Catering Development Manager

Job Reference: 216

Contract: Permanent, Salaried, 37.5 hours

Salary: £40,593 - £45,073 per annum

The role 

Glasgow Science Centre are recruiting for an exciting newly created role within our Corporate Events Team.

The Catering Development Manger will lead a significant redevelopment of GSC’s food and beverage offer for both our dynamic events programme (conferences, large-scale drink receptions, awards dinners and science events) and our public catering offer (in our café, coffee shop & concessions) to create high quality experiences while maximising the financial return for GSC.

You'll have extensive experience within a food and beverage focused conference/ events management role and experience in managing large teams. In addition, you will have knowledge of financial procedures including cash handling, epos systems, budgets and reports and of hiring events equipment and agency staff.

Alcohol license knowledge / being a Personal License holder is an essential requirement of this role, as is working evening and weekends.

Full job description is available to download at the bottom of this page. 

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 Monday 1st of September 2025 12 noon

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

Application Form

Equality Monitoring Form 

Application Questions 

As part of your application, you will be asked to answer the following 4 questions. Answers have a limit of 250 words max. 

Q1. What experience do you have of developing a catering offer for events of various sizes, from large-scale drinks receptions to banquet dinners? Can you give an example of a specific catering development project that you have been instrumental in delivering, which saw improved financial returns.

Q2. Our events programme is very varied, from large-scale banquet-style dining, to unique science-themed events. How would you lead an events operations team to ensure that the needs of the client are fully met, and that the event runs as efficiently and profitably as possible.

Q3. We are a busy visitor attraction, with three key catering offers, in our cafe, coffee shop, and cinema concessions. What experience do you have in ensuring the effective operations and profitability of this kind of catering offer, and how would you redevelop and streamline our existing offer?

Q4. What elements of the role do you think will be most challenging, and how will you approach and overcome these challenges?

Your application will be assessed solely on the answers you provide to the questions. The selection panel will not see any CV's or personal details until after candidates have been selected for interview. This in accordance with our inclusive recruitment practice. More information on how we recruit is available on our website.

Your application will be assessed solely on the answers you provide to the application questions and any over reliance of AI software/tools may have a detrimental impact on your application.  AI detector software will be used to screen applications that are considered to be overly reliant. 
Remember, while AI can assist your application, your unique knowledge, skills and experience along with personal motivations and values are what truly stand out in our process.

Accessibility 

Should you require an application in a different format please email [email protected] 

Additional Information 

We are equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. 

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