Golf Operations Assistant Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the R&A’s Golf IT! Team in Glasgow.

Lead the day-to-day operation of our vibrant, dynamic community driven golf facility, ensuring every activity, space and player interaction runs smoothly. Drive high performance by coaching and empowering our supervisory team to deliver exceptional service and strong commercial results.

Own people and equipment resourcing, keeping standards high and operations efficient. Act as the go-to problem solver for player and operational issues, resolving challenges quickly and escalating only when needed.

Champion ongoing training and development so supervisors excel and consistently raise the player experience across the range.

Ready to lead a high energy, fast paced environment and make a real impact? Apply now and join the team.

This is a full-time, on-site position, working 35 hours per week, based in Glasgow.

Please note, we may close applications early should we receive sufficient applications.

We offer a great benefits package including the following:

• Competitive Salary
• Performance Bonus
• Company Pension Scheme and Sick Pay
• Life Insurance Cover
• Enhanced family friendly leave
• 35 Days Holiday Per Year
• Free tickets to The Open and AIG Women’s Open each year (and other relevant R&A Championships)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Season Ticket Loan
• Contribution towards glasses for VDU use
• Discounts available across 800 UK retailers and local businesses
• EV Car Scheme

The ideal candidate will have the following experience and attributes:

• Institute of Leadership and Management Level 3 qualification or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Proficient in application golf-specific software and technology
• Proven track record of effectively leading teams to achieve player (customer) and financial success.
• Knowledge of golf course operations, retail management and event planning.

Download the full job description here.

The R&A’s purpose is to make golf more accessible, appealing and inclusive and to ensure it is thriving 50 years from now and Golf It! plays a huge part of that ambition. Golf It! is The R&A’s first golf facility which opened in Glasgow in August 2023, creating a new “pathway to golf” that is open and accessible focusing on delivering fun and being community and family orientated.

The venue, located in the northeast of Glasgow, attracts a new audience to the game, making people challenge everything they thought they knew about golf, inspiring future generations to say, ‘I love playing golf’.”

Golf It! is accessible to people from all walks of life. It has a 9 Hole Golf Course, a 52 Bay two-tiered Driving Range, 3 Adventure Golf Courses, Park Golf, Simulators and many more activities. There is a street food outlet, provided by Big Feed Street Food, an onsite Nursery operated by Lullaby Lane and three Padel Tennis Courts operated by Game4

Padel. Coaching facilities include Toptracer technology in every bay of the Driving Range, as well as Trackman in our Golf It! simulator.