Centre Manager - Young Learner Division

 Join our winning team of global superstars in summer 2026

Embassy Summer, under its parent company EC English, offers award winning summer vacation programmes for young people across multiple locations in the UK, Malta, Spain, South Africa & UAE.  Students learn English or Spanish whilst immersing themselves in the local culture and surroundings.  Our programmes are a combination of language classes, exciting excursions and fun-filled sporting, creative and social activities. 

From its humble beginnings in Hastings over four decades ago, Embassy Summer has today evolved into a globally recognised and trusted brand.  Our vision is to help our students succeed in a global community.  We love bringing our young learners from around the world together through a common language and building global connections.

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Location: University of Sussex - Embassy Summer, UK

Contract dates: June - August 2026

Deadline to apply: 12 April 2026

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Position Summary:

The Centre Manager inspires, motivates, and leads an entire school of staff, leaders, and students.

Key Responsibilities:

• Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of students for who you are responsible and with whom you come into contact.


• Manage, lead, and inspire a team of colleagues dedicated to students’ development and welfare.


• Maximise student and group leader satisfaction by ensuring their experience meets or exceeds expectations.


• Ensure the centre operates to the highest standards of relevant Health & Safety, safeguarding.


• Ensure the programme runs within the pre-determined budgets in consultation with the supporting Programme Manager or Head Office teams.


• Oversee the submission of all centre administration and ensure alignment with the centre budget.


• Provide regular centre updates to the supporting Programme Manager.

Specific duties include:

• Training, and inspiring the centre teams.


• Conducting assemblies and inductions for students and Group leaders.


• Conducting staff and Group leader meetings.


• Overseeing staff performance and behaviour and ensuring that staff demonstrate and adhere to safe and healthy working practices at all times.


• Liaising with the Recruitment Team to ensure staffing is at maximum capacity and staffing issues are addressed in a timely manner.


• Creating staff rotas and ensuring employee contracted hours are adhered to and additional hours recorded weekly.


• Overseeing accuracy of staff rotas, contracted days / hours for payroll purposes.


• Reviewing completed Meal provision forms and Occupancy record forms and confirming student numbers with Head Office prior to final submission.


• Supporting all management team members.


• To be familiarised with the ongoing Activity and Academic programmes.


• To be familiarised with all processes for centre operation,


• To conduct performance management reviews of all staff.

To liaise with the Transport team regarding all student arrivals and departures.

• To carry out centre duties to meet the operational needs of the centre, including emergency phone cover on a rota basis.


• Managing a positive working relationship with all stakeholders.


• To create a positive, inclusive and safe workplace environment.

Organisational Compliance:

The job holder will be expected to operate in accordance with the company’s Code of Conduct, and any local policies and operating procedures relating to academic, welfare and safeguarding matters.

Employees are required to cooperate fully with all arrangements in place related to Health and Safety which include implementation and compliance with control measures resultant from risk assessments and engagement with, and completion of, any relevant Health and Safety training.

Education desired:

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent/or working towards

Additional qualifications desired:

• Safeguarding Level 1 and 2

Experience required:

• Management experience

preferred:

• Experience working with juniors


• Experience in a role involving organisation / logistics / travel

Personal attributes:

• Ability to lead and inspire a team


• Practical knowledge of Microsoft Office packages


• Ability to understand and manipulate data accurately


• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills


• Excellent organisational and planning skills 


• Ability to deal and resolve complex problems efficiently


• Ability to work under pressure, prioritise tasks and meet deadlines


• Demonstrates the ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people


• Demonstrates emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours


• Demonstrates a positive attitude to the use of authority and maintaining discipline


• Demonstrates an exceptional level of attention to detail

Working Week:

• 6 days* out of 7 (1 day off per week)


• All management roles are residential

Staff uniform:

All staff are required to wear the designated company uniform while on duty. Employees must ensure that the uniform is worn properly, maintained in a clean and presentable condition, and always adheres to the company’s dress code standards.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

If you do not have an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring certificate and are not registered on the DBS update service, we will need to apply for a new Enhanced DBS for you. Please confirm this at the time of application. 

Equality and Diversity: Equality and diversity are at the heart of everything we do. Our learning opportunities are open to everyone, regardless of their background and circumstances, and we apply the same standards to the staff we employ.