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 Role:                Chief Executive

Hours:              35 Hours Per Week, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

Salary:              £59,750 – £67,500 per year

Contract:         Permanent

Location:         Foundation House, Salford, and Hybrid Working

Closing Date: Monday 24th November 2025 5pm

Are you passionate about Tackling Disadvantage and Changing Lives of people in Greater Manchester?

Do you have experience of developing high quality targeted and universal services for children, young people and adults?

Salford Foundation is seeking a new Chief Executive to advance the charity’s strategic objectives and to implement our new 5 year strategy.

Your main role will be to provide operational leadership on service development, future growth and direction of the charity.

Key Tasks Include:

• Leading on strategic planning and implementation of the annual business plan
• Relationship management with funders and commissioners and partnership development public, private and VCSE
• Oversight of quality services for beneficiaries and performance management of contracts
• Creating sustainable income streams, oversight of funding strategy and creating bids and proposals
• Oversight of organisational effectiveness across Operations, Business & Finance
• Championing organisational values, culture, reputation and brand

You will have significant experience of effective stakeholder engagement at local and regional level.

With excellent interpersonal and communication skills, you are able to work collaboratively with Board Members, Commissioners, Funders Partners, and Senior Managers.

Please download the job application pack to find out more.   

Role:                Criminal Justice Support Worker

Hours:              35 Hours Per Week, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

Salary:              £23,500.00-£25,000.00 per year

Contract:         Fixed Term, 31 December 2026 (with commitment to funding to 31 December 2027)

Location:         Foundation House, Salford, and Hybrid Working

Introduction

We are looking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic Support Worker to cover existing staff who will be undertaking an evaluation project with the Jabbs Foundation and the University of Birmingham on the effectiveness of Women’s centres. The role will support a caseload of women and deliver a range of group work sessions

 Key tasks and Responsibilities

• Supporting Salford women who are People on Probation
• Complete detailed documentation on referral and WRNA assessment of the service user’s need
• Liaise closely with the Probation service who are co-located at the office
• Agree and individual action plan with each service user
• Regularly review client’s progress and agree action
• Manage a case load of service users and support each individual in progressing with their support plan
• Develop effective communication strategies with all delivery partners keeping relevant people informed of any progress or issues which arise with the client.
• Keep up to date contact logs after every contact with the client and/or other involved agencies
• Capture and produce management information and data relating to the project
• Produce monthly reports relating to targets set by managers and funders of the project.
• Establish and maintain constructive working relationships with all partners involved in the programme
• Ensure adequate staff cover for the centre in times of staff sickness or training and over lunch breaks
• Attend supervision with the Centre Manager
• Attend training and train the trainer courses
• Deliver group training once qualified/trained to do so.
• Adhere to all project policies
• Actively market and promote the service
• Contribute to other duties required by the project including group sessions, case reviews, training sessions and events as and when notified by the Foundation
• To implement and comply with all the Foundation’s policies, including the Safeguarding Policy and procedures ensuring that Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.
• And any other tasks commensurate with the role as requested by the Senior Team Leader or Deputy CEO.

 Person Specification

• Knowledge of issues relating to the client group and their support needs

• Knowledge of offending behaviour
• Experience of working with at least two of the following:

• Women
• Offenders
• People at risk of offending
• Ability to manage a case load
• Ability to communicate at all level
• Good time management skills
• Ability to work on own initiative  and as part of a team
• Ability to work to set targets
• Excellent communication skills
• The ability to set and achieve project targets is essential
• The ability to capture and produce management information relating to the project
• Ability to set and prioritise objectives, drawing up Action Plans to reflect these
• Ability to establish constructive working relationships with all partners involved in the programme
• Ability to develop, trust and rapport on a one to one or group basis
• Ability to actively listen and promote agreements with clients, professional and colleagues
• Ability to undertake an outreach approach
• Willingness to undertake work within the context of the organizations Equal Opportunities Policy
• Previous experience in a social care setting
• A relevant professional qualification in social care, youth community work or health

This service is offered in a women only only spaces and ONLY women need apply
(paragraph 1, Schedule 9, Equality Act 2020)
Applicants should also have access to a car

Closing date for applications will be Friday 7th November 2025.

Please provide your CV and a 1 page explanation of you would fulfil the requirements of this role, no later than Friday 24th October 2025.