Deputy Director

Action Together
GB - England - Rochdale
January 6, 2025

Deputy Director
Rochdale (Hybrid)

About Us

At Action Together, we believe in the transformative power of collaboration to drive positive change and tackle challenges. By uniting communities across Oldham, Rochdale, and Tameside, we help achieve remarkable outcomes through collective action.

Our passionate and action-focused team is committed to strengthening and growing local efforts to promote social benefit. As a membership organisation with over 3,000 members, we represent and support diverse local needs and interests. We provide practical help to empower local groups and organisations to thrive.

We are now looking for a Deputy Director to join our Rochdale team on a full-time, fixed-term basis, working 36 hours per week, for an initial two-year period with the potential to extend subject to funding

The Benefits
• Salary of £41,511 - £44,711 per annum
• 26 days of annual leave (increasing with service up to 31 days per year) plus bank holidays
• Flexible working opportunities, including remote working and compressed hours
• Membership of SimplyHealth
• Ongoing professional development opportunities
• Cycle and tech loan schemes
• Pension scheme with 6% employer contribution

This is an incredible opportunity for a programme leader with experience of developing services to join our dynamic and fast-paced charity, leading impactful programmes and driving meaningful change.

Youll take on an engaging leadership role where you will drive innovative projects that make a tangible difference in peoples lives.

You will discover plenty of support from our fantastic team and the chance to get involved in a huge array of work that makes a positive impact. So, if you are ready to take the next step in your career and advance into a deputy director role, were waiting to hear from you.

The Role

As Deputy Director, you will take on a new senior role, ensuring our Rochdale team is thriving and delivering results, as well as capturing our learning and impact to inform future work.

From overseeing the performance and development of our projects to delivering high-quality programmes, you will be involved in all aspects of our activities across the Rochdale area.

You will have the chance to innovate and develop new areas of work, grow and enhance existing services and work closely with the Rochdale Director to identify new opportunities and develop ideas into action.

Seeking to build relationships across the borough, you will engage with voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise members and key senior leaders, strengthen relationships and develop our infrastructure for voice and influence.

About You

To be considered as the Deputy Director, you will need:
• Significant experience of working with Voluntary, Community Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) groups/organisations, building effective relationships between the VCFSE, and with the VCFSE and public-sector system partners
• Experience within or working closely with a VCFSE support and development organisation to deliver infrastructure services - volunteering, development, partnerships and investment
• Experience of planning, developing, delivering, and evaluating complex programme or service(s) to achieve social outcomes
• Experience of successful day-to-day operational management of projects, services and teams including managing quality and performance
• To be an experienced line manager capable of supporting and leading a team, with understanding of how to manage managers as well as individual contributors

The closing date for this role is 30th January 2025 at 9:00am.

Other organisations may call this role Programme Manager, Senior Project Manager, Service Manager, Assistant Director, or Head of Charity Operations.

Webrecruit and Action Together are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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