From a disused paint factory to an award-winning community hub, Gorton Central has had a £1million makeover transforming it into a thriving community asset.
We’re looking for a pro-active person to do this varied, ‘hands on’ role at Gorton Central, our community hub and home, where we develop exciting, innovative and quality services and collaborations. The Centre Coordinator will be responsible for the day to day operations of our busy community hub.
The Centre Coordinator will report to the Service and Business Manager, and will line-manager centre and centre volunteers.
The role will be responsible for:
- The day to day operations of a busy community hub including opening and closing and ensuring compliance, customer service and activities are of a high standard and delivered in line with agreed approaches and organisational priorities.
- Line management of centre staff and centre volunteers.
- Planning and monitoring the centre rota, deploying centre staff and volunteers ensuring the centre remains open, safe, inclusive and offers a high standard of customer service.
- Coordinating the Healthy Me Healthy Communities Centre activities including the Community Grocers (part of the Good Food Gorton approach) and wellbeing activities.
- Coordinating and updating an effective signposting and referral system and liaising with partners to provide a high quality service.
- Maintaining a maintenance and repairs log of the building, dealing with emergency maintenance incidents, deploying maintenance contractors from an approved list and overseeing on site maintenance contractors.
- Cultivating and maintaining effective professional relationships with partners and venue hirers contributing to Centre income targets.
- Undertaking consultation, feedback and evaluation with Centre participants and venue hire customers.
- Monitoring Centre related budgets and providing insights into improving earned income and cost savings.
- Completing monitoring, impact and social value reporting of the Centre.
- Working with the Service and Business Manager and other team members on existing and new initiatives including the development of food security and garden projects.
- Applying for and completing monitoring and evaluation for small grants related to Centre delivery.
- An active member of the Gorton Central operational 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:
- Experience of working in a VCSE/statutory community centre/similar venue.
- Experience of supervising/line managing staff and/or volunteers.
- Ability to deal with multiple competing priorities and demands, prioritising based on business need.
- Ability to form strong professional relationships with venue hirers and partner agencies, contributing to earned income and service development objectives.
- Ability to work effectively under minimal supervision and as part of a team.
- Strong understanding of and commitment to improving health and life outcome for those most effected by inequalities.
- 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.
- Entitlement to work in the UK at the point of the role commencing.
Contact Name
Kate Harrison
Anticipated Interview Date
Application instructions
- Email your CV (maximum 2 pages of A4) and a statement outlining how you meet the requirement of the job description and person specification (maximum 2 pages of A4) to info@hmhc.co.uk by 10am Thursday 8th January 2026.
- Interviews will be held in person at Gorton Central, Highmead Street, Gorton, M18 8PE on Thursday 15th January 2026.
- For an informal chat about the role, please email Kate Harrison, Service and Business Manager on Kate@hmhc.co.uk to arrange.
Closing date
Closing time
10am
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 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, people from global majority 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
£27,711 - £30, 060 per year, starting at £27,711 (points 12-17)
Working hours
Full-Time
Working Hours per week
35
Would you consider a job share for the role?
Yes
Would you consider a secondment for the role?
Yes
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