Job Description

Food & Beverage General Manager

Salary: £39,000 per annum, 40 hours a week

Contract: 40 hours a week, 12-month fixed term initially, July 2026 to July 2027. Regular weekend working will be required once Northern Roots transitions to a seven-day work pattern from August 2026.

Location: Northern Roots, Oldham, OL8 2BJ

Northern Roots is creating the UK’s largest urban farm and eco-park on 160-acres of underused greenspace in Oldham, Greater Manchester – a unique community hub and visitor destination. The charity aims to benefit the environment, and to improve the health, wellbeing and livelihoods of local communities. Food is at the heart of our vision.

In autumn 2026, we will open our new Welcome Building, Forestry Skills Centre, play area, outdoor amphitheatre and a further four acres of Urban Farm, the next phase in creating a unique visitor attraction and community asset.

Based in the Welcome Building, our café will showcase produce grown on site, alongside produce from other local suppliers, providing visitors with a warm welcome that reflects the ambition of the wider project. We are working with renowned chef Mary-Ellen McTague as our Chef-Partner to develop the concept for the Café.

We are looking for a passionate, ambitious and experienced General Manager to lead the front-of-house operation of our new café, retail offer, visitor hospitality, bookings and events.

Working closely with the Chef-Partner and Head Chef, the General Manager will help build a café that is known not only for its social and environmental impact, but also for its quality, warmth and attention to detail.

If you’re passionate about hospitality, leadership and community, this is your chance to help create a café experience that Oldham can be proud of.

Job Requirements

We're looking for a passionate, ambitious and experienced General Manager with strong leadership, people skills and a flexible, entrepreneurial mindset to come and help us build something really special.