Location: Council Headquarters, Almada Street, Hamilton
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary Band: £48, - £49, per annum
Duration: Permanent
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Closing Date: Tuesday 26 November 11.59pm
This is a new and exciting opportunity for someone who has vision, energy, and the drive to ensure a collaborative and dynamic approach to programming across all SLLC services.
Sitting within the Business Development Team, the role will report directly to the Commercial Manager and alongside Venue operational colleagues will be responsible for creating engaging and diverse programmes, collaborating with artists and organisations, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality events and experiences to enhance resident’s cultural experiences.
Acting as the main collating point for good and joined up programming practices across the entire SLLC estate, the role will include overseeing membership-based programmes such as ACE and Activage along with other customer-focused initiatives.
Close partnership working with marketing colleagues will be required to ensure an excellent profile for shows and programmes through, for example, brochures and digital media.
The applicant must be educated to a degree level or equivalent in a relevant discipline or have equivalent experience.
The ideal candidate will be resilient, a self-starter and a problem solver with lots of energy and a positive attitude and a passion for delivering activities across the organisation with warmth, friendliness and individual pride.
Interview date: Monday 9 December
Application Questions
Please answer the questions below in a Word document which can be attached to your application in the ‘Supported Documents' and URL section .
Q1
Please provide an example of a programme of events or collaboration with artists/tutors/coaches and organisations that you have been involved in.
What challenges did you face and how did you overcome these?
What did you learn from this and would do differently the next time?
Q2
Customer engagement is a key part of this post. Managing membership sales, targets and bookings is also an important part of the post. Please provide an example of your experience in this area outlining your challenges and successes.
South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture SCIO is a Scottish charitable incorporated organisation responsible for the delivery of leisure and cultural activities on behalf of South Lanarkshire Council.
As an employee of South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture SCIO, you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:
1. Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
2. Up to 33 days annual leave which will be calculated into hours on commencement of the role.
3. Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
4. Occupational sick pay
5. Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave
6. Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema
7. Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)
Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address
Legislative Information - This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order .
Foreign Police Check - Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable if you have lived or worked for 3 months or more (consecutively) abroad in the last 10 years.