Young Manchester is looking for a Membership Manager to lead our engagement with over 200 youth and community organisations across the city.
The Role
The Membership Manager leads Young Manchester’s work to engage, support, and grow our network of over 160 youth and community organisations. They are responsible for developing and delivering a high-quality member-led offer that strengthens, connects and champions the work of our members. In turn this raises the quality and reach of youth and play work for the most excluded young people, and ensures our members and young people’s voices are shaping the future of our city.
Our ethos is one of collaboration, and based in the knowledge that our members, and the children and young people they support, are the experts. We create the conditions for our members to work together, and use our own capacity to relieve administrative burden so our members can concentrate on the work that really matters.
What we will offer
- 35-hour working week (pro-rata)
- 25 days holiday per annum, plus statutory Bank Holidays (pro-rata)
- Flexible working patterns
- A commitment to ongoing professional development
- Contributory pension scheme
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and deliver an engaging membership programme that strengthens, connects and champions youth and play organisations in Manchester, based on their challenges and strengths.
- Launch and deliver our new offer for youth-led membership organisations.
- Identify and leverage opportunities to strategically influence high-level decisions that positively impact youth and play groups, children, and young people. Support the Associate Director to implement these changes.
- Ensure the work of Young Manchester is driven by our members, and the children and young people they support, and that their work celebrated and communicated to broader stakeholders.
Please click the link to view the full job description on our website.
How to apply
Please send a copy of your CV and a covering letter (no more than 2 A4 sides) explaining why you would be a good fit for the role and the organisation to applications@youngmanchester.org by 9:00am on 11th May 2026.
Applications Close: 11th May 2026, 9:00am
Interviews: Week commencing 18th May 2026.
Once you apply, we will ask you for details of two professional referees together with a brief statement of their relationship to you and over what period of time they have known you. Referees will not be contacted without your prior consent. We will also ask you to complete a diversity monitoring form which will be stored separately from your application and will at no time be connected to you or your application.
The successful candidate will be appointed subject to DBS checks and references. If you would like any more information, or an informal chat about Young Manchester and the trustee roles, please email Emma Sims at e.sims@youngmanchester.org.
- Flexible working patterns
- A commitment to ongoing professional development
- Contributory pension scheme
Salary: £36,124 per annum (pro rata) Contract: Fixed Term until 31st August 2028 (with potential for extension) Working Hours: Optional 4 (0.8FTE) or 3 (0.6FTE) days per week.
