About Us:

Enable small businesses in our communities to flourish.

The ability to read, learn and connect underpins everything that we do at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's Libraries and Archives Service. We believe in making the best use of our resources to connect with as many people as possible, and we are proud to support the success of many local businesses. This sentiment is shared by our friends at Westminster City Council, and as such we have joined forces to create an innovative and highly inclusive shared bi-borough service that is so important to so many people. Now, as we look to launch a co-working community that will enable small businesses and start-ups to flourish, this ethos is more important than ever. Join us in this ambitious initiative, and you will find a uniquely supportive, dynamic and fun environment in which to pursue your long-term career ambitions.

The Role:

At the heart of this challenge is the need to promote co-working spaces to businesses in the local area, and to encourage them to join our co working community. We have spaces to hire on both a long-term and an ad hoc basis, and we want you to build opportunities for this community of likeminded people to share their knowledge and expertise. As such, you will be tasked with the full spectrum of the project – from identifying and reaching out to suitable businesses, through to giving them guided tours of our facilities, onboarding them and commercially managing the space. Our pricing model is targeted at the affordable end of the market to support the local business community so you will place great emphasis on the social value of this type of workspace, where you will support ambitious go-getters in connecting with each other and strengthening their mutual businesses. As this is a new concept for the Library and Archives Service, we will look to you to identify opportunities for additional income generation (such as networking events and learning opportunities), and you will take ownership of all communication and marketing requirements.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

To excel in this thrilling project, you will have fantastic communication, marketing and promotion skills with the capacity to connect and engage with people from every conceivable background. Ideally you will have previously worked in the sector, or it is possible you will have business tenant management or operational management experience. This is a brand-new project, so there is great scope to define the success of the programme and tailor the role to your individual strengths. This project will help to generate income for the service, so you must be financially and commercially astute, and you will be able to use data and financial information to improve the delivery and utilisation of the service.

Join us in this career-defining challenge, and you will have access to a wide range of desirable benefits, plus excellent training and development opportunities.

Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description. CV’s alone will not be considered for this role. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applicants

Additional information

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

We engage our staff with a variety of learning types including face-to-face and virtual learning because we want to ensure our staff understand our values and behaviours, grow their skills and develop their careers.

This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.

We do not accept speculative CVs from any source.

Please note, we will primarily contact candidates by e-mail throughout the recruitment process, please monitor your email junk / spam folder as our system generated emails may be allocated to these folders by your email settings.

If you experience difficulties with the recruitment application process, please contact the recruitment team by email: recruitment@rbkc.gov.uk