Community Space Coordinator & Host
St Ives, Cornwall | £27,500 per annum | Full-time, 37.5 hours
A unique opportunity to join the team at Bayspace
Are you a people person who loves creating a warm welcome, delivering exceptional customer service and making sure everything runs smoothly?
Do you enjoy a role where every day is different, where you can meet interesting people, get involved in events and use your initiative to solve problems?
If so, we’d love to hear from you.
We’re looking for a Community Space Coordinator & Host to join our small, friendly team at Bayspace, an inspiring coworking space in the heart of St Ives.
Set within a beautifully renovated Grade II listed building overlooking St Ives Bay, Bayspace brings together start-ups, established businesses, entrepreneurs and the local community.
This is much more than a reception role. You’ll be at the heart of the Bayspace experience — welcoming members and visitors, supporting events, helping businesses settle in and making sure the workspace operates brilliantly every day.
What you’ll be doingWelcoming & Customer Experience
You’ll be the friendly face of Bayspace and the first point of contact for many of our members and visitors.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Welcoming members, visitors and meeting room guests.
- Responding to telephone, email and in-person enquiries.
- Being the first point of contact for new membership enquiries.
- Organising and conducting workspace tours.
- Helping new members settle into Bayspace.
- Managing meeting room bookings and supporting meeting room users.
- Signing visitors in using our workspace management system, Nexudus.
- Receiving post and deliveries for members.
- Managing membership and access queries.
- Keeping noticeboards and member communications up to date.
Workspace Coordination & Operations
Behind the scenes, you’ll help keep Bayspace running smoothly and efficiently.
You’ll be involved in:
- Maintaining our operations and facilities calendar.
- Maintaining fire safety logs and arranging health & safety risk assessments.
- Liaising with suppliers and arranging emergency callouts when required.
- Managing operational issues through Nexudus.
- Communicating operational updates to members.
- Monitoring consumables and placing orders.
- Supporting sustainability reporting and helping us improve our performance.
- Providing technical and operational troubleshooting throughout the space.
Events & Community
Bayspace is a busy, sociable environment and events are an important part of what we do.
You’ll help with:
- Setting up spaces for events, including furniture and signage.
- Stocking fridges and preparing spaces for guests.
- Welcoming and directing event attendees.
- Supporting events in the evening.
- Occasionally taking responsibility for running events independently.
As part of a small team, you’ll also help with opening and closing the space depending on shift patterns.
What we’re looking for
Above all, we’re looking for someone who genuinely enjoys people.
You’ll be warm, approachable and confident, with the ability to make everyone who walks through the door feel welcome.
You’ll also be:
- A natural problem solver with a can-do attitude.
- Calm and confident when things get busy.
- Highly organised, with excellent attention to detail.
- Comfortable managing several priorities at once.
- Flexible and willing to get stuck in wherever needed.
- A confident communicator, both face-to-face and in writing.
- Comfortable using a range of software and technology.
- Happy working independently and as part of a small team.
- Knowledgeable about St Ives and the surrounding area.
Experience in a customer-facing hospitality environment is essential, together with exemplary customer service skills.
This is an active, hands-on role, so you’ll be comfortable spending a good proportion of your day on your feet, interacting with customers and responding to whatever the day brings.
Why work at Bayspace?
This is an opportunity to become part of a small, close-knit team in one of the most distinctive workspaces in St Ives.
You’ll have the opportunity to:
- Make a genuine contribution to the experience of our members and visitors.
- Meet and work with a fascinating mix of businesses and individuals.
- Get involved in events and the wider St Ives community.
- Develop your skills across customer service, events and workspace operations.
- Take on increasing responsibility as Bayspace develops.
The package
Salary: £27,500 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, usually Monday to Friday
Holiday: 25 days plus 8 bank holidays
Working pattern: Includes evenings and occasional weekends
Start date: September 2026
Location: St Ives, Cornwall
Additional benefits include working in a truly unique location, access to Bayspace events and the on-site café.
Ready to join us?
If you’re enthusiastic, organised, friendly and love the idea of working in a vibrant coworking environment in St Ives, we’d love to hear from you.
Please send your CV and covering letter to:
[email protected]
Closing date: 11 September 2026
Bayspace is committed to equal opportunities and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Pay: £27,500.00 per year
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
