Organization: Resilient Cities Network
Location: Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Duration: Fixed term until December 2028, with potential for extension subject to funding. Full-time, 40 hours per week.
Pay/Volunteer: £40,000 to £45,000 per annum
Deadline: 3 September 2026, 10.00 CET
Description: You run day-to-day delivery of the R4C Greater Manchester program. You own the program’s operational spine: plans, trackers, records, and the monitoring and evaluation data that evidences impact to funders. You also lead discrete workstreams including workshop facilitation, events, corporate volunteering with Zurich, and support to local implementation partners.
R4C Greater Manchester is currently delivered with local implementation partners at two demonstrator sites, Edgeley in Stockport with An Actions Common CIC and Higher Folds in Wigan with HF Works, alongside institutional partners including the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Stockport and Wigan Councils. The program is expanding to two new communities this year. It is funded by the Z Zurich Foundation and is supported by Zurich UK. The challenge is holding delivery, partner capability, and funder evidence together across four sites as the program moves into its second phase.
How the role is set up today
The program is entering Phase 2 following the close of Phase 1. The Lead - Place-Based Resilience currently carries direct delivery responsibility for Greater Manchester alongside portfolio leadership. You take on day-to-day delivery, with scope to broaden as that transition progresses.
What you will do
Program delivery and coordination (25%)
You own:
Program plans, delivery trackers, milestones, and action logs across both sites, kept current and accurate.
Delivery against agreed deadlines, with risks to timelines identified and escalated early.
Program meetings, including scheduling, agendas, papers, minutes, and follow-up.
Program files, records, and shared systems including Airtable, maintained so that knowledge does not sit with individuals.
You contribute to:
Program planning and phase design, owned by the Lead - Place-Based Resilience.
Local implementation partners (20%)
You own:
The day-to-day operational relationship with local implementation partners at both sites.
Partner delivery against agreed specifications and timelines, including the practical and administrative running of partner working.
Support to partners in developing funding bids and applications that sustain and grow their work.
You contribute to:
Senior partner and institutional relationships, owned by the Lead - Place-Based Resilience.
Partner capability building across the wider portfolio.
Monitoring, evaluation, and funder reporting (20%)
You own:
Operational coordination of monitoring and evaluation data across the program, including partner data returns.
The quality, completeness, and timeliness of data against the program’s measurement frameworks.
Assembly of funder reports, including inputs, deadlines, and supporting documentation.
You contribute to:
Funder relationships and reporting narrative, owned by the Lead - Place-Based Resilience.
Evaluation design and measurement approach across the portfolio.
Facilitation, events, and corporate engagement (20%)
You own:
Design, delivery, and follow-up of workshops and community sessions.
Program events end to end, including logistics, coordination, and delivery on the day.
Corporate volunteering sessions with Zurich, designed with partners at the demonstrator sites.
You contribute to:
Community engagement across the Stockport and Wigan sites.
Policy, knowledge, and fundraising (15%)
You own:
Discrete workstreams and improvement initiatives assigned to the role, taken forward with limited supervision.
You contribute to:
Policy and knowledge products at local, regional, national, and global levels, including research, drafting, and production.
Fundraising for the program and the wider portfolio, including proposals and supporting materials.
Desk research and analysis feeding facilitation, workshops, events, and the dissemination of practice.
More information link: https://jobs.deel.com/resilient-cities-network/job-details/f11c4b03-5bb2-47a9-9781-1fd5728ff42f/overview