About Us

10GM is a joint venture by local voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector infrastructure organisations in Greater Manchester: Bolton CVS, Salford CVS, Macc and Action Together. These local organisations provide a range of support including organisational and group development, accredited Volunteer Centres, locality and thematic networks, action groups and strategic representation across a wide range of partnerships.

10GM works strategically to strengthen support for the VCSE sector at borough level and ensure connectivity and engagement across the whole of Greater Manchester. 10GM represents a combined membership of thousands of local voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations working in communities and neighbourhoods all across the city-region.

An opportunity has now arisen for a Strategic Lead to facilitate engagement with 10GM across Greater Manchester for a two year contract that has the potential to extend.

The Benefits

- Salary of £35,745 - £37,890 per annum
- Flexible working opportunities
- Ongoing professional development
- 7% pension contribution (1% contribution by employee)
- 25 days’ annual leave (plus eight Bank Holidays) per annum
- Work with a large diverse team committed to social justice

If you have strong influencing skills and a passion for social justice and the VCSE sector, this is a fantastic opportunity to get involved with an exceptional charitable initiative that will help change Greater Manchester for the better.

We believe that VCSE sector organisations have an important part to play in work across Greater Manchester that benefits everyone and will see our city and our communities rise, do better and profit from the work we do.

So, if you share our values and want to be a part of something big that will bring great things to Greater Manchester, we would love to hear from you.

The Role

As the Strategic Lead, you will be tasked with playing a key leadership and representation role within 10GM and ensure the organisation can fulfil its purposes, aims, contracts and commitments.

You’ll build links across partner organisations and associates, identifying opportunities, sharing information and resources and maximising the efficiency of the 10GM initiative.

Specifically, your role will involve:

- Maintaining and developing relationships with stakeholders across the public, private and VCSE sectors
- Creating a positive partnership with Greater Manchester in line with 10GM’s values
- Identifying new funding opportunities and developing proposals
- Utilising national, regional and local policies that can be used by 10GM members to enhance influencing

About You

To be considered as the Strategic Lead, you will need:

- To be a skilled influencer who can operate at a senior level and bring solutions
- The ability to secure, lead and deliver projects and programmes to agreed timelines and outcomes
- The ability to make a compelling case for the role of the VCSE sector in general and the role of local infrastructure in particular
- To be driven by social justice and passionate about the VCSE
- The ability to manage complex partnerships and relationships
- A collaborative and relational approach
- To be interested in social policy and able to make this accessible to others
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce communication content for a variety of audiences

Closing Date:16th November 2020

To apply for this position, please visit the website link.

Oldham Foodbank is a life-changing service that helps local people in crisis. No one in our community should have to face going hungry and we are part of a nationwide network of food banks working to combat poverty and hunger. Our organisation is seeded by the Trussell Trust.

We’re currently looking for a Foodbank Manager to oversee the smooth running of Oldham Foodbank on a 12 month fixed-term contract.

The Rewards

- Salary of £26,000 per annum
- Benefits package
- Make a positive difference to people in your community

Working hours: 36 hours per week, Monday – Friday (some occasional weekend and evening work may be required

If you have great leadership skills and a strong understanding of supporting and managing volunteers, this is an amazing opportunity to join an organisation that’s committed to empowering the community’s most vulnerable people.

Oldham Foodbank is a collaboration of local churches and community groups of all denominations, faiths and none, working together towards stopping hunger in our local area. Now, more than ever, it is imperative that we’re able to provide emergency support and food as efficiently as possible – and that’s where you come in.

In this important role, you will have the chance to increase the capabilities of our Foodbank, which provides much more than food. Your efforts will ensure that we can continue to support those who are most in need and help them to escape poverty.

The Role

As the Foodbank Manager, you’ll oversee the successful growth and delivery of Oldham Foodbank’s service.

This is a varied role that will see you supporting the distribution of food parcels, warehouse operations, donations and signposting, as well as recruiting, training and supervising the volunteer team.

