Neighbourhood Manager

Neighbourhood Manager: (Company Name - Subscribers only)

About The Role

Working Hours: 35 hours with occasional evening and weekend work

Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Closing Date: 20 October 2025

Closing time: 11.59pm

Interview Method: Face to Face

This role is subject to –

2 References – where possible we require 3 years’ history.

Manchester is a dynamic, thriving city that is ever changing. Ensuring the city’s residents are listened to, well connected to opportunities and can be resilient within their own communities is key to the city’s future success. Housing growth, changes to transport infrastructure, health inequalities, access to services at the right time and climate change are all examples of key issues that will impact on the City’s neighbourhoods.

The Neighbourhood Teams play a key role in enabling activity at a local level; working alongside Council services, partner organisations and the community to create well managed neighbourhoods. The teams are split into three areas – North, Central and South. They work with a wide range of stakeholders from the private, public, and voluntary sector to ensure a joined-up approach to achieve the city’s objectives as set out in the Our Manchester Strategy. We are currently recruiting an area-based opportunity to join the neighbourhood team in the role of Neighbourhood Manager in North. The Neighbourhood Manager plays a key role in working with elected members, partners, businesses, communities, and residents to deliver the priorities as set out in the citywide Our Manchester Strategy at a neighbourhood level, as well as responding to other local needs.

This is delivered by playing a key role in delivering the city’s place-based reform programme Bringing Services Together (BST) for People in Places; through working with elected members, communities, and partners to coordinate activity at ward and neighbourhood level, and engaging residents in the Climate Change agenda. As neighbourhoods grow and change, the aim is to create and maintain well-managed, safe, and vibrant neighbourhoods that culturally diverse citizens can be proud of, with access to a high-quality leisure, sports, green spaces, and a vibrant cultural offer.

About the Candidate

We are looking for committed managers who are proud of and passionate about Manchester, embrace the Our Manchester behaviours, and have experience of working with local elected members, communities, and wider partners. You will need excellent communication and influencing skills, be able to interpret data and intelligence, be a creative problem solver with the ability to plan and organise resources, and turn strategic ideas into practical, well organised plans. You will have experience of managing, developing and motivating staff to deliver consistent performance and reach their own potential. You should also have a good understanding of current approaches to community engagement and enabling culturally diverse residents to drive their own ideas into actions by listening to what they are saying.

About Us

We’re the local council for one of the UK’s most vibrant and diverse cities.

Working for Manchester isn’t just a job – it’s an opportunity to contribute to a city that leads change and transforms lives. Whether it’s strengthening communities or driving innovation in public services, you’ll play a vital role in creating opportunities and shaping a brighter future for everyone.

is our vision for a fairer, greener, and healthier city – a vision shaped by the people of Manchester. It guides everything we do at the Council and is brought to life through the Our Manchester behaviours:

• We take time to listen and understand
• We work together and trust each other
• We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly
• We ‘own it’ and we’re not afraid to try new things
• We’re proud and passionate about Manchester

Benefits we offer

• Generous holiday allowance – Enjoy up to 26 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays. Increasing to 31 days after five years of local government service. Want more leave? You can purchase up to two additional weeks.
• A buzzing pension – You’ll be enrolled in the UK’s largest local government pension scheme, with plenty of options to top up your benefits. Includes life cover of three-times your salary as a lump sum.
• Enhanced parental and carers leave – Take advantage of our enhanced family leave options, designed to provide ample time for you to bond with your new born or support your family during critical life events.
• Brilliant perks – Access a range of discounts, from saving on the weekly shop to holidays and days out with MCR+. Plus discounts on phone contracts, cycle to work scheme, free flu jabs and eye tests, and more.
• Learn and grow – We are dedicated to nurturing talent and providing you with the tools to thrive. Take part in a diverse set of learning opportunities, from workshops and training sessions through to apprenticeships and qualifications. All this begins with our comprehensive onboarding process.
• A Good Employment Charter member – We are committed to offering secure, flexible work and embedding fairness into everything we do. We review pay annually, recognize three trade unions, and are constantly working to offer the best possible health and wellbeing support throughout all stages of your working life.
• Up to 3 days volunteering leave – Give back to the community with three days pro-rate of paid volunteering leave, in addition to existing benefits.

Creating an Inclusive Team at (Company Name - Subscribers only)

At (Company Name - Subscribers only), we’re dedicated to creating a workplace that truly reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We actively welcome applications from people of all ages and backgrounds, particularly from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities, Disabled people and young people.

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