Office Manager

Office Manager / Facility and Community Manager

£32,000 pro rata

Bristol

Part Time 3 days a week, Permanent

Are you looking for a new role that gives you lots of variety, the ability to make a real difference and be at the centre of a thriving community of small businesses in Bristol? If so then we are looking for a Facility and Community Manager to join our team.

We run a shared workspace of 50+ separate light industrial units in central Bristol. Not just a workplace, we offer a vibrant and fun business community!

The Role:

This role focuses on ensuring smooth operations, maintenance, and community building within our innovation centre. Working closely with the director, you will play a key role in creating a safe, prosperous, and friendly environment.

Overseeing the tenants on the site, marketing vacancy spaces and ensuring the building is maintained, safe and presentable at all times.

The role is generally 3 days per week the successful candidate may be required to respond to queries or urgent issues outside of these hours. The role may expand to full time in the coming years.

Personal Attributes

We are looking for a heart-led individual to engage with all aspects of the site and community and make it their own project. We are looking for someone that competently completes the core activities but is also proactive in finding ways to improve and develop the site and bring the community together.

Benefits

• Opportunity to innovate and develop a site and community using your own creativity and resources
• Some flexibility in working hours
• Training in a variety of areas for core operations
• Sick pay entitlement
• Special holistic wellness sessions and meetings to enhance personal development and growth
• You ll also receive 28 days + bank holidays pro rata.
• A paid day off on your birthday

Core Responsibilities:

Manage Tenants

• On-site presence during business hours to maintain a safe, clean, and fully operational facility
• Ensure provision of essential services to the site - including utilities and other necessary amenities
• Build relationships with all site occupants, fostering a sense of community through events and gatherings
• Support occupants with some of their business needs within certain boundaries

Manage the Property

• Coordinate and manage contractors, cleaners, and other service providers
• Propose and implement site improvement initiatives for the community
• Reduce site costs, whilst maintaining quality
• Personal maintenance of garden area and ensuring the site looks clean and safe

Market the Property

• Market vacant units, conduct viewings, and facilitate the transfer process
• Manage and assess rental fees

Community Development

• Connect with the community
• Conflict resolution
• Generate management lead activities to bring people together