Membership Manager

Work.Life is a flex workspace provider for businesses who care about people.

We believe that happy teams deliver measurable benefits for businesses. That’s why everything we do, from workspace design to delivering a best-in-class personal service, is designed to create happy working environments. We have shared workspaces across London, Reading and Manchester; with 7,000+ members; and an amazing team of nearly 70 work.lifers who share our ambition to redefine the workspace experience for the better.

Your role 

This is a unique opportunity, as we are looking for a talented and passionate manager who are eager to take the reins and drive a business as if it were their own. Must be a people-person, fun-loving, organised, insanely efficient, and someone who doesn’t mind getting their hands dirty if necessary! 

Your role is to be the glue to keep our community together and to help make Work.Life aplace where our members love to work, giving them everything they need to run their businesses smoothly. 

We trust our managers to run their spaces like their own business, which means driving sales and keeping the business profitable. Something you can handle; we want to hear from you. 

Your day to day  

Sales & Revenue

• Be responsible for driving income in your space to achieve your budgets. You’ll own membership enquiries that come to your space, as well as pro-active sales opportunities to increase interest. 

• Build to 100% building occupancy by conducting great tours and effectively selling the space. 

• Maintain your occupancy by delivering on (and exceeding!) the expectations of your members, and by conducting effective contract renewals. 

• Seek out and maximise additional revenue opportunities such as meeting rooms, event hire, printing, customisation extras, and short-term space usage. 

• Manage contracts and invoices relating to new and existing members. 

Space Operations

• Onboard new members effectively, getting them off to a great start. 

• Manage the overheads in your space to achieve your budgets. 

• Ensure the building runs smoothly and our facilities and amenities are kept to a great standard. 

• Work directly with management on any issues to ensure the highest level of member experience and satisfaction. • Go the extra mile! 

• Update and complete membership records as appropriate to ensure information is accurate and current. 

Create a collaborative community – internally & externally 

• Build meaningful connections for our members through events, personal introductions, and networking. 

• Check in regularly with members to understand their pain points, what’s working, and how we can continue to improve. 

• Develop Work.Life’s presence with the wider local community: we want you to be an ambassador for what we do and what we believe in! 

• Oversee events from weekly, space-wide events to unique events that you design and put on for your community. 

• Update and complete membership records as appropriate to ensure information is accurate and current. 

Be part of our growth strategy

• Help grow Work.Life through your entrepreneurial approach to running a great business. 

• Be a key part of our mission to become the UK’s favourite coworking provider. 

About you 

• You’ll have sales experience; and a successful track record of prospecting, developing, and closing clients. 

• You’ll have demonstrated customer service experience – proven ability to add value to your customers. 

• You’ll understand business operations, and ideally have experience operating a business unit or department. 

• You’ll have an entrepreneur spirit and a be excited to run your own business. 

We’d also love it if 

• You have previous experience managing a small team 

• You can demonstrate successful project management experience 

• You are used to commercial responsibilities, having owned a P&L 

Why you’ll love Work.Life

Work happiness is our passion, and this starts with our own team. We offer a supportive working environment, plenty of training and development opportunities, competitive salary, monthly wellness package, team joy budget, quarterly socials and more, so you can workhappier. 

• A supporting & friendly team of hard-working people 

• 25 days holiday per year excl. Bank Holidays (additional day per year in the business up to 30 days) 

• £75/month towards your mental & physical wellbeing 

• Team joy budget to be spent together with the team 

• Flexible working policy 

• 2 x 45-minute coaching sessions per month through More Happi our coaching partner 

• Optional therapy available via Self Space our mental health partner 

• 4 paid charity days per year – we’ve teamed up with Matchable to make this more accessible 

• Quarterly team socials 

• Discounts with brilliant local businesses 

The need to knows 

•The start date for this role is August. 

•The interview process will be three stages: a phone interview and two face to face interviews with the final interview including a presentation  

• Paul Dutnall, Operations Director, will be the hiring manager for this role. 

At Work.Life, we’re committed to providing an inclusive environment for our team and our members, as we believe that diversity breeds a more innovative, creative, and caring culture.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. Everyone who applies to Work.Life will be considered for employment without attention to race, age, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, family or parental status, or disability status.

Ready to join the Work.Life way? We’re excited to hear from you.

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