Projects and Community Associate | Build Workspace | London
Term: 1-year fixed term contract
Hours: Full-time (though 4.5 days/week will be considered)
Salary: £24-26k
Closing date: 13th July 2023
The Projects and Community Associate will play a key support role in the smooth running and development of a small and dynamic charity and social enterprise.
Build Studios is a hub for the built environment. With events, education and co-working space, we aim to inspire the next generation about the built environment through collaboration and learning.
Our co-working space provides office space for start-ups and small businesses in the built environment sector and is run by our trading company, Build Workspace. All profits fund Build Studios’ charitable work, including a flagship careers enrichment programme with local schools.
We opened in January 2017 and became a registered charity in August 2021. We currently run one workspace in Waterloo and are planning to expand our operations to new sites.
We are a small, friendly and supportive team – committed to delivering a great product for our members and to supporting the aims of the charity
Role
This broad-ranging role presents a great opportunity to work with a growing and forward-thinking social enterprise. The Projects and Community Associate will play an active role in the day-to-day running of the Build Studios workspace and in assisting with the development of new projects and initiatives.
The role has two key parts:
- Duty assistant manager tasks, including operations, administration and member liaison (covering the maternity leave of our Assistant Workspace Manager) – approx. 2 days/week
- Project support, research, communications and marketing activity – approx. 3 days/week.
The post-holder will report to the Chief Executive and will collaborate closely with the (part-time) Workspace Manager. The role would be primarily office based, with some flexible or home-working considered. Thursdays and Friday mornings would need to be office based.
Attributes
The ideal candidate will be:
Hospitable and friendly, confident in welcoming people to the workspace and
providing excellent customer service to members and guests.
Calm and consistent – able to apply the rules of the workspace and offer solutions to members and guests
Passionate about the built environment and architectural education in all its forms
Willing to get stuck in – we are a small team and everyone rolls their sleeves up
Extremely organised and accurate, with a focus on forward planning, careful
research and excellent attention to detail.
An excellent communicator and writer, with fluent English
Willing to innovate and try new ways of working
Highly numerate
IT literate and familiar with MS Office and common office software applications
A self-starter; able to work both under your own initiative as the sole member of staff onsite on some days and as part of a small team when collaborating in person with colleagues.
Ability to absorb and understand new systems quickly and to implement them accurately.
Terms
Term 1-year fixed term contract.
Location The role is primarily based on-site at Build Studios’ premises on Westminster Bridge Road in Waterloo.
Some home working will be considered.
Salary £24-26k per annum (pro rata if a 4.5 day week is agreed)
Hours 8.30-4.30 pm with unpaid 30 minutes for lunch.
Some flexibility to these hours will be considered. However, please note that Thursdays and Friday mornings will need to be worked on-site.
Employer
The contract of employment would be with Build Workspace. Build Workspace is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Build Studios and manages the workspace on its behalf.
To Apply
Please send a CV and cover letter to Helen Santer, Chief Executive by Friday 13th July at helen@buildstudios.co.uk Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.