An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced person to join Healthy Me Healthy Communities CiC. Following a successful asset transfer and a £1m investment, we have ambitious plans for Gorton Central, developing this much loved community asset into an exemplar community hub and our organisational HQ. The Centre Business Manager will lead the day to day operations at the Centre and the Centre staff team to drive forwards business growth and service impact.
Location: Based at Gorton Central, Gorton Community Centre, Manchester, M18 8PE
Position type: Permanent
Key accountabilities
The role will be responsible for:
- Working with Senior Leadership Team, Centre staff, the wider staff team and volunteers to ensure Centre operations and service delivery meet high standards of quality, appearance and impact.
- Cultivate effective professional relationships with partners and stakeholders to generate earned income through venue-hire, consultancy packages, community health research and other agreed areas of business development.
- Leading day to day Centre operations including carrying out opening and closing procedures and deploying Centre staff and volunteers effectively to ensure the Centre is safe, compliant, welcoming and inclusive in line with agreed policies, procedures and organisational objectives.
- Line management and development of Centre staff team.
- Managing Centre related budgets.
- Cultivate and develop effective partnership relationships with key stakeholders to develop the Gorton Central offer to meet both organisational and local needs, aspirations and priorities.
- Overseeing and carrying out monitoring, impact and social value reporting of the Centre.
- An active member of the Services and Management Team.
- Undertake other duties as required to meet the organisational needs.
For this post, successful candidates will need to demonstrate their skills and experience of the following criteria.
Essential criteria and we are seeking to appoint a skilled person with at least 1 year experience of the following:
- Line management experience and skills.
- Delivery of social business projects/medium-large grant funding to generate income across multiple streams.
- Experience and expertise in managing a community centre or similar venue.
- Track record of effectively managing multiple projects and priorities to produce results on time and within budget.
Along with:
- A good understanding of the needs and priorities for the Gorton & Abbey Hey ward.
- Strong understanding of and commitment to improving health and life outcomes for those most affected by inequalities.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively within a diverse team.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent work ethic with the willingness to work flexibly and responsively to meet the needs of the organisation.
- Good knowledge of IT packages including Microsoft Office, databases, email and social-media.
- A good standard of education with evidence of professional development.
- All applicants must have entitlement to work in the UK at the point of the role commencing.
Contact Name
Hollie Walsh
Anticipated Interview Date
Application instructions
Selection Process
- Check that you meet the essential criteria as specified in the job description.
- Submit a CV (max 2 sides) and supporting statement (max 2-sides) detailing how you meet the person specification to info@hmhc.co.uk. Closing date 9am Thursday 24th July 2025. Please put Centre Business Manager as the email title.
- Successful candidates will be invited to an interview on Tuesday 29th July 2025 at Gorton Central, Highmead Street, Gorton, M18 8PE (in-person only).
- All enquiries in the first instance to info@hmhc.co.uk
Closing date
Closing time
9am
Created
Employee Benefits
- 5% employer pension.
- 25 days holiday plus 8 statutory bank holidays rising 1 day per year to a maximum of 30 days.
- Plus 1 paid leave day for employee birthday and 1 paid wellbeing day accompanied by £100 wellbeing budget.
- Sick-pay is 4-weeks full pay, 4-weeks half-pay followed by statutory sick pay (subject to satisfactory probation period).
- Access to free, confidential 'Health Assured' employee assistance programme.
- We are members of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter and won the Best for Health and Wellbeing - SME in the 2024 Good Employment Awards. We were shortlisted for 'Best Small Business for Inclusion' in the 2025 Good Employment Awards.
- We hold the Association for Accredited Learning 'People, Culture and Wellbeing Quality Mark' demonstrating our commitment to promoting a healthy, wellbeing-focused culture and working environment.
- HMHC strives to be an equal opportunities employer and celebrates diversity. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.
Employer
Healthy Me Healthy Communities CiC
Locations
Manchester
Organisation
Healthy Me Healthy Communities CiC
Role type
Permanent
Salary
£30, 559 - £33, 366 per year (scale 18-23) starting salary dependent on experience
Working hours
Full-Time
Working Hours per week
35 Hours a week
Would you consider a job share for the role?
Yes
Would you consider a secondment for the role?
Yes
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