Community Centre Manager

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Sutton; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

The Salvation Army in Sutton is seeking a proactive Community Centre Manager to lead the day-to-day running of our community programme, buildings and staff across two sites in Sutton and Carshalton.

You will be a visible, engaging leader, building strong relationships with participants, volunteers and local partners while ensuring health and safety, safeguarding and effective delivery of all activities within the mission of the church.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a complex, busy community setting with diverse programmes.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience in fundraising or grant applications is desirable.
• Proof of right to work in the UK and safeguarding compliance will be checked.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for managing church buildings, activities and events, ensuring safety and safeguarding compliance.
• Lead within church and community, building relationships with stakeholders including programme participants and local authorities.
• Collaborate with leadership, volunteers to define objectives and monitor progress against church values.
• Provide regular updates to Church Leadership regarding programmes and resources.

Skills

Community leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Staff supervision

Event coordination

Education

First aid certificate

Food hygiene certificate

Job description

Working hours: 30 hours per week

Interview Date: To be confirmed

The Salvation Army in Sutton is a vibrant, community-focused church with two sites in Sutton and Carshalton. Rooted in our core value of Christian hospitality, we are committed to being a welcoming environment where all feel valued. The Community Centre Manager will be a visible, active, and enthusiastic leader, building strong relationships while balancing the day-to-day management of the programme, buildings, and staff. This role also involves hands‑on delivery of the church’ mission, ensuring that both practical support and strategic leadership contribute to a thriving and engaged Christian community.

Key responsibilities:

• Be responsible for ensuring that the church buildings, activities and events are managed, maintained and equipped to meet both the needs of the mission programme and all relevant health and safety and safeguarding requirements
• Be an active and visible leader within both the church and the wider community establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with stakeholders at all levels including programme participants, within The SA, the local council, other relevant charities and religious groups to better meet the needs of the community. This will include leading groups as required.
• Work with church leadership, colleagues, volunteers and community members to ensure that each individual element of the church programme has clearly defined objectives and that regular monitoring and review procedures are implemented to ensure effectiveness and consistency with church values
• Provide regular updates to the Church Leadership Team regarding the mission programmes and building resources to ensure that progress towards the achievement of agreed objectives is regularly reviewed

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Strong experience of successfully managing a complex and busy setting serving the needs of the community, showing compassion and understanding to all programme participants
• Demonstrable strong experience of successfully integrating and delivering multiple and diverse programmes to meet operational objectives
• Experience of funding and grant application processes
• Valid first aid and/or food hygiene certificates

Appointment will be subject to satisfactory references, a criminal record check (Enhanced with barred list DBS Disclosure check for the adult and child workforce) 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.

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

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.

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.