Community Centre Manager

Reigate & Banstead Borough Council; Horley; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS pension

Discounts and salary sacrifice schemes

Cycle lease

Leisure centre membership

Annual leave

Job summary

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council's Horley Community Centre is seeking a Community Centre Manager to lead the venue, ensuring a vibrant, well-managed space that serves local residents and organisations.

You will be self-motivated, flexible and able to work autonomously, with strong people skills and financial awareness to manage a busy community hub. The role is full-time, permanent, 36 hours per week, based at Horley Community Centre.

Job description

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Job title Community Centre Manager Job reference REQ001026 Date posted 16/09/2026 Application closing date 13/10/2026 Location Horley Community Centre Salary £35,445-£41,469 Employment type Full time, Permanent Contractual hours 36 Basis Full time Job category/type Community Centres Attachments Blank Job description

Job Title: Community Centre Manager
Location of work: Horley Community Centre
Salary: £35,445-£41,469 per annum
Basis: Full time, Permanent (36 hours per week)

About the Role

The Centre Manager will work to ensure the community centre is a vibrant, well-managed facility that operates for the benefit of local residents and organisations within a sustainable framework. The ideal candidate is someone that will be self-motivated, able to work in a flexible and dynamic way and can work autonomously.

About the Person

• Community Minded
• A strong organiser
• Good with people
• A self-starter
• Financially aware
• Good at building relationships
• Inclusive

Staff Benefits

In exchange for your expertise, experience and enthusiasm, we will offer support in continuing your personal and career development, in addition to providing a wide range of employment linked benefits.

We provide you with competitive annual leave and contribute 22.10% towards the LGPS pension scheme. You will also have access to a range of discounts including local and high street stores, and salary sacrifice schemes including a cycle lease scheme, and ‘Better’ leisure centre membership.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, supporting the guaranteed interview scheme for disabled and ex-armed forces candidates, who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Closing date: Tuesday 13th October 2026
Interview date: W/C 26th October 2026

We understand that some applicants may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist with preparing their applications.
All submitted information—whether supported by AI or not—must accurately reflect the applicant’s own skills, experience, and qualifications.
Recruitment decisions will be based on how well applicants demonstrate these attributes during the interview and selection process.

Values and Behaviours

Our great working environment and the values and behaviours of every individual and team in the Council, help to evolve the culture of our organisation to become more commercial, innovative and embracing of change. Successful applicants to our career opportunities will be able to demonstrate they share the values and behaviours we seek in our organisation.

Local Government Reorganisation

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council is part of the government’s plans for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) scheduled to take place in April 2027. This means the current two-tier system, where services are split between Surrey County Council and district and borough councils like Reigate, will be replaced with two unitary councils made up of East and West Surrey, which will handle all local services. Reigate and Banstead Borough Council will form part of the new East Surrey unitary authority.

Although this may lead to some uncertainty for anyone considering a role with us, this process will take some time and during that time we still need to provide services. When local government is reorganised, most staff will transfer to the new council(s) which may offer additional opportunities for career development and variety as part of a larger organisation.

Further information on LGR can be found here: Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) and Devolution | Reigate and Banstead

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