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Edinburgh Live
National
Sean Murphy

Edinburgh Castle seeks guides to show summer tourists around iconic attraction

The capital's most recognisable landmark is looking for people to work across several seasonal roles over the summer to cope with a surge in visitor numbers.

Edinburgh Castle has posted that it is looking for people to join the team over the summer months to help cope with the expected rise in numbers of tourists and visitors coming to the city.

Posting on their official social media channels including Facebook, the castle team wrote: "Looking for a new role working in one of Scotland's most popular visitor attractions? Then we have some exciting seasonal job vacancies that may interest you."

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They revealed they need people to fill Admissions Assistant, Retail Cashier Assistant and Castle Guide roles.

The Admissions job will include working in all areas of the Admissions department, both indoors and outside, from selling tickets and issuing audio guides to directing visitors and managing traffic.

While those on cashier duties would be responsible for dealing with cash within the Cashier team for both Admissions and Retail.

Guides would of course be in charge of passing on castle/historical information to visitors, maintaining exhibition areas and assisting in managing events of various sizes.

All of the posts would be 37 hours per week.

They added that anyone keen on the roles could find out more on their recruitment website.

They asked that anyone looking to apply do so before Wednesday, May 24 at 12 pm.

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