Job Details:
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Organisation: Our Room Manchester
Locations: Greater Manchester, Manchester
Salary: £53,460.00
Working Hours: Part-Time (Working arrangement: You will be expected to spend most of your time working from our office in Manchester city centre, with some flexibility to work in a hybrid way
Travel: Some travel to meetings across Greater Manchester)
Type: Permanent
Job Description
Our Room is excited to be recruiting a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
We are seeking someone who can bring together clear strategic thinking and hands-on-leadership to inspire our staff team and represent the charity externally across key sectors and partnerships. This is an opportunity to lead a unique and vital organisation supporting male, trans and non-binary people who sex work.
Location: Manchester City Centre
Working pattern: 4 days per week (30 hours)
Salary: £53,460 (£42,768 0.8 FTE) NJC scale point 42
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) provides strategic leadership and operational oversight to ensure the charity delivers its mission, maintains strong governance, and builds a sustainable income pipeline. The CEO acts as the primary external ambassador for the organisation, maintaining partnerships across housing and homelessness, sex work and VCSE sectors. The role is responsible for establishing our inclusive, values-led culture and is accountable for ensuring the charity delivers impact for male, trans and non-binary people who sex work.
Hours Per Week: 30
Role Type/Cause: Advice and Information, Arts, Culture, Heritage, Care Management, Housing and Homelessness, Mental Health, Social, Support Worker
Annual leave: 30 days per year FTE (24 days pro rata) + bank holidays
Pension: 4% employer pension contribution
Flexible Working: Part time
This position can not be job shared
This position is not suitable as a secondment opportunity
Contact Details: [email protected]
Application Instructions:
To apply for the role, please submit the following to [email protected] by 5pm on Tuesday 19th May.
- Optional: A completed Equity, Diversity and Inclusion form. Whilst this isn’t compulsory, we are incredibly committed to inclusivity and accessibility and the information you supply will help us to support Our Room’s work towards greater equity and inclusion in our team.
- An up to date CV.
- A two-page cover letter outlining why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience make you an excellent candidate for the role.
- In your email, please confirm if there are any adjustments we could make to the process to enable you to feel at your most confident.
A note on using AI for your application: If you choose to use AI, please do so skillfully and intentionally to strengthen and sharpen your own words and ideas rather than to replace or invent them. We want to hear your voice and it’s usually very obvious to us when AI has done all the heavy lifting.
We are planning a two stage interview process, including:
- A short, informal virtual interview with one or two trustees to support the shortlisting process and for us to find out more about you and for you to ask any questions about our organisation and the role
- For shortlisted candidates, an in-person recruitment exercise, including a task/presentation and a panel interview
If you have any questions about the application process, please contact [email protected].
Posted on 28 April 2026
Closes on 19 May 2026