Work With Us

Action Together is the infrastructure organisation for the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector in Oldham, Rochdale, and Tameside.

Our Values

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Believe it’s possible

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Strengthen others

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Be true

As a member of the Action Together team you will benefit from:

  • Flexible working opportunities
  • Membership of SimplyHealth which pays a contribution towards the costs of visiting the dentist, opticians, and physiotherapy as well as access to counselling services
  • Ongoing professional development
  • Cycle and tech loan schemes
  • 26 days holiday per year (increasing with length of service up to 30 days per year) plus bank holidays
  • Pension scheme - with 6% employer contribution

Equality And Diversity

At Action Together we value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We are committed to ensuring that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race. 

Accessibility and Inclusion

Our Action Together team are based in three offices, Positive Steps (located in Oldham), Age UK (located in Tameside) and Fire Up (located in Rochdale).Click the buttons below to view where we are located, how to access our buildings and for information on our facilities

We also understand that not all applicants have access to the same support or opportunities for interview preparation. Click the button below to see the support we can offer to applicants.

Accreditations

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We are an accredited Living Wage employer, which means we believe that our staff deserve a wage which meets everyday needs and we pay at least the Living Wage rate to all of our staff.

We’ve signed the Mindful Employer Charter to demonstrate our commitment to better mental health at work.

We are a proud supporter of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter. We are committed to making a difference in our employees’ lives by elevating employment standards in the key characteristics covered in the Charter: secure work, flexible work, real living wage, excellent people management, workplace engagement and voice, excellent recruitment and progression, and a healthy and productive workplace. #GoodEmployment

We’ve pledged our organisation’s commitment to make staff vacancies accessible to any applicant with appropriate skills and experience and not to require a degree unless it’s technically essential for the role (eg accountancy or nursing).

We support the Show The Salary campaign to address pay gaps and inequity in the charity sector, and we will only advertise roles that state a salary. We encourage our members to support the campaign.

We are taking all of the core actions to be a Disability Confident Leader.

DBS Checks

We apply for DBS checks on the behalf of successful applicants once a conditional offer of employment has been made, but past convictions may not affect your eligibility for the role. You do not have to disclose information about your criminal record, but if you would like to discuss or provide context about any information which may arise from your DBS check, or ask questions about this process, you can do so by getting in touch with our HR Manager via email: humanresources@actiontogether.org.uk or telephone: 0161 339 2345 (Ext. 3005). Any information you share will be treated as confidential, and will only be accessed by the HR Manager and the locality Designated Safeguarding Lead.

Please read the information below carefully to understand the different types of DBS check, and what information they contain. The DBS Code of Practice and also be found HERE.

For all roles except Healthwatch and Social Prescribing:

We will apply for a Basic DBS check. This check will contain details of convictions and conditional cautions that are considered to be unspent under the terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. You can use this tool to find out whether your conviction or caution is considered to be spent.

For roles in our Healthwatch teams(s):

We will apply for a Standard DBS check. This check will contain details of both spent and unspent convictions and cautions that are held on the Police National Computer, which are not subject to filtering.

For roles in our Social Prescribing team(s):

We will apply for an Enhanced DBS check. This check will contain the same details as a Standard DBS check and may also contain non-conviction information supplied by police forces if it is deemed relevant and ought to be contained in the certificate.

This guidance has been developed in line with recommendations from Recruit.

Action Together Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy

Click here to read Action Together’s Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy (docs will need to be linked)

Click here to read Action Together’s Secure Handling of DBS Checks Policy (doc will need to be linked)