Rainbow Haven is Recruiting for a new Operations Manager
We are currently recruiting for a new Operations Manager to oversee the operational management of Rainbow Haven. This is a senior role within our team, acting as deputy to our Chief Officer and with line management responsibilities. We are a supportive and welcoming team at Rainbow Haven and are looking for a real team player, who is great problem solver and enjoys working in a lively community setting.
Please see below for more information about Rainbow Haven and our work.
To apply please email a CV and Cover letter, clearly identifying how you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
Please send your application to info@rainbowhaven.org.uk
Deadline for all applications is Friday 6th June 2025
We look forward to receiving your application!
Our work
Rainbow Haven is based in Gorton, Manchester. We are a community service for refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants needing support. We currently have two drop-in days a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, where we welcome people to our centre and offer advice and information, hot lunches, and activities, and we have some activities on Wednesdays.
On each drop-in day 60 or more people visit our centre so we can get very busy. People come from many different countries and speak many languages. We aim to provide a friendly space where they can relax while they wait for information and support, and enjoy social and educational activities.
We want to provide a welcoming, inclusive workplace and to maintain a diverse staff and volunteer team. Many of our staff and volunteers are from refugee and migrant backgrounds and speak community languages as well as English. We promote opportunities to people who might feel excluded from other workplaces due to their experiences of migration and the immigration system and their lack of work experience in the U.K.
Our activities
We have a weekly timetable of regular activities during term-times that includes:
· English classes
· Computer Club
· Work Club
· Gardening Club
· Mama and Baby Group
· English conversation
We have other activities too that run for shorter periods of time, for example:
· Women’s walking group
· Men’s dance
· Crafts
· Yoga
· Choir
We are proud to be a member of the Experts by Experience Employment Network (www.ebeemployment.org.uk), which aims to create a charitable sector that is led by people with lived experience of the asylum and immigration system.
As part of this network, we challenge the one-size-fits-all approach in our employment practices, and respect personal circumstances and needs of people with lived experience.
Please feel free to use information and resources at https://www.ebeemployment.org.uk/ebe.
