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Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Job Description

Back on Track are looking for a strategic leader who can innovate, set clear direction and inspire colleagues and stakeholders. This is a great opportunity for someone with exceptional communication and engagement skills with a passion for making a positive difference. 

Back on Track is a Greater Manchester charity that enables people to make lasting positive changes in their lives. Our learning centre is a place where people can belong, feel a sense of purpose, and get skills and guidance to make choices about the kind of future they want. This could be managing problematic drug and/or alcohol use, living a crime-free life, improving mental health and wellbeing, or finding and maintaining a stable home.

This is a period of change and growth for Back on Track and we’ve created a brand new leadership role to help drive the charity forward. 

As deputy chief executive officer (DCEO) you will: 

• Work closely with the chief executive, senior leadership colleagues and the board of trustees to help shape and deliver our 2024-27 strategic plan. 
• Contribute to the day-to-day management of the charity and deputise for the CEO as needed.
• Provide leadership for a team of colleagues delivering our criminal justice contract. 
• Support the charity to extend our reach through influencing, bringing about systems change and increasing opportunities for people experiencing multiple disadvantage.
• Oversee the monitoring, analysis and reporting of agreed aspects of Back on Track’s performance and make sure that learning is implemented as we progress.

Back on Track promote a balanced and supportive work life for our colleagues. In our recent colleague survey, inclusion and fair treatment and organisational culture were our highest scoring areas with 99% positive responses in each.

All staff are automatically enrolled onto our affiliated pension scheme when they start working at Back on Track and are enrolled onto the scheme again on the 1st of April each year unless they chose to opt-out. The default level of employee pension contribution is 4% with Back on Track matching the 4%. Additional matched contributions of a further 2% can be made via salary sacrifice (we are not able to contribute to a private pension scheme).