Business Centre Operations Manager

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About the role

If you’re an experienced Manager who is keen to be part of a thriving Business community and have a desire to join our team in driving forward the success of North Northamptonshire Council’s Business Centres, this may be the perfect role for you!

The Business Centres are part of the Asset and Environment service within the Place and Economy directorate.  This role includes management of a small team and overseeing daily operations of the Enterprise Centre East Northants, based in Raunds.  

This role will be both challenging and rewarding and we are looking for someone who can bring fresh ideas and is not afraid to face any challenges which may arise within a busy environment. 

What will you be doing?

As Business Centre Operations Manager, you will be accountable, along with the Principal Business Centres Manager and Facilities Manager to ensure a safe environment at the Raunds site.  

You will maintain the Council’s financial records and be involved in managing procedures to ensure income generation targets are achieved and maintained. 

There will be a requirement to be involved and oversee the marketing strategy of the Centres and delegate duties to Officers as appropriate. 

As part of the role, you will take direct responsibility for managing and developing the Centre Tenant Liaison Officer, ensuring a professional service is delivered at all times.  

You will represent the council at meetings when the Principal Business Centre Manager is not available and deputise in their absence. 

About you

You will be educated to degree level or equivalent and have a background in managing a team. 

You will ideally have a working knowledge of public sector and Local Government.

If you are looking to further your career and have the required attributes, then we would love to welcome you to our friendly team.

The role is customer facing, which will require onsite working. Hybrid working is not an option for this position. 

For an informal discussion about the role or to find out more information, please contact

Gerri Reed Email: gerri.reed@northnorthants.gov.uk

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)