Programme Manager - Living Wage Places

Living Wage Places The Living Wage Places scheme is pioneering a collaborative, place-based approach to tackling in-work poverty. Local action groups made up of public and private sector Living Wage Employers, work together with charities, unions and civil society on a three-year action plan to tackle local in-work poverty and grow the number of employers committed to the Living Wage, Living Hours and Living Pensions. Since the scheme launched in 2019, we have recognised 20 cities, boroughs and city-regions for Making Living Wage Places. Living Wage Places taps into the power of place, recognising and developing local champions within our network and supporting them to engage and influence their community s employers. It feeds into broader local economic plans such as community wealth building and local anchor institution work. Living Wage Foundation The Living Wage movement began in 2001, after Citizens UK brought together communities in East London to discuss poverty and low pay. The campaign grew in momentum and soon required a mechanism to recognise employers who wanted to join the movement, which saw the establishment of the Living Wage Foundation in 2011. Still part of Citizens UK today, the Living Wage Foundation continues to work with community organisations to make sure the voices of both workers and businesses are part of the Living Wage movement. We now work with over 16,000 employers, benefitting over 475,000 people and winning over £3bn of better wages for ..... full job details .....