Glasgow Life is responsible for providing inspiration and opportunity for Glasgow’s citizens and visitors. With responsibility for museums, the arts, music, sport and world-class events, Glasgow Life is also the lead organisation responsible for the Convention Bureau, Destination Marketing and Tourism for the city of Glasgow; the scale and reach of our activity makes a real and positive impact on the lives of Glasgow’s citizens and creates unforgettable experiences for our visitors.
Glasgow Life are recruiting a Senior Tourism Manager, to join our Tourism and Conventions Team. You will provide a leadership role in taking forward the delivery of Glasgow’s Tourism and Visitor Plan to 2023 and beyond, collaborating with stakeholders, industry and partners to realise the ambition for the city, as set out in the Plan, to deliver economic benefit and global reputation to Glasgow through tourism and destination management.
This is an outward facing role with responsibility for building strong relationships with sector partners and tourism and hospitality businesses.
The role requires an awareness and understanding of the wider tourism sector, both locally, nationally and internationally, as well as the role of destination management to benefit the citizens and visitors to our city.
To be successful in this role you have the following skills and experience:
If you want to work with a great team, dedicated to the success of Glasgow as a tourism destination, we’d love to hear from you!
Benefits include a generous holiday allowance of 29 days (rising to 34 days after 5 years), plus 6.5 public holidays. You will also be eligible to join the Strathclyde pension fund, one of the largest local authority pension providers in the UK. Additional staff benefits include staff discounts, annual leave purchase scheme, flexible retirement and family friendly policies.
Glasgow Life value diversity and inclusion. We are particularly interested in receiving applications from BAME groups who are currently under represented in our organisation.
Alternative Application Packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille, Audio and other languages. To request an alternative application pack please phone 0141 287 1054.
Packs will be posted out to you within 3 working days of receiving your telephone request.
Please note the closing date of the job advert to ensure that you give yourself plenty of time to complete your application form and return it to us.
For further information about working for Glasgow Life please refer to Glasgow Life website.
For further details on this role including a job description and role profile and to apply visit the My Job Scotland website.
