Centre Manager Bristol

Join us as our next Centre Manager and use your leadership and interpersonal skills to head up our team delivering employment support in Spear Bristol.

In partnership with Christ Church Clifton, you'll be managing the delivery of Resurgo's award-winning Spear Programme. Over the last 18 years, Spear has supported more than 8,000 young people across the UK with the work-ready skills and mindset they need to succeed in employment, no matter the challenges they face. But we don't want to stop there.

We believe each young person has huge potential. If you do too, and you have the skills and heart to see their lives transformed - join us.

In this role, you'll be responsible for:

Strategy, vision and impact [30%]

• Spearheading Resurgo's 'big picture' vision of a transformed society, where each member plays its part, and the church is empowered to transform young lives


• Owning and managing the strategy for Spear Bristol that will help make this vision a reality


• Ensuring the Spear Programme is delivered in line with agreed targets; overseeing and reporting on impact metrics


Relationship management [25%]

• Building and managing great relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including referrers, local businesses, donors, and your Board of Trustees


• You'll be embedded into Christ Church Clifton, and working closely with your Trust and congregation, and actively participating in their mission and events


Leadership, line management and training [20%]

• Leading your team with confidence; spurring them on in your centre's vision; investing in a team culture of excellence, belonging and fun


• Investing in the professional growth of your Lead Coach and Graduate Coach


• Inputting into organisational-wide training streams


• Inputting into recruitment of new team members


Driving a culture of coaching [20%]

• Driving a culture of coaching in your team


• Hands-on group and 1-1 coaching with numerous 16-24-year-olds: equipping them with practical work-ready skills and resilient mindsets

+ Engaging in gritty conversations with your trainees; walking alongside them whatever their circumstances; inspiring them and releasing their potential
+ Managing safeguarding

• Opportunities to engage in corporate coaching


Operations [5%]

• Managing the daily operational activity of your centre, including IT, finance and health and safety
  
  You are an active Christian, passionate about personally representing the values and beliefs of Resurgo and Christ Church Clifton


• A commitment to grow and learn spiritually and as a Christian leader, and a desire to learn and understand coaching techniques


• Passion for social justice and for working as part of the church to transform communities, especially supporting young people in employment of education


• Effective interpersonal skills, high emotional intelligence, a sense of humour and fun!


• Strong leadership and management skills, highly self-motivated with strong initiative and the ability to translate ideas into practice


• An ambitious and self-motivated individual with the ability to prioritise workload, exercise initiative and work well under pressure
  
  A genuine commitment to upskilling you through impressive training opportunities:

+ Support and funding to complete your professional coaching accreditation
+ Progression opportunities through professional development 1-1s, and a dedicated talent manager
+ Equipping you to have autonomy in your role, through a culture of 'high challenge, high support'

• A fun, supportive culture where you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work


• A worshipping community, where you can pray and worship with your colleagues


• Summer and autumn staff conference days, plus a two-night Christmas retreat


A couple of things to note:

• This role requires occasional evening work, for our termly Spear Celebrations (where we celebrate our trainees as they complete the initial six weeks of the programme)


• In the event of a job offer, a DBS check will be requested.