Project Development Officer

This post is funded by The Architectural Heritage Fund as part of their Heritage Development Trust programme. GBPT is one of 17 heritage trusts from across the UK selected to drive forward place-based heritage-led regeneration in their area, acquire buildings to refurbish and hold to generate income, and share learning across the network. This role will be critical in developing GBPT’s refurbishment activity in selected areas of the city and across our project portfolio. 

The Project Development Officer will work closely with the Chief Executive and Senior Project Development Officer, overseeing tasks such as coordinating consultant teams for feasibility studies and reports, fundraising from entities like Historic Environment Scotland and the National Lottery Heritage Fund, budgeting, ensuring compliance with funders' requirements, supporting public consultation exercises, engaging stakeholders and client groups, overseeing design team activities for refurbishment projects, chairing meetings, engaging with community groups to promote awareness of the city's heritage, representing the Trust in official meetings, reporting to the Trust's Board, occasional public speaking, contributing to policy development, assisting with event organisation, and general administrative tasks as required.

See the full person specification and job description linked on our website. 

Glasgow Building Preservation Trust (‘GBPT’) is a charitable social enterprise that works to rescue, repair, and restore historic buildings at risk across the city. 

We are a strategic partner of Glasgow City Council and act as a key part of Glasgow’s toolkit for the development and regeneration of the city’s built heritage, usually working in partnership with other charities and community groups to give redundant buildings a new purpose and return them to viable use.

We work closely with our principal funders, including National Lottery Heritage Fund, Historic Environment Scotland, and the Architectural Heritage Fund.

Over our 40-year history, the Trust has completed 30 restoration projects, over 40 feasibility studies and we have supported 10 other projects, later delivered by others. Notable projects include The Briggait, Hutcheson’s Hall and Kelvingrove Bandstand. We estimate our total impact has been in the region of £80m into the city’s economy.