Management

We believe everyone deserves a great Glasgow life and that starts with the people who work here.
Glasgow Life is a charity like no other. Our vision is to improve the lives of everyone in our city. To help us achieve that, we are looking for a Senior Commercial Manager to join our Retail team.
Our teams focus on making a real difference through culture and sport in Glasgow. If you’re excited by the idea of being part of that, this could be the job for you.

What you need to know
Hours: 35 per week.
Contract type: Fixed Term 3 years until January 2030
Location: Hybrid. You will spend part of your week at home, and part of your week in one of our offices including our head office based in Merchant City which has access to great public transport and discounted parking nearby.

What you’ll do
As a Senior Commercial Operations Manager, you’ll be a part of an established team, reporting to the Head of Commercial and Business Growth. You’ll play an essential role in driving sustainable growth in our retail, catering, and venue hire functions. Your work will make a visible and lasting difference. This could be:
• Forming strategic commercial direction for the critical business units of retail, catering, and venue hire, where customer centricity is a pivotal priority,
• Leading best in class operational standards, objectives, and measurement.
• Bringing an attitude that seeks to constantly improve how the organisation operates commercially.
• Inspiring, leading, and coaching colleagues to deliver shared objectives.
• Aligning commercial priorities with cross functional teams within finance, supply chain, marketing, procurement, driving cross-functional initiatives to achieve shared goals.
Who you are
We’re looking for someone with the right skills who brings energy to the role. If the following sounds like you, apply today!
We’re looking for:
• An astute commercial leader who can both define growth strategy and own the actions linked to operational excellence.
• Experience in leading dynamic and customer orientated teams from sectors such as retail, hospitality, or sales.
Download the Person Specification in the Job Attachments section on MyJobScotland. Use this to shape your application and show how your experience aligns with the job.
When selecting candidates for interviews, managers will look for candidates who meet all the ‘essential’ criteria listed in the Person Specification. If there are many candidates, they may also consider desirable skills. So, include those if they apply to you.
If you still have questions about the role, please contact us at paul.menzies@glasgowlife.org.uk to arrange an informal chat.

What we offer
At Glasgow Life, our work changes lives. As a charity, we bring communities together and support wellbeing through sport, culture, heritage, and learning.
Learn more about Glasgow Life in our 10 Facts video in the Further Information section on MyJobScotland.
We support you to live a great life. Inside and outside of work. Some of our benefits include:

Holiday
When you join, you’ll get 30 days’ holiday. Plus 6.5 public holidays if you’re full-time. This increases to 35 days after 5 years of service.
Fancy a bit more time off? You can buy extra holiday too!
Pension
Join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) – a Defined Benefit scheme that provides you with a secure pension for later life.
Support
Sometimes we all need support and a listening ear. Our free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme can support your mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing.
Discounts
As a colleague, you can enjoy discounts on the things you love, from Glasgow Club memberships to our museum shops and our online store. We are also part of the cycle-to-work scheme, helping you stay active.
Flexibility and development
We are proud of our flexible and inclusive work policies, which help you balance work and life. We also offer support for learning, development and career progression.

Please note that Glasgow Life is an Arm’s Length External Organisation to Glasgow City Council. We are currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure. This may impact current salaries quoted in job adverts. To learn more, visit – https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/jobevaluation.

What’s next
To get started, complete our short application form. In this, you’ll fill out:
• Work history
• Qualifications/training
• Key questions like “Why are you a good fit for this role?”
Use the Person Specification in the Job Attachments section to guide your answers.

Important Dates:
The closing date for this job is 11.59pm on 25th October. Interviews are provisionally scheduled for week commencing 2nd November.

Who We Are
Our Corporate Services teams keep Glasgow Life running at its best. From Business & Strategy, Finance, HR, Infrastructure, Commercial, Marketing, they deliver the behind-the-scenes work that powers everything we do. Whether it’s shaping strategy with sharp insights, crafting compelling messages, supporting our people, managing over 100 venues, or generating vital income—this team makes it happen.

Diversity and Fair Work at Glasgow Life
We’re working to build a team that reflects the rich diversity of Glasgow’s communities — where everyone feels valued, respected, and able to be their full, authentic selves at work.
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident and Carer Positive employer, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Learn more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/the-small-print/an-inclusive-employer
We’re also committed to Fair Work First principles, including effective voice, opportunity, security, fulfilment and respect for all our staff. Learn more about our approach to Fair Work First here: https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/about-us/fair-work-first

We’re working hard to address underrepresentation in our workforce. We especially welcome applications from people with disabilities and from ethnic minority communities.

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We’re excited to hear from you. Let’s shape a great Glasgow life — together.

