Climate Sisters Programme Manager (Manchester & North West)

Salary: £41,119 FTE, pro rata

Location: Hybrid (Manchester Museum) with local travel throughout Manchester and the North West and occasional travel to our London office (20 Club Row, London, E2 7EY). Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends.

Contract: Permanent, Part time (3.5 days per week)

Application deadline: 5pm, Wednesday 4th June 2025

About the role and Wen’s Climate Sisters Programme

We’re seeking a passionate Programme Manager to lead our Climate Sisters project. The Climate Sisters project aims to make systemic change by amplifying underrepresented marginalised and racialised women’s voices in climate justice debates and in the transition to a low-carbon economy. The 5 year project aims to engage women in Manchester and the North West through a participatory climate leadership programme.

The project involves two phases:

• Phase One is a 10 week Feminist Climate Leadership workshop programme where groups of women collectively explore their priorities for climate justice at individual, local, regional, national and international levels.
• Phase Two involves participants developing creative projects to showcase the ideas and solutions from the combined cohort from the Phase One programme, working collaboratively with regular support sessions.

The aim of this programme is to amplify and centre the voices of the underrepresented and marginalised women specifically in the climate arena. The approach to this will be underpinned by values that challenge patriarchy, colonialism and white supremacy, ableism and uphold care, collectivity, collaboration and non-competitive sisterhood.

The Programme Manager will oversee all aspects of delivery, collaborate with community partners, and supervise the Project Coordinator. This role is grounded in values that challenge systemic inequalities and promote care, collaboration, and non-competitive sisterhood.​

Wen is committed to anti-racism and inclusive intersectional feminism which acknowledges how race, class, sexuality and disability intersect with gender in our day-to-day lives. Wen is open to all genders and is actively working towards being a trans inclusive organisation.

Please download and view the full Job Description here or below.

How to apply

To apply for this role please fill in the application form here and send to jobs@wen.org.uk by 5pm on Wednesday 4th June 2025, and also complete the equal opportunities form here. Please ensure your application clearly demonstrates how you fulfil the person specification, as Wen assesses applications based on this.

Let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments you’d like us to make in the application and interview process because of a disability or health issue. If you have any questions about the role or the application process, please email jobs@wen.org.uk. We are happy to talk about the role with you in more detail, and having questions now will not count against you in the interview.

First Interview (online): Monday 16th June

Second Interview (in person): Monday 23rd June. Manchester location (tbc)

We particularly encourage applications from People of Colour/ People of the Global Majority, LGBTQI+ people, people with disabilities, and those who identify as working-class/ from low-income backgrounds or who have done so in the past. This is because these groups are currently underrepresented in the environmental sector. Where two or more candidates are judged to be of equal merit, priority may be given to a candidate who belongs to a group less represented at Wen.

The successful candidate will be required to comply with Wen’s safeguarding policies and any appointment will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.

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