Woodhatch Assistant Manager

Job Title: Assistant Manager
Location of work: Woodhatch Community Centre 
Salary: £25,581 - £28,464 pro rata (£14,922.25 - £16,604) depending on experience 
Basis: Permanent, Part time 21 hours a week

About the Role
Are you flexible, innovative and supportive? Would you like to work in a developing team assisting in providing services and activities for the benefit of our residents? Reigate and Banstead are seeking to appoint a Centre Assistant to support the Centre Manager and assist with the development of Banstead Community Centre.

This is a varied role working within a busy team.  You will be responsible for a range of administrative tasks and take the lead on service improvement projects to help develop the centre, as well as provide assistance to centre users, volunteers and hirers. 

The role holder would be based at Banstead but will be expected to travel to other centres in the borough to cover annual leave and support centre events as required.

About you
With a proven track record of administrative work, including operating and maintaining databases and using a range of IT packages and software, you’ll also need to demonstrate knowledge and experience of:

•    Being a flexible and effective team member, supporting the service and its objectives by taking a flexible approach to working across the team. 
•    You will have experience of being well organised working in a busy environment. 
•    Have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
•    You will be highly motivated and confident working with a range of partners, volunteers, residents and organisations.  
•    You will exhibit behaviours focused on service improvement projects, coordinating with others, being creative in a customer focused service area. 

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 15% 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.

Additional Information
For an informal discussion about the role, please call Eleanor Parker-Jones, Centre Manager, on 01737 276395.

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 19 May 2026 at 23:59 
Interview date: To be confirmed

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