Senior Event Manager

Organisation: Glasgow Life
Salary: £53,024.70 - £61,456.46
Location: Commonwealth House, 32 Albion Street, Glasgow, G1 1LH
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 22 March 2026
Interview date: 30 March 2026
Job Description: 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 Event Manager to join our Events 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 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Contract type:
• Permanent
Pay details: The listed salary is for a full-time role.
Location:
• Hybrid option. You can spend part of your week at home, and part of your week in one of our offices. Flexibility is required around timing of events.
• At Commonwealth House, 32 Albion Street, Glasgow
What you’ll do
As a Senior Event Manager you’ll be a part of the Events team, reporting to the Senior Event and Operations Lead. You’ll play an essential role in leading a portfolio of event bidding, delivery and activation ensuring strategic alignment with the Glasgow Event Strategy. Your work will make a visible and lasting difference. This could be:
• Creating cultural experiences through the events that we deliver.
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:
• Educated to degree level or equivalent employment experience in a similar role within a major events environment, that works across event bidding and event delivery
• Proven track record in project management and delivery of large-scale internationally significant events and projects
• Proven experience in managing major events and/ or projects with multiple partner organisations including stakeholder management and reporting (including against targets) to City, National and international bodies.
• Proven experience in establishing governance, project planning, reporting and teams to deliver major events and projects
• Experience of lead responsibility for controlling budgets circa £1M+
• Excellent knowledge of, and existing relationships with, event industry partners, programmes and organisations.
• Excellent communications skills including producing regular high-quality reports and presentations to key stakeholders.
• Experience managing a team, and managing teams of minimum 4+
• Ability to communicate and work in partnership with multiple internal and external partners and stakeholders across hierarchies.
• Ability to write reports at a strategic and tactical level for major events and projects
• Ability to prioritise workload within a multi-disciplined environment, meeting pre-determined deadlines and ensuring work is accurate and methodical.
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally as required for your role
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 Jonathan.dawson@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 22nd March 2026 Interviews are provisionally scheduled for week commencing 30th March.

Who We Are
Our Events service makes Glasgow a world-class stage. As the city’s strategic lead for events, we attract, create, and grow major cultural and sporting moments — from much-loved annual fixtures like the Merchant City Festival, Glasgow Mela, Aye Write Glasgow Book Festival, Glasgow’s winter events and the World Pipe Band Championships, to global spectacles such as the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships and the 2024 World Athletics Indoors. Planning is also underway for future milestones, including hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games and UEFA EURO 2028.

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.
How to apply: https://myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/glasgow/glasgow-life.