Community Centre Manager

The Salvation Army; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

The Salvation Army in London is seeking a Community Centre Manager to oversee Walthamstow & Leytonstone churches. You will support church leaders with operational expertise and help embed Salvation Army values across community life, including preschool groups, games club, and an on-site charity shop.

The role involves leading programmes, managing facilities and finances, and developing staff. The appointment is fixed-term for two years and requires a DBS check and Right to Work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Be an active leader within the church and community, building relationships with stakeholders to meet community needs.
• Ensure each element of the church's programmes has defined objectives with monitoring and review procedures.
• Ensure church buildings are managed, maintained and equipped to meet mission and health and safety requirements.
• Manage Church finances and all people-related activities of direct reports including recruitment, performance management, and learning and development.

Skills

Leadership

Operational expertise

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Please note this is a fixed term position for 2 years Working hours: Minimum of 35 hours per weekInterview Date: 12th or 13th October 2026

One of the UK's most inspiring and best-known faith-based organisations is looking for a Community Centre Manager to join the team overseeing our Walthamstow & Leytonstone churches. You will support the church leaders with operational expertise and help to embed Salvation Army values in all aspects of Church community life, enabling both churches to flourish. Current activities include pre-school groups, games club, community living room, employment plus, well-being small groups and on-site charity shop.

Key responsibilities:

• Be an active and visible leader within both the church and the wider community, establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with stakeholders to better meet the needs of the community
• Be responsible for ensuring that each individual element of the church's programmes has clearly defined objectives and that regular monitoring and review procedures are implemented to monitor progress.
• Be responsible for ensuring that the church buildings are managed, maintained and equipped to meet both the needs of the mission programme and all relevant health and safety requirements
• Be accountable for the effective management of the Church finances and for all people related activities of your direct reports including recruitment, performance management, and learning and development

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Proven experience of successfully managing a complex and busy setting serving the needs of the community
• Experience of successfully integrating and delivering multiple and diverse programmes to meet operational objectives
• The ability to organise your own workload to meet objectives.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

The appointment will be subject to satisfactory references, a criminal record check (DBS: Enhanced Adult DBS check with the Adult's Barred List Disclosure) and evidence of your Right to Work in the UK in line with Home Office requirements. As we are not a licensed sponsor, applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. Details on how to prove your Right to Work can be found here. The Salvation Army actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, and we welcome applications from a wide range of candidates, including those with criminal records. Please note that any Salvation Army employees who are under notice of redundancy and apply for this position will be given priority consideration.

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.

Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident leader scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.