Contract Type: Permanent
Grade: FC03
Hours: 14 hours summer (Apr – Sep), 10 hours winter (Oct – Mar)
Salary: £25,604.23 – £26,786.83 pro rata
Location: St Andrews Museum
Job Reference: ON000639
We are OnFife and we know how valuable creativity is to our communities. Whether we’re helping people learn or making them laugh – we’re here to bring people together and make them feel good. Our spaces are some of Fife’s favourite places – from historic buildings to mobile libraries, award-winning new destinations to much-loved community hubs. Museums, theatres, galleries, libraries, and archives – we offer them all. We’re built on strong values, and those values make us who we are –Fearless,Inviting,Fair andExciting.
We’rea Real Living Wageemployer,and weoffer a local government pension scheme, generous holidayallowanceand flexible working opportunities. We have a dedicated training scheme offering professional development opportunities and you can also access our employee discount scheme which offers local and national savings and a range of employee benefits.
The Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Museum Assistant to join our team at St Andrews Museum. This is a permanent post, working 14 hours per week in summer season, and 10 hours in the winter. The working pattern noted below is an indication of typical requirements however flexibility will be required to meet business needs.
Summer Season
Winter Season
Thursday 10:00 – 14:00
Friday 10:00 – 16:30
You’ll ensure that every visitor to St Andrews Museum has a memorable visit. You will adapt to and acknowledge the diversity of our visitors and what they aim to get out of their visit to the venue.
You can view the full Job Description here.
About You
You’ll ideally come from a visitor or customer service background, but it’ll be your enthusiasm for helping others and devotion to customer care that makes you really stand out.
Naturally good with people, you’ll be able to put customers of all ages and backgrounds at ease, whilst helping to promote the venue, its activities and events. Your passion for history, culture and community engagement will be apparent.
You will be organised, efficient and thrive on variety. It goes without saying you’ll need excellent numeracy, literacy and communication skills, but you’ll also need excellent administration skills, and knowledge of the processes involved with ensuring the security and operation of the venue.
The closing date for applications is 17:00 on Thursday 22 October.
OnFife is an equal opportunities employer.
We are proud to support the Armed Forces community and are committed to the Armed Forces Covenant.
Application Deadline: Thursday 22/10/2026
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