• Flexible

Since its opening in 1999, Thornhill Lees Community Centre has provided a safe and welcoming space for the communities in Thornhill Lees and the surrounding villages. We offer the community a weekly food hub, the Helping hands café, hosting of Kirklees College’s adult learning courses, keep fit and yoga classes and craft activities. The centre’s rooms are also available for rental for groups, meetings and functions.

The centre is owned by the people of Thornhill Lees and is run on their behalf by the trustees.

We have steadily rebuilt our activities since the COVID pandemic and now need to develop our organisation further for a sustainable future. We see the expansion of our volunteer team as central to this next phase.

Thornhill Lees Community Centre is looking for a volunteer to help organise small building maintenance works by:

• Advising on building maintenance to support the trustees in making sound decisions on ways forward with maintenance works as they arise.
• Liaising with trusted local tradespeople to gather quotes for works.
• Overseeing the works to advise the trustees on the quality and completeness of work.

Person specification

• Ad-hoc availability, as required by trustees in response to building maintenance needs.

• Good working knowledge of building maintenance.
• Good knowledge of the network of trusted local tradespeople to carry out these works.

• Friendly.
• Flexible.
• Good communication skills.
• Good attention to detail.

 Benefits of volunteering with Thornhill Lees Community Centre

• Working within a friendly organisation of volunteers, staff and service users.
• A sense of achievement from giving back to the local community by supporting trustees with a challenging area of their work.

A DBS check will be carried out. Two references will be required.

For more information please submit your details below and one of our trustees will be in touch.

Rolling application. Please apply as soon as possible.

Thornhill Lees Community Centre

• Other

• References required
• DBS (criminal record check that the organisation will organise)

31/08/2026