Assistant Centre Manager

1 week ago


Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom Oxford Innovation Space Full time

Innovation Centre, Knowledge Gateway (ICKG) is the home for innovative and technology-focused businesses. Located on the University of Essex, Colchester campus, our thriving innovation centre provides flexible office space to rent, coworking, and spacious meeting and conferencing facilities. We are pleased to announce that a vacancy has arisen for an experienced Assistant Centre Manager to join our fantastic team

This full-time post is a key role in enhancing the operational performance, customer experience and the ultimate financial performance of the centre. Oxford Innovation Space operates a network of innovation centres that provide flexible workspace including offices, laboratories and workshop facilities and business support services to companies throughout the UK. Our clients are start-ups, high growth SMEs, investors and also public sector organisations that contract with us to deliver innovation centres and programmes to business.

The successful candidate will support the Centre Manager to create a successful innovation centre locally, regionally and nationally by selling and marketing the product offering whilst enhancing its reputation for excellence. You will also deliver a market leading service to the Innovation Centre community in facilities, support and collaborative connections.

Essential experience:

  • Experience in the operational running of an asset of the size, character and quality of ICKG
  • Clearly identifiable management skills in order to manage a team within a service environment, ensuring overall performance is maximised
  • Leadership and team management, communication, organisational and problem-solving skills
  • Supplier, maintenance and environmental management, project financial control and reporting

Personal Competences:

  • Attention to detail/completer finisher
  • Excellent administrative and organisational skills
  • Good communication skills, tactful and persuasive
  • Highly self-motivated and proactive with a desire to contribute to the company more widely
  • Client and customer services focussed
  • Ability to work under pressure and multitask
  • Ability to prioritise
  • Motivate, lead and delegate tasks to team.
  • Team player and team leader
  • IT literate

Whats in it for you?

  • Salary of £28,000 to £30,000 per annum,depending on experience
  • 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
  • Flexible benefits package comprising:
    • Contributory pension
    • Ability to increase or decrease amount of annual leave
    • Ability to increase or decrease amount of life assurance cover
    • Private medical and dental insurance
    • Health screening
    • Bicycle purchase
    • Charitable Giving
    • Electric vehicle scheme
  • Friendly, informal and flexible working environment - so you can make the most of your home and your work life.

Weve also got access to a whole load of discounts so you can save money on high street favourites and holiday providers.

If you think you could be a great member of team and would like an exciting opportunity in return, then this is the role you have been looking for click apply today to become our new Assistant Centre Manager or to find out more information about the role. We would love to hear from you

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we would advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

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