Community Centre Manager

Full Job Description

Community Centre Manager

London Bridge

Up to £45,000

Hyde is looking to recruit a Community Centre Manager.

Hyde is one of the UK’s leading and award-winning providers of affordable homes in London, the South-East and surrounding areas. We provide and manage 50,000 homes to over 100,000 customers. Our ethos is simple, by providing customers with a safe and decent home it allows them to realise their potential, enjoy their environment and contribute to their community.

As a Community Centre Manager at Hyde you will primarily be responsible for managing Hyde’s community assets, fostering partnerships, securing financial support and implementing projects that align with Hyde’s mission and the needs of the community.

Responsibilities

* Proactively source and build relationships with local external stakeholders, resident representatives and others to understand local challenges, identify emerging issues and inform project design.

* Maintain relationships with local and regional bodies to open up opportunities for delivery of projects that benefit residents and the business.

* Develop projects that respond to community and business needs and fall in line with the overall strategy for social and economic investment that targets Hyde’s higher need neighbourhoods.

* Identify and recommend potential opportunities, develop proposals for new projects and build related partnerships.

* Manage and monitor the efficacy of projects to ensure that outcomes are met and impact evidenced.

Skills and Experience Required

Essential:

* Previous experience of managing, or supporting others to manage community assets / facilities.

* Previous experience of working with community partners to deliver projects (e.g. Local Government departments, Regional agencies, other Resident Social Landlords (RSL), schools, colleges, training providers, community safety partners, social enterprises, businesses and voluntary sector organisations).

* Project Management experience.

Desirable:

* Previous experience of working in a housing association and/or local authority.

* Experience managing consortia / partnership networks.

* Experience in business development and / or capacity building community organisations and partners

Benefits

* A fantastic pension

* Life assurance

* Great holidays

* An award-winning flexible benefits package.

* Volunteering days