Maybe you want to help to devise new marketing campaigns or bring the biggest and best events to Scotland. Or maybe you want to write the code for our digital products and services.
Whatever your choice, your role is vital to our success and we can only be the best if we all work together.
Everyone that works for us has the chance to be part of something that's more than just a day job. Are you looking for a place where you can go home knowing that you've made a difference? Then working for us might be the best decision you ever made!
82%
of staff feel that their work gives them a sense of personal accomplishment.
91%
of staff agree that their manager is considerate of their life outside of work.
88%
of staff feel that their manager is open to their ideas and feedback.
84%
of staff feel proud to tell others they are part of VisitScotland.
At VisitScotland, we want to make sure we do what we can to contribute to your well-being, satisfaction, and overall success.
We're proud to offer you a wide range of benefits. These aim to provide you with a good work-life balance and help you be the best version of yourself that you can be.
Wherever possible, we aim to allow our people to do their work where and when it suits them best. To help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, we offer hybrid and remote working. Depending on the job, we also offer part-time working, and flexible or compressed hours.
Full-time employees can take 31.5 holiday days a year, rising to 36.5 days after five years’ continuous service. You can buy or sell up to 35 hours a year. They also get five fixed public holidays; two days at New Year, one day for St Andrews Day and two days at Christmas. Annual leave for part-time workers is given on a pro-rata basis.
All our employees are entitled to join any one of our three market-leading pension schemes. These are the British Tourist Board Pension Scheme, the Lothian Pension Fund (part of LGPS), or the National Employee Savings Trust.
Staff, who have worked with us for more than one year, are able to claim back the cost of certain healthcare expenses not covered by the NHS up to certain limits. These include optical, dental, physiotherapy, and chiropody.
Staff are able to save money at well-known retailers and supermarkets through our staff benefits portal.
We offer salary sacrifice schemes which allow staff to lease cars and bikes with tax and National Insurance savings.
We’re committed to being a family friendly employer. Hence, we offer our staff generous family leave such as enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave. Parental leave and shared parental leave are available too.
We offer a number of mental wellbeing initiatives. These include staff support groups and access to a 24-hour employee assistance programme. We also offer free membership to the headspace-mediation app.
We love seeing people grow! You'll find a wide range of learning and development opportunities in our VS Learning Academy. These range from specific technical skills to management and leadership.
We also have internal and external coaches and mentors available to support you on your career journey and help you reach your potential.
At VisitScotland, we encourage a growth mindset that is employee focused and goals-driven. We support staff to undertake work-related education programmes and qualifications.
We also fund professional memberships and registration with professional bodies. This way, you have recognition and networking opportunities with your professional community.
VisitScotland is a place where we ensure learning and growth is at the heart of everything we do.
We strive to ensure everyone’s learning experience is unique and tailored to our employee’s needs.
We believe the learning experience is like a journey, with the journey starting where the learning is now and where the learning is successful.
At VisitScotland, we promote the ambition of inclusion without exception. We encourage equality, diversity and inclusion within our organisation as well as in the wider tourism industry.
Our aim is for our workforce to be representative of all sections of society and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
Read our equality strategy