To apply for this vacancy online please visit https://myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/glasgow/glasgow-life or https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/join-our-team

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Area Manager to lead and support operations across our visitor attraction venues. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering exceptional visitor experiences, driving operational performance, and leading high-performing teams.

Working collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders, you will ensure the effective day-to-day management of attractions, maintaining high standards of customer service, safety, and commercial performance while supporting the strategic objectives of OneRen.

The Trimontium Trust (a registered charity SCO16646) is an independent Trust which has been successfully running an Accredited Museum in Melrose, displaying artefacts (many on loan from National Museums Scotland) and interpreting the fascinating story of the Roman fort at Trimontium.

Over the last five years the Trust has completed a major refurbishment and extension of the museum (increasing its visitor numbers from 3000 to c11,000 p.a.) and now runs a lively programme of learning and engagement activities. The museum has been awarded a five-star grading from VisitScotland’s Quality Assurance Scheme. The Trust has recently secured funding to run a three-year project, Revealing Trimontium, which will connect the museum to the Roman fort site at Newstead, through the creation of a cinema space and the use of Augmented and Virtual Reality. The Trust is now seeking to appoint a Heritage Innovation Manager to lead this project and Digital Engagement and Interpretation Manager to develop the offer, working alongside our Volunteer and Visitor Experience Manager and volunteer team.

Please see attached document for full job description.

To apply: please send a covering letter explaining your suitability for the post and CV demonstrating appropriate experience, to: recruitment@trimontium.co.uk

Closing date: 16th October
Possible interview date: 9th November

Job Purpose

The Estate Supervisor will lead the estate team at Mar Lodge. The role will primarily involve responsibility for delivering all aspects of estate maintenance, including buildings and utilities, vehicles, tracks, forestry and farmland infrastructure. We are therefore looking for a candidate who is highly organised with general abilities who values working within a flexible and supportive team culture, and who would uphold the values of the Trust. The ideal candidate will be passionate about promoting nature recovery in the largest National Nature Reserve in Britain.

Context

Mar Lodge Estate is made up of more than 29,000 hectares of inspiring Scottish landscape: heather covered moorland, Caledonian pine forest, towering mountains and the Quoich wetlands, home to wading birds and otters. There are 15 Munros here, including 4 of the 5 highest mountains in the UK. The wild beauty of Mar Lodge Estate unfolds around our 19th century shooting lodge, which is used for both holiday accommodation and events.

The beautiful ancient pinewoods that surround the Lodge are home to red squirrels and pine martens as well as birds such as the crossbill and black grouse. We have a wide range of landscape conservation projects underway, including woodland regeneration through deer reduction, footpath repair and peatland restoration.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Planning
• Manage maintenance and compliance master sheets so that all works are planned according to priority, recorded in terms of progress and accurate costings tracked.

Building Maintenance
• Carrying out property condition/safety and fire safety checks and inspections in line with Safe Systems of Work.
• Identifying, initiating and monitoring contractor repair work, both in house and by external contractors, in line with contractor management procedures, and legislation.
• Maintaining on-line records in relation to the elements above to ensure compliance with legislation.

Forestry interventions.
• Plan felling and thinning rotation in accordance with the Mar Lodge Estate management objectives and long-term forest plan in conjunction with the ecology team. The estate supervisor will be involved in the periodic review of the aforementioned documents.
• Manage thinning, timber harvesting and transport operations. Manage the periodic safety inspections of trees and any subsequent necessary interventions.

Infrastructure maintenance and compliance.
• Oversee operation and maintenance of infrastructure on the estate, including roads, bridges, private water supplies, district heat network, solar panels, sewage treatment and biomass heating system.

Asset Control
• Keep an inventory of all estate tools, plant, vehicles and equipment and ensure they are securely stored and audited periodically

Grounds/Farmland maintenance.
• Work with the estate manager, conservation manager and the visitor services manager to update and deliver a landscape plan for the Mar Lodge Policies/designated landscape.
• Provide practical support on the delivery of conservation projects, such as peatland restoration.
• Erect and maintain fencing, manage conservation hay meadows and wetland interventions, manage hedgerows, manage formal lawns and garden shrubbery.

Health and Safety
• Prepare risk assessments for all activities undertaken by the estate team in accordance with Health & Safety legislation tasks. Record and report accidents, incidents and near misses as appropriate. In conjunction with others (Estate Manager, VSM, NTS H&S Team), prepare Fire Risk Assessments for estate buildings. Lead on delivery of remedial actions. Other necessary H&S administration (COSHH, HAVs recording, etc).
• In line with stated Trust policies and approaches to ensure the health and welfare of staff/volunteers and visitors in compliance with legislation.
Advocacy
• Contribute where appropriate to Trust membership recruitment.