Community Centre Manager

A local government council based in West London is in need of a Community Centre Manager to start asap for an initial 6 month period

This role will be full-time on-site due to the demands and nature of the role

The essence of the role:

The post-holder will play a key role in ensuring the smooth running and management of the Centre. Working closely with the volunteer trustee board, the Centre Manager will ensure that the Centre is a vibrant, well-run managed facility for residents, tenants, those booking the facility, and other center users. The post holder will ensure that the Centre works to help achieve local priorities for the area and delivers the objects of the Trust.

Duties of the Role:

Management of the Centre

• To manage the Centre and S5EACC staff (catering, clerical, cleaning, and duty officer) and volunteers
• Ensuring the effective day-to-day running of the Centre for the benefit of trustees, tenants, and other users of the building.
• Ensuring effective maintenance of the building, including building maintenance and improvement programs, supervising contactors and others regarding work in the building
• Responsibility for health and safety and security in the building
• Ensuring the Centre has up to date policies and procedures and licenses for using the Centre and taking responsibility to ensure that these are complied with
• Managing storage space and equipment used within the building
• Overall responsibility for developing the programme, securing bookings and subsequently increasing bookings and thereby developing relationships between those using the center.
• Managing tenant relationships for the nursery.
• Management and development of the Community Café.

Essential Experience

• At least 12 months experience of managing services or buildings
• Experience of managing capital building projects or buildings maintenance projects and contracts to a satisfactory conclusion
• Experienced in staff and team management
• Experience of using Health and Safety, licensing and other policies and procedures relevant to community centre management, including risk assessment and maintenance management
• Experience of working in partnership, ideally within a community buildings environment
• Experience of marketing, preferably marketing building facilities

Essential Skills, Abilities and Attitudes

• Able to work as part of a wider local team of trustees managing the community building and its services
• Confident and able to work on their own initiative
• Able to prioritize work and demands
• Able to set up and maintain operating systems and filing systems
• Able to maintain booking systems and databases
• Capable of reading finance statements and interpreting budget monitoring reports
• A commitment to community-run services and to providing equality of opportunity

Further information about the role:

• Able to work evenings and weekends and attend the Centre at short notice
• Consent to DBS vetting procedures under the 'Safeguarding of Vulnerable Groups' Act 2006
• Experience of working with the voluntary sector and statutory partners
• 37 hours per week, to be worked in a flexible pattern to include occasional evening and weekend working by agreement with the Board and according to the requirements of the Centre's management

We are looking to fill this role asap please can you submit your CV asap we will be reviewing CVs on a daily basis.

The deadline for this role is Wednesday 9 am 24th November 2021 - ASAP