Museum Assistant – Methil Heritage Centre

OnFife; Methil; Hybrid; GBP 14,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Real Living Wage

Local government pension scheme

Job summary

OnFife is seeking a Museum Assistant for Methil Heritage Centre. This fixed-term post runs until end of March 2027 and requires 22 hours per week. You will ensure every visitor has a memorable visit and deliver excellent customer service in a community museum celebrating Levenmouth’s history.

The ideal candidate enjoys helping others, has customer service experience, and is keen to promote the venue and its events. Flexibility to cover shifts is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in customer service and a passion for museums/local history.
• Excellent numeracy and literacy skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional customer service at Methil Heritage Centre.
• Ensure visitors have a memorable visit and a warm welcome.
• Promote the venue, its activities and events to visitors.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Numeracy

Literacy

Job description

Contract Type: Fixed Term until End of March 2027

Grade: FC3

Hours: 22hours per week

Location: Methil Heritage Centre

Job Reference: ON000632

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 Methil Heritage Centre. This is a fixed term post until end of March 2027, working 22 hours per week. You’ll ensure that every visitor to Methil Heritage Centre has a memorable visit. You will provide exceptional customer service within Methil Heritage Centre. This friendly community museum celebrates the people, industry and everyday life of Levenmouth and offers a warm welcome to visitors from the local area and further afield.

The position is for 22 hours per week. The working hours are expected to be in line with the following pattern, but flexibility is essential to meet the needs of the business

This role will suit someone who enjoys working in customer service and interacting with the public in a museum environment. You’ll be a friendly, outgoing and motivated individual with customer service experience, good communication skills and a keen interest in museums and local history.

You’ll ideally come from a visitor/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 the processes involved with ensuring the security and operation of the venue.

The closing date for applications is 12noon on Thursday 17 September 2026

Interviews will take place on Thursday 1 October at Kirkcaldy Galleries.

OnFife is an equal opportunities employer.

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