Innovation Factory is a pioneering community hub just 10 minutes from Belfast city centre, offering a wide variety of dedicated office space, shared workspaces, and conference facilities. Our members are an eclectic mix of motivated entrepreneurs looking to start their own projects, and established companies looking to develop and grow – all benefitting from the exchange of knowledge between themselves and our inspiring in-house business support team.

We are pleased to announce that a vacancy has arisen for an experienced Assistant Centre Manager to join our fantastic team! This part-time post is a key role in enhancing the operational performance, customer experience and the ultimate financial performance of the centre.  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. 

The successful candidate will support the Centre Manager 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.

This is a part-time role, working 22.5 hours per week. We are flexible in when these hours are completed and happy to discuss further at interview stage.

Experience:

• Experience in the operational running of an asset of the size, character and quality of an Innovation Centre 
• Previous experience in an office environment preferred
• Clearly identifiable leadership skills in order to manage a team within a service environment, ensuring overall performance is maximised
• Evidence of excellent negotiation skills within previous roles
• Able to communicate effectively and engaging with relevant stakeholders and high-level contacts

Personal Competences:

• 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 under pressure and multitask
• Motivate, lead and delegate tasks to team  
• Team player and team leader
• IT literate with good Microsoft Office skills

What’s in it for you?

• Salary of up to £28,000 pa, pro rata, depending on experience
• 25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays, pro rata
• Permanent health and life insurances
• Flexible benefits package comprising:
  
  • Contributory pension of up to 5%
  • Ability to increase or decrease amount of annual leave
  • Ability to increase or decrease amount of life assurance cover
  • Private medical and dental insurance and 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

If you think you could be a great member of team and would like an exciting opportunity in return, then this is the role you have been looking for – click ‘apply’ today to become our new Assistant Centre Manager or to find out more information about the role. We would love to hear from you!

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.