Organization overview: Maryhill Burgh Halls is an historic landmark building in North Glasgow. The listed 19th century façade wraps round a modern interior following the building’s comprehensive restoration and reconstruction completed in 2012. The Halls are owned and operated by Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust, a registered charity. The Trust operates the building for two principal functions:

• Event space - for heritage & art exhibitions, community activities and events as well as for private event hire.

• Business centre with business tenancies (providing the finances to support the overall operation)

Job overview:

The key role of the Operations Manager is the delivery of the Trust’s remit as a charity, social enterprise and cultural heritage organisation and developing and growing the charity both in terms of its social and cultural impact.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership

• Work closely with the Board to ensure that MBHT has a long-term strategy and clear delivery plans relating to its objectives for social and cultural value.

• Provide strong, effective and visible leadership and drive in the delivery of MBHT’s strategic objectives

• Lead and develop the MBHT operations team (staff and volunteers).

• Fostering relationships within MBHT's stakeholders and maintaining strategic alignment with sponsors, key partners and supporters.

Managing the Outputs of the Trust

• Space Hire Management – ensure the development and operation of optimal strategies, policies, pricing and operational management of space hire to optimise their value, balancing social value with economic value.

• Management of Volunteers – ensure the management and development of the volunteers to optimise their function and contribution and to allow MBHT’s volunteer programme to have a social value of itself.

• Merchandising Management – ensure the sourcing, display and selling of appropriate merchandise.

• Exhibition Management – stimulate, facilitate, support and develop a programme of appropriate exhibitions to vitalise the Halls and demonstrate its social and cultural value.

• Museum Collection Management – develop and implement a strategy to enhance the Maryhill Museum experience

• Heritage & Community Event Management – ensure the maintenance of a lively programme of heritage, cultural and community events, leveraging network connections and available funding sources as much as possible.

• Development of strategic marketing and communications policies and specific campaigns, including the management of websites and social media

• Collaborate with Building Facilities Manager in regard to the presentation of the building, seeking ways to enhance its visibility, accessibility and utility and otherwise to support the Trust’s objectives and its operations.

• Collaborate with Building Facilities Manager in regard to the utilisation of the caretaker(s) with respect to set-up and take-down of events, security during out-of[1]hours operations etc.

• Manage the Premises Licence and secure and maintain a personal Liquor Licence to allow licenced events to operate within the Halls.

• Manage the event catering systems and processes to optimise outcomes for the event-hire business.

Financial and Funding

• Grow income from commercial sources to invest in an expanded social, cultural, heritage and arts programme

• Ensure accurate financial accounting and management in all operations.

• Prepare budgets and management accounts for all operational activities 3

• Pursue all appropriate funding sources to support development and implementation of operational activities.

• Collaborate with Building Facilities Manager to source funds for the building fabric justified on heritage, cultural or other grounds.

Governance and Risk

• Ensure full statutory compliance and best practice in relation to all operational activities

• Ensure effective operation, maintenance and development of software and technology infrastructure in support of operations.

• Ensure optimal policies and procedures are in place for all operational activities.

• Diligently support the Board, ensuring transparent and timely reporting of progress against the business plan, changes/developments in the business environment, and management of governance and risk • Support the Board in the exercise of its legal, financial and other responsibilities, following Charity Commission requirements and current legislation

This is an exciting opportunity to shape and influence the development of a new non-departmental public body: The Scottish Food Commission. The Commission is being set up to provide an oversight role of provisions made in the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022. It is expected that the Commission will be formally established by mid-2025.

The Scottish Food Commission will play a significant role in reshaping the Scottish food system. The recommendations and advice provided by the Commission to Scottish Ministers and relevant authorities will be pivotal in ensuring that Good Food Nation Plans are continuously improved.

Responsibilities

As the first members of the Scottish Food Commission, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future and strategic direction of this new public body.

You will work closely with the chair of the Scottish Food Commission to identify the immediate strategic priorities and ensure the long-term viability of the body.

You will also work closely with Scottish Government officials and the Chief Executive, once in place, to enable the new public body to take on its statutory functions and full budgetary control.

Once the body is fully established, as members you will play a key part in ensuring the Commission effectively fulfils its oversight role and provides constructive challenge, that is evidence based, to Scottish Ministers and relevant authorities in relation to their Good Food Nation Plans.

These are high publicity roles that will attract great interest from key stakeholders interested in the Scottish food system.

Role Criteria

Priority criteria – applicants must provide evidence against at least one of the following:

1. Experience of research, analysis or evaluation methods;

2. In depth knowledge of one key food system challenge;

3. Experience of audit, assurance and finance;

4. Expertise in behaviour change.

Essential criteria - applicants must meet all six of the essential criteria.

1. Understanding of the complexity of the food system in Scotland;

2. Seeing the bigger picture;

3. Understanding of good governance;

4. Understanding of how government works at local, regional and national level;

5. Analysis and decision-making;

6. Communication and constructive challenge.

Please read the full details of the criteria in the person specification section of the applicant information pack.

Hey, we’re ProjectChange, and we’re looking for new trustees.

We want cool people—show us your cool or tell us you’re cool. Whether you’re an experienced trustee looking for a fresh challenge or someone curious about what this whole “trustee” thing is about, we’d love to hear from you.

You don’t need to be an expert or have loads of experience—just some passion and the willingness to show up.

Who Are We?

We’re unserious people doing serious things. ProjectChange is a small charity created by care experienced people, for care experienced people. We spend a lot of our time answering two things, how can we help people talk and how can we make people listen. For almost five years, we’ve been working with our community, (friendly) challenging systems across Scotland, and creating spaces where everyone feels like they belong.

We believe in the power of care experienced people leading change—and if you do too, you might just belong on our board.

What Do our Trustees Do?

Trustees help steer the charity, keeping it on track and making the big decisions. Here’s what it looks like in practice:

• 4–6 meetings a year, mostly on Zoom, so you can join from your couch.

• A chance to share your ideas and experiences to help shape our future.

• Working with a passionate team to make sure care experienced voices lead the way.

If you’re an experienced trustee, you’ll get the chance to take on something bold and different. If you’ve never done it before, don’t worry—we’ll guide you through and make sure you feel comfortable every step of the way. Whether it’s your first trustee role or your fifteenth, you’ll be part of something meaningful and exciting.

What’s the Process?

No long applications, no CVs. Just:

• Write something short (400 words max) OR

• Send a quick video (2–3 minutes)

Answering these two questions:

1. What change would you like to see for care experienced people, and how do you think we can get there?

2. Why do you want to join our board?

We’ll chat with everyone who applies. No stress, just a conversation about what excites you

We’ll chat with everyone who applies. No stress, just a conversation about what excites you.