Culture & Engagement Manager

CarFinance 247; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-scaling finance company based near Manchester is looking for a Culture & Engagement Lead. In this senior hands-on role, you will shape employee engagement and inclusion strategies, ensuring alignment with business objectives. You will deliver initiatives aimed at enhancing workplace culture, collaborating with various stakeholders, and managing engagement programs. The ideal candidate will have strong organizational skills, relationship-building expertise, and the ability to translate feedback into meaningful actions. A dynamic working environment is promised, alongside excellent career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Subsidised Onsite Parking

Free fruit and juice bars

Birthday off

Onsite Gym

Free transport to Piccadilly Train station

Free Barista bar

Excellent career progression

Qualifications

• Experience leading culture and engagement initiatives.
• Ability to manage budgets, suppliers, and timelines.
• Strong communication skills with senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the annual engagement calendar for events and initiatives.
• Support employee committees and coordinate actions.
• Enhance internal communications strategy.

Skills

Proactive

Highly organised

Strong relationship building

Event management

Internal communications

Feedback translation into action

Job description

About The Role

At CarFinance 247, our people are fundamental to how we grow and succeed. As a fast‑scaling, people‑focused business, we’re looking for a Culture & Engagement Lead to help strengthen connection, engagement and inclusion across the business. We’re seeking a proactive, passionate, highly organised and high‑energy individual who thrives in a hands‑on role and enjoys working at pace. You’ll partner closely with leaders and teams across the business to shape initiatives that genuinely support our colleagues, evolve how we listen to our people and bring our Company DNA to life in a practical and authentic way.

Hours

37.5 hours per week (9am – 5pm)
Days: Monday – Friday

The Role

As Culture & Employee Engagement Lead, you will play a key role in shaping how our people experience life at CarFinance 247. You’ll take ownership of our engagement and events strategy, bringing together social, charitable, reward and recognition initiatives that connect people to our values and business goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and deliver the annual Social, Charitable, Reward & Recognition and Engagement calendar, ensuring events are well‑planned, inclusive and aligned to business objectives.
• Work with key stakeholders to organise, facilitate and deliver meetings for our five employee committees, supporting the implementation and coordination of actions and initiatives arising from these groups.
• Lead the evolution of our internal communications strategy, improving engagement, clarity and two‑way dialogue across the organisation.
• Translate insights from surveys, Colleague Voice and feedback channels into meaningful actions that enhance engagement and culture.
• Partner with Marketing to help shape and deliver content strategy for social platforms, providing high‑quality internal stories, photography and event coverage.
• Collaborate closely with Recruitment and HR to position CarFinance 247 as an employer of choice and thought leader for both current and prospective employees.
• Develop and deliver employee engagement programmes that promote inclusion, recognition and connection across teams.
• Capture successes, metrics and insights from across the business and translate them into impactful stories, case studies and reports.
• Build strong relationships with senior leaders and stakeholders, advising on engagement best practice and cultural initiatives.
• Manage budgets, suppliers and timelines related to events and engagement activity, ensuring delivery against agreed objectives.

About You

Working closely with senior leaders, People, Marketing and Recruitment teams, you’ll lead the evolution of our internal communications and employee listening approach, turning feedback and insights into meaningful, visible actions. You’ll support and coordinate our employee committees, helping ideas move from discussion to delivery, and ensuring colleagues have a genuine voice in shaping our culture. You’ll take ownership of our internal events, employee engagement programmes and employer branding strategy, ensuring our culture is consistently brought to life internally and externally.

This is a senior hands‑on, high‑impact role where you’ll balance strategic thinking with delivery, building strong relationships across the business, telling real stories from our people, and creating programmes that drive engagement, inclusion and connection as we continue to grow. You will be managing the culture programme and be part of the broader people function; the role is a full 360‑degree role. You will be responsible for shaping and delivering the strategy so organisational and delivery focus is a critical part of the role.

About Us

• Subsidised Onsite Parking
• A great working environment with free fruit and juice bars
• Birthday off!
• Onsite Gym
• Free transport to and from Piccadilly Train station
• Free Barista bar serving teas and coffees
• Excellent career progression

CarFinance 247 is an award‑winning business just outside of Manchester City Centre. We create personalised and high quality customer experiences driven by outstanding tech, streamlined process and, most importantly, amazing people. Over the next 12 months we have exciting upcoming projects to cement our position as market leaders in every aspect of our business and that journey starts with attracting the best talent.

As an equal opportunity employer, the 247 Group is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employee’s and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the 247 Group.