Head of Operations and Health & Safety

Pitlochry Festival Theatre


Job Summary

With actor and The Traitors US host Alan Cumming as our Artistic Director, exciting productions and fresh creative energy, there’s plenty happening here – and we’re looking for a Head of Operations and Health & Safety to help keep it all running smoothly.

Job Description

At Pitlochry Festival Theatre, bold ideas and big ambitions need someone who can make things happen behind the scenes.

Set within an eleven-acre campus in beautiful Highland Perthshire, this is a hands-on role with real variety. Our home is an 11-acre campus with a 538-seat Auditorium, a 172-seat Studio, an outdoor Amphitheatre, workshops, rehearsal rooms and the Explorers Garden. More than 100,000 people visit every year. You’ll keep all of it running safely, smoothly and within budget, helping create the conditions in which our people can do their best work and our audiences can enjoy every visit.

The role coordinates IT provision, oversees health and safety compliance and controls the associated operational costs. This is a hands-on role working with colleagues, suppliers and contractors to resolve problems, prevent disruption and develop plans for the future of the organisation.

You might come from facilities management, estates, operations or health and safety, in the arts or well beyond them.

This is a permanent full time position, 35 hours per week. The salary is £42,000 – £45,000 depending on experience.
Closing Date: 5.00PM on 30th October 2026.
For more information, or a full job description, email Lorraine at [email protected]

Job Requirements

– IOSH Managing Safely, or equivalent health and safety training, with practical experience applying it to risk assessments, contractor safety and building compliance.
– Working knowledge of workplace health and safety, fire precautions and building-related statutory checks, with the judgement to seek specialist advice where required.
– Practical experience managing buildings, facilities and planned and reactive maintenance, ideally in an occupied public-facing venue.
– Experience supervising contractors and suppliers, checking work and keeping clear maintenance and compliance records.
Ability to manage operational budgets, obtain value from contracts and identify costs before they become pressures.
– Confidence coordinating external IT support and resolving routine service issues without needing to be an IT specialist.
– Strong organisational and communication skills, with a calm, practical approach to urgent problems and competing priorities.

Job Overview

  • Job Title: Head of Operations and Health & Safety
  • Salary: £40k-£50k
  • Hours:
    Full time
  • Artform: Theatre
  • Role: IT
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Closing date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026

  • Location:

    Scotland
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Job: Head of Operations and Health & Safety

Job: Head of Operations and Health & Safety

Organisation: Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Postcode: PH16 5DR

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