Job Description

Contract: Permanent, 37.5 hours per week Salary: £28,481 to £33,118 per annum Location: Radcliffe, M26 1NQ

Are you an experienced operational manager, who relishes a challenge, with a passion for pets and people?

We’re recruiting a Centre Manager with strong leadership, organisational and communication skills to lead our Manchester Rehoming Advice and behaviour unit.

More about the role Based in our high street location since 2018, we are perfectly placed to support our local community and surrounding areas. Our Foster-based care and Home Direct scheme ensures animals find new loving homes without the stress of kennels. This means that we do not usually have pets staying onsite overnight and our roles may not include daily pet care, but no two days are ever the same.

As Centre Manager, you’ll be responsible for all aspects of the centre – pets, people, facilities, compliance and finances. Working closely with your Assistant Managers, you’ll inspire and empower your team, embed a culture of continuous improvement and ensure the highest welfare standards.

About you You will be an inspirational leader with a proven track record of motivating, developing and supporting people in a fast-paced environment. You’ll bring strong people management skills – able to set direction, take action and empower others to deliver improvements.

Knowledge, skills, and experience

- Significant experience of successfully motivating, leading, and developing high performance teams, including setting clearly defined objectives, and managing performance in an animal welfare setting. - Strong knowledge of animal welfare/care, ensuring operational excellence in a similar animal welfare environment. - Experience of positively embracing and adapting to change by identifying, leading, and managing change in line with organisational objectives. How to apply Click the apply button below and complete the online application process before the closing date on Sunday 12th April 2026.

Blue Cross benefits Our people are the most important part of delivering our purpose. If it were not for their amazing efforts and commitment, we would not be able to make the difference that we do today.

In return, Blue Cross wants to ensure we provide you with the best working environment we can. We want you to be happy working for us and will do everything we can to make sure you are.

Our generous benefits package includes:

- Full time equivalent of 38 days holiday rising to 43 with service (including Bank Holidays) - Programmes for physical and mental wellbeing support - Free access to GP via MetLife- 24/7 GP services, private prescriptions and more for you and your family