Assistant Business Centre Manager

Chorley Council & South Ribble Council; Euxton; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Chorley Council is seeking an Assistant Business Centre Manager for the Strawberry Fields Digital Hub. In this role, you will ensure high service levels for tenants and clients while supporting the Business Centre Manager in various tasks including client management and administrative duties. The council offers a competitive salary, benefits, and hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Hybrid/agile working from day one

Local Government pension

Healthcare Cash Plan

Volunteering days

Free parking

Car Allowance

Qualifications

• Experience in multi-tenanted commercial buildings.
• Experience managing client relations and complex issues.
• Ability to prioritize and manage varied workloads.

Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for tenants and clients.
• Support the Business Centre Manager in administrative tasks.
• Manage inquiries and maintain tenant records.

Skills

Client management

Team management

Problem-solving

Communication

Job description

About The Role

Role: Assistant Business Centre Manager

Location: Strawberry Fields Digital hub

Contract:Full time (36.25 hours per week) / Permanent

Salary:£30,559 - £32,654

Closing Date: 29 June 2025

We are looking for a dedicated Assistant Business Centre Manager to support the Business Centre Manager in ensuring the smooth running and quality service provided at Strawberry Fields Digital Hub for tenants and customers.

What you’ll be getting up to

• To be the first point of contact for the building’s tenants and clients, ensuring all enquiries are handled and dealt with in the appropriate manner whilst always maintaining high service levels.
• To work from the reception desk supporting the Building Coordinators with reception and administrative tasks during busy periods.
• Support the Business Centre Manager with new business enquiries, responding to initial enquiries, obtaining suitability feedback and storing evidence on file, arranging rental invoices and managing any rent arrears.
• To support the Business Centre Manager reporting on and chasing aged debt accounts.

Who we’re looking for

• Experience of operating in a multi-tenanted commercial building
• Experience of client management and dealing with complex issues
• Experience of managing a team
• Ability to manage a varied workload and undertake prioritisation to meet deadlines

Our benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
• Hybrid/agile working from day one
• Local Government pension
• Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments
• Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
• Volunteering days
• Free parking
• Car Allowance

Many of our colleagues work flexibly for us. We’re always open to conversations around different working arrangements. If you’re interested in part-time, compressed hours, or any other working arrangement, please get in touch with us through the “Contact Us” form on our careers website.

About Us

Chorley Council is dedicated to providing first-class services and promoting the well-being of the local community. Our staff are our greatest resource, at the heart of everything we do, and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services for our residents. At Chorley Council, we’re always striving to make our borough the best to live, work and visit.

Working Together

We share a number of our services with South Ribble Borough Council. This allows for improved resilience across both councils and provides numerous benefits to our operations. Whilst some staff and back-end processes are shared between the Councils, both Councils still retain sovereignty and have separatestrategies and corporate plans.

Additional information

Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date.

Equal Opportunities

We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.

We’re committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the "Contact Us" page on our website.

If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.