Organisational Profile:

The Village Centre is a vibrant community centre with over 100 groups using the buildings, and a busy café boasting delicious and affordable food daily. We exist in order to fulfil the needs of our local community by offering a safe and comfortable place for groups to meet, at affordable prices. The Village Centre is a place where all are welcome and all are valued. We strive to be a Centre for the Community, rather than a Community Centre, helping, serving, and equipping those in our local community to be live their best lives. Working in Partnership with East Mains Baptist Church, we offer a range of free courses and services, alongside our commercial groups meeting within our premises.

Job Purpose:

As the Centre Manager, the post holder is required to lead the team of café and support staff. To plan, coordinate, and direct a broad range of services that allow the organisation to operate efficiently and effectively.

The post holder will develop and underpin the services required to enable The Village Centre to provide a professional, relational, person-centred approach to serving the local community.

Support our information systems where appropriate, ensuring data integrity across the organisation, maintaining records with regards to volunteering, finance, bookings, payroll, and any other operational requirement.

The post holder will facilitate the room booking system, setting up rooms and co-ordinating catering requirements.

The post holder will drive a process of continuous improvement across all aspects of the business.

In addition, the post holder will attend meetings and networking events to promote the work of the organisation, and make good connections with other organisations.

Full job description can be downloaded below.