Programme Manager (Answer Cancer)

Salford CVS; Salford; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days’ holiday

Bank holidays pro rata for part-time

Enhanced sick and maternity pay

Pension scheme with employer/employee

Cycle to Work scheme

Hospital Saturday Fund (optional)

RHS family membership (optional)

Development opportunities

Supportive working culture

Living Wage Employer

Job summary

Salford CVS is seeking a Programme Manager for the Answer Cancer programme in Eccles, Salford. The role is 22.5 hours per week, over 3 or 4 days, with a 12-month initial contract and a view to extension.

You will report to the Director of Delivery and work to deliver the programme targets within agreed timescales and budgets. Joining a well‑established VCSE-led initiative, you will collaborate with partners and NHS GM to boost cancer screening uptake among underserved communities across Greater

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operational management of the Answer Cancer programme to deliver targets, timescales and budgets.
• Work with Salford CVS partners, commissioners and stakeholders to increase uptake of bowel, breast and cervical cancer screening across Greater Manchester.

Job description

Programme Manager (Answer Cancer)

Grade: NJC Point 31 - £25,062.60 pro rata per annum (£41,771 FTE)

Hours: 22.5 hours per week (excluding breaks)

Days: To be worked over 3 or 4 days across Monday to Thursday (flexibility required)

Contract: 12 months initial contract with possibility of extension (subject to the successful completion of a 3-month probationary period)

Responsible to: Director of Delivery

Place of work: Salford CVS’ offices in Eccles, Salford, M30 0FN

Salford CVS (on behalf of 10GM - a joint venture between ourselves, Manchester Community Central, Bolton CVS and Action Together http://www.10gm.org.uk/) along with our partners Voluntary Sector North West, Unique Improvements and BHA for Equality, have been delivering Answer Cancer, a VCSE-led Greater Manchester wide cancer screening engagement programme, on behalf of NHS GM, for the past eight years.

Salford CVS are lead partner and accountable body for this work.

This is a well-established programme, and we are now looking to replace our outgoing Programme Manager to build on that success and lead us over the coming year.

You will be an experienced, highly motivated Programme Manager; committed to helping us ensure we deliver this exciting programme of work to targets and timescales, impressing both our partners and commissioners in the process of making a significant difference to the uptake of bowel, breast and cervical cancer screening amongst underserved communities across Greater Manchester.

Main Purposes of the post

To lead the day-to-day operational management of the Answer Cancer programme, ensuring delivery to agreed targets, timescales and budgets. To work in partnership with Salford CVS’ partners, commissioners and stakeholders to increase the uptake of bowel, breast and cervical cancer screening amongst underserved communities across Greater Manchester.

The Benefits of Working for Salford CVS

• 28 days’ holiday - rising to 30 days (after five years), plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part-time)
• Enhanced company sick and maternity pay, subject to terms and conditions of service
• Pension scheme - with 7% employer contribution (and 1% mandatory employee contribution)
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Membership of the Hospital Saturday Fund via an employer subsidised scheme (optional and non-contractual)
• RHS family membership (optional and non-contractual)
• Development opportunities - we support and encourage our staff to progress in their careers (including formal training)
• A supportive working culture - we respect and support one another to do the best we can

We are an accredited Living Wage Employer, Living Hours Employer and Living Wage Funder, ensuring not just our staff are paid the real Living Wage but also that any projects we fund can do the same.

Closing date: 9am, Monday 28th September 2026