Community Facilities Manager

All Saints is a thriving Church of England church based in Weston on the North West side of Bath. Weston is a community of around 10,000 people in the suburbs of Bath with a large hospital, two primary schools and a secondary school within the parish. All Saints is made up of people of all ages including lots of children and young people, but there is huge potential for growth in all areas and a commitment to see Jesus honoured in every generation.

We manage three busy community buildings, All Saints Church, All Saints Centre and Weston Hub, that focus on our worship, mission and outreach in the local community and provide great spaces for commercial, community and private hiring. Examples are: conferences; wedding receptions; fitness classes, parties, counselling, business meetings, lunches. We also have two pre-schools on our sites.

We have an exciting opportunity to be able to appoint a Community Facilities Manager to oversee the smooth running of these buildings.We are seeking a confident, personable, and customer-focused individual with the drive, commitment, and attention to detail necessary to handle all the day to day bookings, manage our wonderful facilities team and run the busy office environment.

This is a Full-Time permanent full time role working weekdays with occasional weekend overtime work too and due to the nature of the role and context, there is a genuine occupational requirement to be a practising Christian in accordance with the Equality Act 2010. The role is subject to an up to date ‘Enhanced’ DBS check.

Benefits

• Working with a great team

• Plenty of support

• Meeting lots of lovely people

• 25 days annual leave plus all bank holidays

• Pension scheme

• Opportunity for career growth and development

• Some flexible working

• Overtime

• On-site car park

What you’ll be doing:

Operational– staff management, bookings, enquiries, finances, management of supplies, maintenance, cleaning and IT (all with great support as needed)

Health, Safety and Sustainability– Policy updates, inspections, security checks, accident reporting, hygiene, recycling, sustainability initiatives

Marketing– Website updates, social media, brochures, advertising and promotions, reviews

Community Actitivities– Support our café and foodbank, support church events in the community such as craft fayres, fetes and pantomimes

Who you’ll be:

• Humble - “I’ve got lots to offer, but it’s always about the vision and the team, not me.”
• Hungry - “Let’s get stuff done.”
• People smart - “I know how I impact others and can manage that well.”
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong organisational and administrative skills.
• Experience of working in a church context would be desirable
• Experienced in managing community buildings or equivalent desirable
• Experience of leading and developing staff, volunteers and other stakeholders.
• Able to see the bigger picture whilst maintaining grip and detail
• A self-starter able to work on own initiative, to identify problems and find solutions quickly
• Able to prioritise competing demands
• Able to understand financial reports and budgets and communicate these to the wider team
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure, exercising initiative and judgement
• Proven ability to supervise and motivate colleagues and volunteers
• A good understanding of equality and diversity
• Ability to respond to changing needs within the daily, weekly and annual schedule
• Willingness to work flexibly
• Ability to maintain confidentiality

 Knowledge:

• Good level of secondary education
• Further education qualifications (desirable)
• Understand health and safety procedures and be willing to undertake training
• Understand Safeguarding procedures and be willing to undertake training
• Knowledge and experience of Microsoft office products essential, database management (ChurchSuite desirable, but not essential – training provided), website software and general IT skills.

For a full Job pack and application form visit our website.

Applications close on Wednesday 31st July with interviews wk/c 5th August

Start date ideally early September 2024.