Scheme Manager
| Posting date: | 16 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 November 2025 |
| Location: | Wigan, WN1 1YN |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75750731 |
Summary
Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance
Wigan Town Hall
Wigan
Library Street
WN1 1DF
Salary: Grade 5, £26,824- £29,540 pro rata per annum.
18.5 hours per week
We're on a journey to build a workforce reflective of our Borough.
We are committed to fostering diverse teams where everybody can bring their authentic selves to work and feel that they belong. If you want to work for a Council where everybody is encouraged to meet their full potential and make a difference in our neighbourhoods, we would love to hear from you!
Your role:
You will deliver the daytime on site services in sheltered accommodation that check resident’s well-being, organise activities and events tailored to residents enabling them to lead great lives. You will work closely with colleagues across Adult Social Care and voluntary and charitable agencies to ensure a varied and life enhancing programme of activities can be delivered at the schemes providing a community focussed hub.
About you:
You will have a passion for delivering outstanding customer centred services, thinking creatively to find novel and imaginative solutions to individual problems. You will have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to develop successful working relationships with partners. You will be able to work in a fast-paced environment in a significant period of change for sheltered housing.
About us:
Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.
The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.
Wigan is great place to work, we believe in putting people at the heart of service development and they are the driver for everything we do. We want to ensure services are allowing people to lead the best life that they can. This is a great opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation who will offer you the support you need to succeed.
Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home, the office, or the community. We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for #TeamWigan.
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For further information or an informal discussion please contact
Kath Murray on 07789396012 or email kath.murray@wigan.gov.uk
Priority Candidate Interview date: 29th October 2025
Interview date: 31st October 2025
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