Rejoindre l'équipe Wee Ecosse

​Key responsibilities

French-speaking Guide

• You will perform an average of 5 walking tours per week (groups between 1 and 20 people, tours are between 2 hours and 4 hours long) 

• You have a fine interest in, if not already a good knowledge of, Edinburgh and its surroundings. You will receive training from us and be provided with any content needed for the tours, but encouraged to enrich it as you gain in experience.

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Sales & Marketing coordinator

• You will be in charge of drafting regular communications & social media campaigns to promote Wee Ecosse 

• You will oversee the production of flyers and promotion material through the year 

• You will take part in the management of small events 

• Analytics: you will produce regular sales & marketing reports 

• You will take part in the development of our relationship with trade partners

 

Content production

• Copywriting 

• Social media post drafting 

• Customer relationship

 

Venue Assistant

• You might be responsible for opening or closing our venue on certain days 

• You will be expected to perform some basic sales to customers

• You will prioritise giving information and helping customers that show up at the venue​​

 

Job details

The Essentials:

• This is an 80% annualised permanent contract: during six months, you will be working 100% (From April to September). Then during the remaining six months, you will work at 60%, distributed the way you want. This means you can split the working hours throughout the week or the month in a way that suits you or combine your time off to get extended holidays (to be agreed in advance)!

• Our full time week is 35h (7h per day, 5 days a week) 

• Hourly salary of £14

• Permanent contract to start on 1st of March 2025

• 50% of the time will be spent guiding (training provided) and 50% of the time will be spent on marketing & sales missions, either from our offices or from home. 

• Working hours usually from 9am-5pm/10am-6pm 

• Statutory holidays & sick pay

 

Benefits & Growth Opportunities

• First aid training 

• Free bus pass

• Full training to be a tour guide 

• Scope to grow within the business

• Social events with the team

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Your profile

Must-haves:

• Fluency in both French (oral and written) and English 

• Right to work in the UK 

• High autonomy and sense of initiative

• A habit to work with your voice

• A taste for performing, an easiness to capture your audience’s attention

• An experience in a client-facing role, ideally in tourism or hospitality

• Easy contact with any type of public

• Team spirit and good collaboration skills

• High interest in anything related to Edinburgh and the Scottish culture as a whole

• High awareness of your environment (physical environment, sense of propriety)

• This roles involves getting in and out Edinburgh city centre on a daily basis

• This roles involves walking outdoors for up to 8 hours a day, with breaks

• Experience in marketing

• Copywriting skills

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Even better if you have:

• Great knowledge of Edinburgh & Scotland 

• Previous experience as a tour guide 

• Previous experience in tourism or hospitality 

• Writing skills 

• Sales skills