Reporting to the Trustees, you will:

- Help to guide the development of the Foodbank, including its resources, financial assets, reputation, partnership and volunteer body
- Respond to telephone and email queries
- Work with lead volunteers to monitor stock levels
- Identify ways to maximise the efficiency of the Foodbank
- Maintain and develop partnerships with sponsors

About You

To join us as a Foodbank Manager, you will need:

- Experience of working for, or volunteering in, an organisation that deploys volunteers
- The ability to manage and monitor the development of a project
- Empathy and an understanding of the challenges of supporting and managing volunteers
- The ability to lead, motivate, train and support volunteers
- Good communication and interpersonal skills

Closing date for applications 25th November 2020 23:59pm

Please note that Action Together are recruiting for this post on behalf of Oldham Foodbank. The Successful candidate will be employed by Oldham Foodbank.

Do you want a flexible but rewarding part-time job that makes use of your skills and experience? We are looking for an experienced senior manger with accounting knowledge to lead The Charity Service. We run our own grant programmes in Greater Manchester as well as managing donations on behalf of private donors. You will be the lead for the organisation, responsible for accounting, investment managment and governance and will oversee delivery of our grant giving programmes through the Development Officer. The role is home-based but ideally within easy access of the Greater Manchester area.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a motivated and talented Operations Director to oversee, manage, and deliver the operational strategy for School Partnerships. This role is responsible for providing line management and development of the two Associate Directors that head up the Enquiries and Applications & Operations Teams. This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of, and be responsible for, the B2B and B2C strategy across the whole of Ambition Institute.

Based in one of our London, Birmingham, or Manchester offices, and reporting to the Chief Recruitment Director, you’ll be responsible for delivering operational strategic direction and support to the School Partnerships department. You will lead the Sales Operations and Enquiries teams to achieve against their strategic priorities for improving our operational efficiency, converting all interested applicants into a sale, and ensuring an overall excellent applicant experience.  You will work collaboratively with our School Partnerships area teams to meet stretching recruitment targets, and to continually improve our practise across the department. You’ll need to match a keen eye for operational effectiveness delivering business as usual, with a clear vision for future direction and the strategic insight to deliver it.

This exciting role is varied and complex, and will require a robust, agile, and strategic individual to fulfil the needs of the organisation. It is essential that you have a strong commitment to education and extensive experience in sales/partnerships environment. You must drive and adhere to best practice, whilst being innovative and collaborative in your approach. The person in this role should be at the forefront of driving the Sales strategy and must be a passionate advocate of change and advancement in the organisation.

Who are Ambition Institute?

Ambition Institute has one purpose: to help educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better. With our new organisation, and more than ten years of collective experience in working with educators at all levels, we believe that exciting opportunities lie ahead. We are a graduate school for educators, and we apply academic rigour to our learning design, drawing on frontline insights from schools into what works in practice. Our programmes leverage the latest evidence from international experts, which means we think carefully about what is taught, how, and in what sequence. We work collaboratively to enable school improvement for the benefit of pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Our offer

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you:

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager
• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays
• 2 additional annual leave days for 1 day booked during December over the festive period
• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate)
• Competitive salary rates
• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters.
• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development

How to apply

All applications must be received by the closing date, midnight on 1st November 2020. Interviews are expected to take place the week beginning 9th November 2020.

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website.

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality.

Saheli supports women and children experiencing domestic abuse, from Black Asian Minority Ethnic communities. Saheli (meaning friend) is committed to creating a safe space, providing culturally sensitive support, language assistance, and a voice and identity to BAME women facing violence in their lives.

This is a new post, created to help the organisation diversify income streams. It is a great opportunity for a fundraiser who is dynamic and creative with exceptional interpersonal, communication and planning skills as well as proven success in raising substantial sums from individual and corporate donors.

The charity is looking at building Corporate and High Net Worth relationships. New Corporate, High Net Worth individuals and regular giving support will need to be identified and cultivated.

As the sole fundraiser for the charity the post holder will need to combine a strategic mind-set, with the practical skills of hands-on fundraising. Reporting to Saheli Chief Executive, you will support the organisation achieve its income generation strategy.

The objectives of the role are to:

• Manage and deliver our fundraising strategy in the areas agreed by the trustees
• Raise awareness of the organisation both locally and nationally.
• Oversee fundraising volunteers.

