ian_mac Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 http://www.s1jobs.com/job/498003828.html?mys1_eid=5s6a696ystz2r&search_eid=6735147763c22246z3r&vacancy_id=498003828&ref=alert&cmpid=jobalert Not exactly subtle - I think we can all guess who the employer is! I welcome this in some aspects, although we should have had this vacancy advertised in April and the office is in dire need of some direction. However, where does this leave the work that Tom Hosie does? He's built the club's social media profile from scratch and IMO has done a tremendous job with pretty much zero resources. Also, where does this leave onethistle? It's widely agreed that onethistle's marketing campaigns have been a success - again with virtually no resources to work with. Will the new incumbent of this vacancy be working with Tom and onethistle or this the BOD's way of exerting their authority? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags on tour Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 it might be The Rangers who are recruiting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 it might be The Rangers who are recruiting! Are they in the Premiership? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 I think the most salient point in all that is the "you will be the main contact between the club and key external stakeholders". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThickAsThieves Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Not sure this will change Tom's voluntary role at the club, but perhaps some sort of one-off financial reward should be awarded to him. It's a power of work he gets through time and time again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potty trained Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 I think Ian sums it up perfectly, the work Tom has put in over the years for the club, for nothing should be admired and certainly not taken for granted. It's an interesting job title. The irony being that all the things within the role were already covered last season by OneThistle, successfully. Is the job to do the things the volunteers did, under the OneThistle banner, or is the role to manage the volunteers doing these jobs? Either way removing the need for OneThistle really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potty trained Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Seems we also have a head of sales & marketing. Elaine Hamilton Head of Sales & Marketing at Partick Thistle Football Club https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=17525241 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Arch Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Tom Hosie's a huge asset to the club. Gets the tone of the club's Twitter just right and runs the website really well. Hope his role isn't diminished. Understandable we'd want a new PR though. Michelle Evans has never really been replaced, and she was meant to be very popular with journalists. Being easy to deal with makes a huge difference in the sort of press a team/company gets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 I think Ian sums it up perfectly, the work Tom has put in over the years for the club, for nothing should be admired and certainly not taken for granted. It's an interesting job title. The irony being that all the things within the role were already covered last season by OneThistle, successfully. Is the job to do the things the volunteers did, under the OneThistle banner, or is the role to manage the volunteers doing these jobs? Either way removing the need for OneThistle really. Not a remit a paid employee would relish. The "should be a supportive, empathetic individual who can nurture and develop individuals at various levels" hints more at association rather than chain of command. I'd suggest there's enough work to be going on with, mainly regarding the oft mentioned things left undone over the summer, without interfering with any of the voluntary stuff that appears fine. We can all read too much into the wording of the remit but so much more will be down to quality and character of whoever gets the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags on tour Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Are they in the Premiership? oh aye! what division are they in again?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 The main point here isnt whether the new posts are replacing volunteers. They should be complementing each other. As has been mentioned in previous posts when one thistle were asked what had happened to their excellent match and thistle promotional work. Ian suggested that maybe they're fed up doing work that others are or should be paid for. The club cant rely on individuals apparently deciding they wont do things because decisions weren't to their favour or that promises weren't kept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rid Skwerr Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Get it filled quickly before Jim Traynor is made redundant........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 The main point here isnt whether the new posts are replacing volunteers. They should be complementing each other. As has been mentioned in previous posts when one thistle were asked what had happened to their excellent match and thistle promotional work. Ian suggested that maybe they're fed up doing work that others are or should be paid for. The club cant rely on individuals apparently deciding they wont do things because decisions weren't to their favour or that promises weren't kept. Think that's a tad un-fair from what I've seen the club were happy to let OneThistle come in and improve a crap match day experience and have surpassed anything we thought could happen in 1 season, but it appears that when the club is up with the big boys and a bigger guaranteed cash prize the club doesn't find them important anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 I've noticed this is about the only thread The Mighty Quinn hasn't posted in. I wonder if that's because he himself has applied for the vacancy? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 My post isn't a dig at one thistle or indeed Ian, more that a huge amount has been said over the summer on this forum about how the club need to professionalise...they would apear to be doing that. Also i was highlighting a post (made by Ian himself) which shows one of the problems (sometimes) of volunteers carrying out important roles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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