Head Spa Therapist

Job Ref: BES7578

Branch: Carnoustie Golf Hotel Spa

Location: Carnoustie Golf Hotel Spa, Carnoustie

Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

Hours per week: 40

Posted date: 09/10/2026

Closing date: 30/11/2026

Head Therapist

We are seeking a highly dynamic motivated Head therapist to support in overseeing our recently renovated and refurbished luxury Spa facility. You will assist in ensuring our new Spa facility operates to the highest of standard. The ideal candidate will have exceptional leadership skills, along with strong sales management and a passion for delivering outstanding customer service. You will support the manager with professionalism and provide effective management to your team with regards to training, Health Safety and meeting agreed targets.

With guest satisfaction at the forefront of what we do, you will ensure client schedules are suitable and due diligence is always taken. You will ensure your team are trained to the highest standards and are there to assist our guests with any requirements during their stay with us, leaving them wanting more. You will ensure the highest standards of cleanliness are always maintained, with presentation at the forefront, including staff and the spa facility.

You will support your team to ensure they are performing to set standards, with assistance offered to achieve their retail and treatment targets.

As Head therapist, you will have previous experience in a similar role, as well as experience in managing a team.

Your responsibilities will include managing staff and the daily operation. Communicate effectively with clients to understand their needs and provide recommendations. You will manage client consultation forms to highlight any contraindications, ensuring the well-being of our guests prior and post treatment. Set monthly rotas and manage the booking system to reflect this. Monitor bookings and adjust the rota as required.

You will assist in implementing sales strategies to drive revenue growth through retail sales and treatments. Conduct stock take and ensure products are accounted for.

Lead by example and carry out treatments when required.

Coach and mentor your team members to drive business.

Handle customer inquiries complaints promptly and with professionalism.

QUALIFICATIONS

Proven experience in a position of responsibility within the Spa industry.

Level 3 NVQ in Beauty Therapy

Previous experience in ELEMIS products and treatments is highly desirable, however not essential as training will be provided.

Being Bespoke:

Bespoke Hotels was founded in 2000 and has consistently grown to the point where we now manage over 9,500 hotel rooms, 8,000 employees and £815 million of assets.

We stand today as the UK’s Largest Independent Hotel Group, owning a number of hotels and partnering with an ever-increasing portfolio alongside this. Every agreement we have is Bespoke by name, and bespoke by nature. Our properties range from specialist golfing hotels, to award-winning spa resorts and chic city centre properties.

We pride ourselves on a diverse roster and a unique, individualised management style, with over 90 management agreements across the UK, alongside a further 30 management consultancy services, and 100 hotels with sales marketing services only.

Bespoke Benefits… What’s in it for you?

At Bespoke Hotels, our people are our biggest asset. We focus on engagement and individual development, working with natural strengths and supporting education from a commercial perspective. We create pathways so our people know the direction their careers will head.

We believe that great hospitality can only be delivered by a happy, motivated and engaged team; so this is at the heart of our culture and of our ‘Be-Attitude’ values.

We are proud to provide equal opportunities for our team members, encouraging inclusive and creative culture, providing long-term careers, supporting community and assisting in environmental matters.

At Bespoke, we ensure meaningful relationships with our colleagues, guests and third-party suppliers, positively celebrating diversity and inclusion within our teams, encouraging collaboration and creativity.

We offer competitive salaries, incentives, ample scope for personal development and discounted hotel stays for you, your family, and friends.

About Us

Carnoustie Golf Hotel offers extensive facilities including 95 luxury en suite bedrooms and ten suites with amazing views over the Championship course, the sea and the local town of Carnoustie. Extensive spa and health facilities include a large heated swimming pool, sauna, whirlpool, steam room and for the more energetic a fully equipped gymnasium.

While staying at the Hotel you can follow in the footsteps of some of history's greatest golfers and test yourself to a challenging round on the notably inspiring Carnoustie Championship golf course.

With 12 event rooms accommodating up to 700 delegates this is one of Scotland's foremost conference venues, ideally located 10 miles from Dundee, 'City of Discovery', and 60 miles from Aberdeen, Scotland's 'oil capital'.

Many bedrooms have views over the 1999 and 2007 Open Championship golf course or Carnoustie Bay.

The newly refurbished Calders Bistro offers delicious fare, much of it from local Scottish produce.

We truly believe our people are our biggest asset and to reflect that we offer:

• Market leading Rates of Pay
• Anniversary Bonus
• Flexible Shifts, full and part time to fit around other commitments
• Annual leave enhancement rising annually to a maximum 33 Days per year (pro rata)
• Full Training and Supervision Given
• Opportunity to gain recognised qualifications to help you progress
• Access to complimentary Mental Health Wellbeing services
• Discounted Bespoke Hotel Stays, for you, your family and friends
• 50% off all Food Beverage during Bespoke Hotel Stays
• A range of local in-house benefits
• many more!