Head of Marketing and Communications Job Glasgow area,Scotland UK,Marketing / Advertising / PR

Contract:

Permanent, Salaried, 37.5 hours per week

The role

An exciting new opportunity has arisen to join the Executive Management Group as a Head of Marketing and Communications.

You will work with the CEO, Directors and Executive Team to create, develop, plan, manage and deliver a strategic sales, marketing and communication plan to achieve GSC’s corporate objectives on a consistent basis across a range of channels.

You will raise the profile of GSC with innovative campaigns and marketing collateral, constructing relevant and exciting messages to a diverse range of audiences that are simple, clear and consistent.

You will also manage, inspire and motivate the Communications team to deliver a creative and exciting marketing and communications plan using different media to maximise engagement numbers (and income) from all audiences including public, education, government and industry.

Create, develop, plan, manage and deliver a strategic sales, marketing and communications plan.
Raise the profile of GSC with innovative campaigns and clear messaging for diverse audiences.
Lead and develop the Communications team to deliver media and marketing across multiple channels.

How to apply

For consideration in this role, please complete an application form and submit your CV online.

We encourage all applicants to complete a short equality monitoring questionnaire. This is optional and for our internal monitoring purposes only. It does not form part of the selection process.

The closing date for applications is Saturday 31st January 2026 at 12 noon

Please find links to the application form and equality monitoring form below.

GSC operates an inclusive recruitment and selection process designed to enable the selection of the most suitable candidates from the widest possible range of applicants, based on individual merits and relevant abilities.

As a Science Centre, we are passionate about innovation and recognise the contribution that AI can make to job applications. We encourage you to tailor your application content using your own words and examples.

Your application will be assessed solely on the answers you provide to the application questions; over-reliance on AI tools may have a detrimental impact on your application. AI detector software may be used to screen applications that are considered to be overly reliant.

As part of your application you will be asked to answer the following 5 questions. Prepare your answers in advance as you cannot save and return to the form. Answers have a limit of 250 words each.

Q1. How will your skills and experience take our sales, marketing and comms departments to the next level, increasing profile, raising awareness of our education and charitable objectives, increasing visitor numbers and maximising return.

Q2. Glasgow Science Centre has a diverse portfolio of science learning programmes and commercial activities and is made up of many operational departments some of which have competing objectives. How would you ensure that all staff from the top to the bottom of the organisation, no matter their department objectives, deliver consistent messaging across all media to our different audiences.

Q3. Being our Head of Marketing and Communications will require exceptional organisational skills with the expectation of multiple campaigns being initiated, developed, scheduled and delivered concurrently. How would you manage the full process to ensure that a steady stream of projects and campaigns move from initiation through to delivery.

Q4. How would you structure and lead a high-performing marketing and communications team?

Q5. Please provide examples of campaigns you have led that demonstrate measurable impact against strategic objectives.

Your application will be assessed solely on the answers you provide to the questions. Answers will not be reviewed in sequence and references should not be made between questions. The selection panel will not see any CVs or personal details until after candidates have been selected for interview. This is in accordance with our inclusive recruitment practice. More information on how we recruit is available on our website.

We are equal opportunities…


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