Recruitment

Recruitment

Our reputation and success in achieving our vision of "Everyone deserves a great Glasgow life" is dependent on the service delivered by our employees. Every day our employees act as the ‘face’ of Glasgow Life, meeting people who live in or visit the city. Therefore, it’s essential that we have the right people in the right place at the right time; this involves a commitment to achieving the highest standard of best practice during our recruitment and selection process, our recruitment panels follow our best practices as laid out in the documents below when leading any recruitment campaign.

Recruitment Guidance Documents

 

 

Role Profiles

Each post in Glasgow Life belongs to a job family and has a Role Profile.
The role profile determines the grade for the role and is used to create the person specification and developing the interview questions at assessment and selection stage.
You will find our role profiles on the HR Support pages on our Intranet

Interviews

To assess suitability for a post Glasgow Life follow Competency Based Recruitment which is linked to our Competency Framework. This focuses on the knowledge, skills, and competencies most important for the vacancy, as detailed in the Person Specification and Role Profile.   

You will be asked questions based on the competencies listed on the role profile. Think about everything you have done and achieved which relates to the competencies for the role.

Give an example of how you have demonstrated the skill or quality by describing a real-life situation you have been in. We are looking for specific examples of how you have approached problems, tasks and challenges. 

Please find more information in the documents below:

Pre-Employment Checks

Where a Glasgow Life employee is successful in securing another role within the organisation, we are required to carry out the following pre-employment checks:

  • Proof of eligibility to work in the UK

  • PVG/Disclosure (if required)

  • Declaration of Interest ( if required ) 

Safeguarding and Disclosure Scotland

Safeguarding 

Glasgow Life staff and volunteers are aware of the principles of Safeguarding and Child Protection. We will ensure that our services are designed and delivered in a way that is free from harm and upholds participants rights. We will ensure that everyone working on behalf of Glasgow Life knows how to act on our procedures if there are signs of potential harm. You will see our safeguarding policy below:

 

Disclosure Scotland and Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG)

The Disclosure Scotland and PVG process is designed to help us make safer recruitment and appointment decisions in relation to paid and unpaid positions.

Glasgow Life uses Disclosure Scotland checks to ensure a robust recruitment process is followed and that it discharges its legal responsibility to ensure the suitability of those who are recruited to work with children and/or protected adults through safer recruitment practices.

For more information on Disclosure Scotland and Protection of Vulnerable groups( PVG ) and how it is applies to our recruitment process please click here

Internal Vacancies

For those who already work for us, there are often internal-only vacancies and these can be found in the following link.

Please only apply if you are a Glasgow Life member of staff.
Internal Vacancies

Please review our Join Our Team section

You will find additional information on working with Glasgow Life on the link below:
Join our Team

Additional support for managers

Recruitment managers who want to find out more information about filling a vacancy can do so by going to the HR Support pages on our intranet:
Recruitment Homepage
In this guide

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