and exciting Charity to work for with our purpose being to make life better for everyone, including our employees. We strive to provide a family friendly work environment for all employees so that they find it easier to balance family and work obligations.
About the Roles
We are looking for new members of our seasonal team to work at the Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore in 2026. If you enjoy history & heritage, meeting people and providing outstanding customer service then this could be the job for you!
Located in the Cairngorms National Park, the Highland Folk Museum attracts thousands of visitors from across the world every year to experience life in the Highlands from 1700s to the 1950s. We have over 36 historical buildings onsite to explore and discover how people in the Highlands lived and worked.
Each role is different, and we are looking for people who bring enthusiasm, team spirit and a genuine desire to work with people.
We have vacancies in the following areas: Reception, Retail, Cafe, Historical Interpretation, Croft, General Site and Cleaning.
Based at the Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore
Various Hours / £13.64 per hour
Contact: Lucy McIntosh 01349 781 650 / [email protected]
Vacancy Reference No: CHLH/2512/23
Closing Date: 18/01/26
To find out more about the key duties, responsibilities and attributes required for these roles, download the Job Description & Person Specifications below:
Visitor Experience Assistant (Catering)
Visitor Experience Assistant (Cleaning)
Visitor Experience Assistant (Croft)
Visitor Experience Assistant (General Site)
Visitor Experience Assistant (Historical Interpretation)
Visitor Experience Assistant (Reception)
Visitor Experience Assistant (Retail)
***Please specify which post you’re applying for on your application form.***
***A Disclosure Scotland PVG check is not required for these posts.***
About Us
High Life Highland is charity and our purpose is Making Life Better. We are a fun, friendly, kind, 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 is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of age, colour, disability, ethnic origin, gender reassignment, marital or family status, nationality, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other non-job related factor
Our Benefits
Explore our full list of benefits here.
Flexible working opportunities are key to creating a balance between work and home life and
High Life Highland offers employees.
☑ Opportunities to work from home (where appropriate).
☑ Flexible working hours.
☑ Flexi-leave scheme.
☑ Flexible retirement scheme.
☑ 35 days pro rata per annum (including statutory leave) rising to 40 days after 5 years.
☑ Special paid leave to care for your children or dependent relatives.
☑ Up to 18 weeks unpaid parental leave.
Our induction programme helps all new employees get to know the organisation and their individual job. The Charity will provide all the training needed for the role and have a six monthly appraisal system which focuses on development needs and gives employees the chance to talk about their job, and their plans for the future.
High Life Highland has a fair and transparent pay strategy with nationally negotiated pay awards each year. We contribute to a pension scheme that enables employees to make adequate provision for when they retire. There are also opportunities to enhance pension contributions through an AVC scheme.
As well as many part-time and term-time only posts.
Access to our Employee Benefits Scheme includes
☑ Discounted highlife membership and associated discounts with partner organisations and services.
☑ Many additional lifestyle discounts with High Street retailers.
☑ Cycle to work scheme.
☑ Additional Annual Leave Purchase opportunities.
Our i-care People Values