The National Trust for Scotland is searching for experts with experience in gardens and historic interiors to volunteer their time and expertise to the charity.

The Trust needs two conservation specialists to take on important roles as chairs for their Gardens & Designed Landscapes Advisory Panel and the Interiors & Collections Advisory Panel.

The panels provide advice to the Trust on conservation and heritage issues and help the Trust with projects. The Trust has in its care over 60 gardens and designed landscapes and hundreds of historic interiors.

Conservation Services & Projects Director Andrew Bachell said:

“We are looking for two people with extensive gardens or interiors knowledge to chair these panels and to represent the panels on the Trust’s Conservation Committee.

“Although the positions are voluntary they will be very influential. The advisory panels make an important contribution to our work, looking after some of Scotland’s most valuable heritage sites, most of which are open to the public.”

The positions will also enable the new Chairs to work with like-minded specialists and with people from other branches of conservation.

The ideal candidates will have conservation knowledge and expertise in either gardens and designed landscapes or interiors and collections and experience of chairing committees.

The closing date for applications is Friday 8 August 2008 and interviews will be held on Tuesday 19 August 2008.

For more information about the positions, contact Caroline Walsh on 0844 493 2497 or email cwalsh@nts.org.uk.