Project Manager (Permanent)

What you'll do
As a Project Manager, you'll be joining our in-demand events team, as part of a dedicated team responsible for delivering the city's annual and one-off events. You will be reporting to the Event Manager.
Your work will make a visible and lasting difference. This could be:
• Supporting our communities
• Helping people get active
• Creating cultural experiences
• Or working behind the scenes to make it all happen

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!
Glasgow Life is the strategic lead for events in the city. The team invests to attract, create and grow major cultural and sporting events. We deliver high-profile annual events, including the Merchant City Festival, Glasgow Mela, the World Pipe Band Championships, Aye Write Glasgow Book Festival and Glasgow's winter events. We also deliver one-off major events and programmes, most recently delivering the World Athletics Indoors Championships 2024, the inaugural 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships and European Capital of Sport 2023, with planning underway to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games and UEFA EURO 2028.
Our team are the initial point of contact for events coming to the city. This includes working with local, national and international partners to maximise the economic, marketing and social benefits of events to the city. We aim to position and promote Glasgow as a world-leading event destination boosting the city's tourism profile, while driving positive impacts and legacies for local communities.
We're looking for:
• Educated to degree level OR relevant equivalent professional experience in the areas of Event Management, Sport, Culture or related discipline.
• Employment experience of Event Project Management
• Employment experience of the operational and delivery elements of major cultural and or sporting events
• Budget management experience
• Knowledge and understanding of the guidelines detailed within the HSE's 'The Event Safety Guide'.
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.
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