Caretaker / General Assistant / Maintenance

Facilities Assistant | Full time | 35 hours(with driving duties) Salary: £25,972 (£14.21 per hour) rising to £26,881 from 1st April 2026 Hours: 35 hours per week | Monday – Friday 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. *Benefits of joining us as our Facilities Assistant will include:* Annually alongside your salary of £25,972, the National Museums of Scotland contributes £7,234 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Pension Scheme.* 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* 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* About the Facilities Assistant role: 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* Provide reception services, registering NMS personnel, visitors and contractors (training provided)* Monitor CCTV, intruder and fire system (training provided)* 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* 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….