Assistant Centre Manager

Culham Innovation Centre provides specialist workspace and support to entrepreneurs looking to create some of the hottest new developments in the science and technology sector. Conveniently located within the Culham Science Centre in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, our connections here mean you can work and create alongside visionaries at the cutting edge of their field, such as the UK’s fusion research programme. This is what makes us quite literally the hottest hub on earth - the technology used by Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) requires temperatures approximately six times hotter than the sun's core (100 million Kelvin).

This full-time role is key in enhancing the operational performance, customer experience and the ultimate financial performance of the centre. You will also ensure the reception services are run to the highest quality. 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.  This role will require you to solo-run the site 3 days per week, with remote support on hand.

The successful candidate will support the Centre Director 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 the centre 
• Clearly identifiable management skills in a customer facing environment
• Evidence of facilities management or operational management experience

Personal Competences:

• A confident and enthusiastic person able to mix with all types of people and to provide a friendly, natural professional public image
• 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 alone and under pressure, multitask
• Social media experience
• Manage the reception, set up meeting rooms, take in parcels for customers, organise customers passes
• Team player and able to work alone 3 days per week
• IT literate

What’s in it for you?

• Salary of up 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.

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

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.