Job Details:
Office & Administration Manager

Job Description

About the role:

The Office & Admin Manager is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the Youth Zones day to day back office and membership support functions, including overall responsibility for our Reception and Membership team, room bookings and facility hire, internal comms and IT systems, sorting of mail and deliveries and assisting the Facilities Manager to coordinate maintenance visits.

They will work closely with Empower’s Business and People manager to support HR admin processes including recruitment, onboarding and inductions and provide secretarial support to Salford’s Senior Management Team.

The post-holder will be a committed team player with an eye for detail and the ability to multi-task within this busy working environment. They will be passionate about providing a first-class services and facilities for the children and young people of Salford.

*Although part of an integrated EMPOWER Team, this role will be based from Salford*

About EMPOWER

EMPOWER is the charity that oversees the creation, management and sustainability of Youth Zones in Manchester and Salford. These include HideOut Youth Zone located in Gorton, East Manchester which opened in 2020 and Salford Youth Zone located in Pendleton, which opened in June 2025.

HideOut and Salford Youth Zones provide children and young people aged 8-19 and up to 25 for those with additional needs with somewhere safe to go, something position to do and someone trusted to talk to.

EMPOWER is part of the national network of OnSide Youth Zones, which supports the creation and implementation of a network of Youth Zones across the country.

Youth Zones are purpose-built spaces fizzing with energy, and crammed with incredible facilities. They are staffed by skilled and dedicated Youth Workers who truly believe in young people – helping them see what they could achieve, and giving them the skills, confidence and ambition to go for it.

This is life-changing support that helps tens of thousands of young people from a diverse range of backgrounds to thrive.

How to apply:

Please save the application as YOUR FULL NAME and submit your completed application by email, to [email protected] 

Please include in the subject title the job title of the post you have applied for and your full name.

We review applications on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close the role at any time.

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