WomenMATTA is a thriving women’s centre for women in Manchester and Trafford and part of the national charity Women in Prison

We have an exciting opportunity for a new Manager lead an established and committed team.

The overall aim of this role is to provide strategic oversight and operational management to all WomenMATTA services delivered through hubs across multiple sites in Manchester, ensuring quality standards are consistently met, staff are effectively managed, partnerships are established and maintained and budgets are appropriately managed.

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.

TO APPLY:

To apply, please download and read the WomenMATTA Manager  RECRUITMENT PACK including the Job Description and Person Specification and complete the application and equalities monitoring forms in full. 

Closing date for applications:  Midday Monday 18th January 2021

Interview date:. Week Commencing Monday 1st February 2021

Chief Operating Officer

£55,000

London, E1

Full-time, Permanent 

Flexible working considered

Switchback is an award-winning small charity enabling young Londoners to find a way out of the justice system and build stable, rewarding lives. We use our evidence to inspire change across the justice system and beyond. Our team of skilled, fulltime Switchback Mentors provide intensive one-to-one support for young men leaving prison alongside real-work training after release, supporting Switchback Trainees to make real, lasting change. Our approach works: Switchback Trainees are five times less likely to reoffend. 

Now, building on a decade of sector-leading impact, Switchback is making a transformational shift in our reach and scale. We aim to significantly expand the number of prison-leavers Switchback can support in London as well as our capacity to campaign for systemic change - all while closely guarding the integrity and quality of our programme. 

This new position of Chief Operating Officer will play a pivotal role in enabling that shift over the next two years. We are looking for someone with the drive and experience to facilitate a step-change in the sustainable growth of an innovative, high-impact charity. As COO you will be responsible for leading on Switchback’s financial and businesses planning, HR processes, and developing our infrastructure services to keep pace with our ambitions for growth. Through a solid foundation of business systems and processes you will ensure Switchback can grow our team, remain a fantastic place to work, and extend our reach through new campaigns, consultancy, training, partnerships and delivery activity. 

We are determined to ensure that Switchback’s team is more representative of the young men we support, so we are especially keen to hear from people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds or with lived experience of the criminal justice system or poverty.

Your charge is to enable brilliant people to do what they are brilliant at doing - and help change lives in the process. We look forward to hearing from you.

How to apply

With the funding approved, we are keen to make an immediate start with the search. 

For an informal discussion, please contact our recruitment partner, Simon Lloyd, Director at NFP consulting 

Application is by way of CV and a Supporting Statement.

Please also download and complete an anonymous Equalities Monitoring form which you can find in the Job Downloads section on NFP's website.

Closing date for applications is 10am, Monday 18th January.

There will be a two stage interview process with interviews being held in the weeks beginning 25th January 2021 and 1st February 2021.

Bede is an established local charity providing four specialist services. We support adults with a learning disability; women and men who experience domestic abuse; youth clubs and school holiday programmes and opportunities for community volunteering. Our team of around 40 staff work with an annual income of £1.2m.

We invite you to lead us through an exciting period of development as we move to a new purpose-built Centre in 2023. You'll join us at a key moment in our long and distinguished history, and take us into a dynamic future. Our current Director, Nick Dunne, who retires in 2021, will introduce you to this exceptional opportunity to make a real difference to our neighbours' lives.

This is a unique chance for an experienced senior manager from the not-for-profit sector to head our small, high-impact organisation. You will work with people in complex circumstances, and support specialist managers in grasping opportunities and assessing risks. In addition, you'll bring a thorough working knowledge of HR, charity finance, fundraising and governance to your role. You'll draw on all your creativity and energy to achieve maximum success and sustainability. We look forward to hearing from you - and offering a warm welcome from our lively and appreciative community. 

For an informal discussion about the role and to apply, please see application pack.

Closing date for applications 5pm Monday February 1, 2021.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to visit Bede w/c February 15
Interviews will be held on Thursday February 25.