We offer: Employer’s contributory pension scheme, 25 days of annual leave (pro rata), 24/7 Employee Assist programme..

If you are interested, please apply online to email your CV and a covering letter showing how you meet the requirements for the attached job description to Priya Chopra .

This post is subject to satisfactory references and DBS check. Saheli is an equal opportunities employer. This post is open to women only and all women can apply exempt under the sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amended) (Section 7). Last Date of Application is 10.11.2020

We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and professional Finance Manager to join our busy but friendly team. We are a local independent charity who work passionately for the care and rights of older people within the Oldham borough, and offer a wide range of services and initiatives including traditional day care, lunch clubs, Handyvan & Shopping Services, as well as social and leisure projects.

As our Finance Manager you will:

1. Support the strategic management and effective deployment of the organisation’s resources.
2. Be responsible for the management of Age UK Oldham’s finance and accounting functions, working in collaboration with the Board of Trustees, the Chief Executive and the organisation’s auditors.
3. Manage the finance team (2 finance assistants).
4. Be responsible for the organisation’s insurance requirements.
5. Be an active member of the senior management team and be involved in the strategic development of the organisation.

We would encourage those considering applying for the position to contact us to arrange an informal video ‘chat’ via Microsoft Teams or Zoom, where we can tell you more about who we are, what we do and what the role entails.

If you are interested in applying for this position please visit our website and download the application form and supporting documents.

Please email completed application forms to us by the closing date.  CV’s will not be accepted.

We seek to achieve a workforce representative of Oldham’s diverse society and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Registered Charity Number 1145196.

Would you like to make a difference to the lives of older people in Bolton? Age UK Bolton is looking to recruit a Home Services Manager for its relatively young but successful Home Services business.

Working directly to the charity’s Commercial Services Director, you will co-ordinate and support a small team of Home Services Assistants delivering cleaning, shopping and home support primarily to older people in their homes.

You will ensure the smooth running of the service including: the highest standards of professionalism and customer care; effective communication; staff wellbeing and sound financial and operational performance

This is an exciting opportunity to help develop and grow this vital paid for service within our charity, providing valuable support for those for whom day to day living has become increasingly challenging.

If you believe you have the skills along with a desire to be part of a caring and dynamic organisation then please submit your application to or call Pat Kitchen, Commercial Services Director.

Full details of the job description, person specification and application form are available on our website

Part-time hours: 25 per week

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Salary: £24,111.00 per year

COVID-19 considerations:
Our central office has protective measures in place with risk assessments, handwash stations, social distancing and PPE.

Answer Cancer is not a traditional health promotion service; instead it takes a VCSE-led community development approach in addressing the imbalance in screening uptake amongst certain groups.

The Answer Cancer Programme aims to provide a co-ordinated cancer screening prevention and screening awareness engagement programme across Greater Manchester. We focus on priority areas and communities, using a diverse range of approaches and interventions using a community development and social movement approach. We have a primary focus of

Manchester and Salford; followed by Oldham; Heywood, Middleton, Rochdale (HMR); and Bolton. These are the geographical areas that have the poorest screening uptake and outcomes of breast, bowel and cervical screening in Greater Manchester. Within those geographical areas we aim to reach people and communities that traditional screening engagement struggles to connect with.

Through Answer Cancer we aim to help:

• Increase uptake of the breast, bowel and cervical cancer screening programmes within target communities. This will help reduce health inequalities in communities with the worst health outcomes.
• The Answer Cancer Champions social movement will continue to grow in reach, purpose, output and outcomes, which in turn will promote cancer prevention activity across GM.
• There will be better connectivity across cancer prevention and early detection activity in GM through networking and engagement.

Regional Director – Middle East & Europe

Based in UK or remotely from an MEE programme with significant travel

Salary: £61,380

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced senior manager to lead a regional portfolio of MAG programmes, with oversight of programme and project development, implementation and delivery and with a current annual value of around $30 million.

MAG saves lives and builds futures by working with others to reclaim land contaminated with the debris of conflict, to reduce the daily risk of death or injury for civilians, and to create safe and secure conditions for development. MAG shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize as a founding member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines for our work to ban landmines. Our vision is a safe and secure future for men, women and children affected by armed violence and conflict. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to undertake a strategic and senior management role in an international NGO.  As one of five Regional Directors, reporting to the Director of Programmes, you will lead and manage the Country Directors of MAG’s programmes in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Bosnia to ensure the quality delivery of MAG’s operations and the compliance of grants and contracts. 

