Our employment values

Wherever you’re based, we offer a stimulating and varied work environment. Each of our locations has its own particular attractions, but our entire organisation is engaged in the same worthwhile and exciting agenda. 

In the face of threats like climate change, we strive to protect and promote Scotland’s historic environment for current and future generations to enjoy. Our employees can make a real difference to how well we manage to preserve the nation’s most precious assets. 

Our employment values mean that we are:

• Collaborative: we work closely and in an inclusive way with others to achieve shared goals

• Professional: we strive for excellence in everything that we do

• Innovative: we're forward-looking and creative, encouraging and embracing change

• Open; we are transparent in our business and in our relationships

• Respectful; We acknowledge that what others have to say is of importance and value

We're a Living Wage accredited employer and all of our recruitment is governed by the Civil Service Recruitment Code.

As an equal opportunities employer, we aim to employ a diverse workforce and offer a wide variety of employment opportunities. We welcome applications from all sections of society and work hard to help our staff make the best use of their skills and abilities.

We aim to employ a workforce that reflects, at all levels, the diversity of society as a whole. All our permanent staff are recruited through fair and open competition. In most circumstances, we also employ short-term posts through fair and open competition. We take care to assess the impact of our policies on age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion and belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Our Equality and Diversity Policy