Service Manager

Red Snapper Recruitment are recruiting for a Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Service Manager for a charity based in the North East of England

Post: VAWG Service Manager

Contract: Full-time, Permanent subject to funding

Salary: £34,944 to £38,183 (£19.20ph to £20.98ph)

Hours & Days 35 hours a week

Monday to Fridays 9am to 5pm

Additional benefits: 25 days paid holiday, employer’s pension contribution of 6%, enhanced maternity leave

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

Role Overview

The VAWG Service Manager is primarily responsible for leading the strategic development and delivery of holistic, trauma informed and culturally competent VAWG services for Black and minoritised women and children

Main duties and responsibilities

• Leading, managing, developing, fundraising, monitoring and delivering the operational running of high-quality VAWG frontline services for Black and racially minoritised women and children across the Northumbria Combined Authority (NECA)
• Developing, reviewing and supporting the delivery of VAWG training to partners and agencies
• Ensuring that all service safeguarding measures are in place and that a strong track record of institutional advocacy and prioritisation of women and children rights remains central to services
• Initiating, developing and maintaining effective relationships and formal partnerships with organisations within the VAWG sector locally regionally and nationally
• Overseeing representation at multi-agency partnerships and implementing and supporting the development of the strategic direction of VAWG services and VAWG Training offer
• Working closely with the Refuge team to ensure both residents and non-residents have access to golden standards VAWG services and are supported in a way that is consistent across the VAWG service.
• Responsible for the day-to-day delivery of the service, effective case management as well as managing a caseload of more complex cases.

Person Specification

• Extensive experience of working in the VAWG sector, and track record of working in a leadership and management role
• Proven track record in running VAWG frontline services
• Experience of identifying, managing and mitigating risks, especially in relation to safeguarding adults (and children)
• Evidence of strong and effective program/project management experience
• Experience in grant management and reporting
• Proven track record of successful charitable fundraising
• Experience in designing and/or delivering training
• IDVA and/or ISVA qualification ideally
• Robust Adult and Child safeguarding knowledge with designated safeguarding officer certifications ideally

This post is:

• subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure
• subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. It will be necessary for a disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and barring Service for details of any previous criminal convictions.
• Open to women* only (*exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1
• involves some out-of-hours work and travel

Due to the high volume of applications received, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, I am afraid your application has been unsuccessful.

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