The post holder will coordinate MAG’s regional strategic approach, supporting Country Directors in the development and implementation of business plans, including coordinating expansion into new countries and the development and strengthening of donor relationships. This is a challenging and varied role, offering the opportunity to use your wide-ranging management experience to influence the organisation and the wider sector. The post-holder will be expected to lead and coordinate complex networks of relationships across the region and beyond.

The successful candidate will have excellent project management, business planning and budget management skills and the ability to coordinate multiple activities at the same time. Experience of working in a senior management position in a development or humanitarian organisation is essential, and experience of working in humanitarian mine action sector would be highly advantageous. Experience of working in this region would also be an advantage. Regular travel will be essential in this role, which could be visiting a MAG programme, or to meet with donors or other stakeholders – you could be in Manchester one week, then Iraq or Syria after that. Arabic language skills are desirable for this role. Due to current COVID-19 restrictions, this role will be remote, working from home, with travel as and when necessary.

This is a demanding but highly rewarding position that will be suited to a highly motivated, solution-focused and flexible manager.  It will offer you the opportunity to use your strategic and leadership skills in a fast-paced environment.

For further information and details of how to apply, please visit the jobs page of our website by the closing date of Sunday 8th November 2020 at 00.00.

Please note that as part of MAG's commitment to safeguarding, this post is subject to background checks before an offer of employment is confirmed.

Northern Services Administrator (Maternity Cover)

This is an exciting opportunity to join a thriving Women's Centre covering Manchester and Trafford.

Women in Prison are seeking an experienced administrator to organise, supervise and carry out the activities required to ensure the smooth running of their Northern office, and to provide administrative support to the Manager, Project Workers and other staff.

The successful applicant will provide a welcoming and effective first point of contact for callers, service users, external agencies and other visitors, This role will also include referrals, signposting to other agencies and services and data inputting.

We actively encourage applications from women from a variety of backgrounds, and with a range of skills and experiences. We are particularly interested to hear from Black, Asian and minority ethnic women and women who have personal experience of the criminal justice system.

The role is only open to women, in accordance with the sex-based exemptions of the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1.

Due to the current climate this role will at present involve a mixture of working from home and office based.

(part time voluntary role)

Can you help us change lives?

We are looking for volunteers to join our board of trustees to help lead the charity and support the management team in developing our services and securing the vital resources we need to meet demand.

We seek four enthusiastic individuals who can spare a few hours a month alongside any existing role or commitments to make our board up to 15 people. Our aim is for a diverse board who represent our population and all those that use our services. No specific skills or experience required, but ideally applicants will live, study or work in or nearby the areas we service.  

Our board comes from many different backgrounds. What they all share is a passion for representing the local community and the diversity of clients who benefit from our free and impartial advice.

This is an unpaid role but all reasonable expenses are reimbursed. A role as trustee can provide you with a great deal of experience and satisfaction, the opportunity to develop your skills, and utilise any expertise and knowledge to benefit the local community.

“I really believe in the work we do as trustees - supporting and overseeing an organisation that truly makes a difference to local people's lives.” Linda, trustee

Who we are.

Citizens Advice is a network of 300 local independent charities, and Derbyshire Districts (covering residents of Amber Valley, Derbyshire Dales, Erewash and High Peak) is a well funded and high performing member with over 150 staff and volunteers.

Last year our advice helped people in crisis stay in work, prevented families being evicted from their homes, helped thousands of people tackle crippling debt and enabled people to access the welfare rights they are entitled to. In addition, we provide free advice on everything from neighbour disputes to consumer rights.

We know just how important our services are for local people, and this has never been more evident than now as we all strive to cope with the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

We would love to hear from you.

We welcome local applicants from any background who want to help us make a difference. If you have recent experience with fundraising, communications, HR or ICT we are particularly keen to hear from you.

Closing date for applications:  9am, Monday 2 November 2020

Interviews will be held:  Monday 9 November 2020 via Zoom