Location: Graylingwell Chapel, Graylingwell Park, Chichester, PO19 6BZ

Hours: 40 per week – initial 6-month contract

Salary: £30k FTE

Performance related bonus and profit share

An opportunity has arisen to build on the success of the business and develop it further for the coming year. The role will be to manage all aspects of the centre and team. We are looking for a highly motivated individual who can lead a team, develop the centre and be a friendly face to deliver excellence to our valued customers across our amazing space at The Chapel at Graylingwell Park. With strong financial acumen, you will have the ability to make commercial decisions, and the expertise to assess and develop the venue’s offerings to ensure the organisation is exceeding customer expectation, whilst meeting its’ targets. Personable with excellent communications skills.

The purpose and scope of this role is to ensure the smooth running of the café, events, and activities at Graylingwell Chapel. The Centre Manager will be employed by Connecting Spaces and line managed by the directors.  We are looking for an experienced Manager to join our established team to start as soon as possible. The successful candidate will enjoy the challenge of planning a variety of centre management including F&B management, events and activities and will be motivated by the organising an event from confirmation to event completion. The events held in the Chapel range from corporate events, such as networking and workshops, to community events, such as comedy and music nights, to private events, such as weddings and birthday parties.

The role will be responsible for:

The day-to-day operation of The Chapel at Graylingwell Park

Focus on increasing sales and profitability

Produce and present financial reports and forecasts.

Prepare budgets and reports.

Evaluate performance and productivity

Track, analyse and control the costs associated with the venue.

Effectively recruit, train, and retain employees to ensure that the organisations functions as efficiently as possible, whilst at the same time as making it a great place to work.

Meet the organisations’ health and safety and other statutory obligations

Develop and maintain an effective sales and marketing strategy to promote the products, services and events of the organisation to the wider community.

Maintain relationships with customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders.

Person Profile.

Proactivity and ability to work on own initiative

Focuses on the needs of the customer

Flexibility

Innovative thinking

Open and honest approach in meeting deliverables

Willingness to challenge

Commitment to continuous development

Enquiring and analytical mind with a growth mindset

Key skill set.

Experience of preparing monthly and quarterly reports for Payroll

Excellent system and software skills

Ability to learn new systems and software quickly and robustly

Troubleshooting and problem solving

Balancing workload to ensure all deadlines are met

Excellent numerical skills

Trust / Integrity and honesty

Excellent communication skills – verbally / written / face to face with clients

Excel / Word /PowerPoint knowledge

Self-starter and can work autonomously – role will require long periods of working without supervision

Strong Decision Support Capabilities

Willingness to learn

Be able to think through problems in a pragmatic manner

Able to juggle several key priorities across several projects at the same time

Know when to ask for assistance

Understanding of HR processes

Adaptable

Top 6 months Accountabilities

Recruit staff to meet the roles required

To assist in growing and developing of the business

To manage the smooth running of the business and the delivery of reporting of progress to the Directors

To deliver greater opportunity for profit

This job description is not to be taken as a completely exhaustive list of duties and it may be reviewed in the light of changing needs and developments.  Any changes will be fully discussed with the post holder.  The post holder may be required to carry out other duties appropriate to the seniority and scope of the post.

To apply please send an up-to-date CV and cover letter to [email protected] or call 01243 537526 by the closing date of 29th March 2024 at 5pm

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