Bradford Centre Manager

Please note - Applicants will only be considered if you provide both a CV and Cover Letter.

Salary: £36,050 per annum, pro-rata

Location: Bradford Together Women’s Centre

Hours: 37 hours per week, full-time

Closing date: Friday 6th March 2026, 12PM (noon)

Interview date: Friday 13th March 2026

Please note: this role is only open to women, in accordance with the sex-based exemptions of the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1.

About us

Together Women is an award-winning charity that supports women and girls across Yorkshire and Humberside, with particular focus on women who are involved in or at risk of entering the criminal justice system. Our vision is for women and girls to feel safe, valued and in control of their own life choices. From our women centres, we provide tailored support across a range of different pathways, including housing, domestic abuse, debt, and unemployment. As a charity led by women, for women, we provide trauma informed, holistic support to help break cycles of trauma, abuse, and re-offending, and evoke systems change.

Role Summary

Together Women Leeds provides holistic wraparound support to women and girls and specialises in supporting women involved with the criminal justice system, through 1:1 Keywork, group programmes and access to specialist gender-specific support via TW Women’s Centres. We are seeking an individual with a proactive, compassionate, collaborative approach. We are looking for someone who is adaptable and highly organised, brings strong reporting skills, and is a great relationship builder. Experience of working in the women’s sector or the criminal justice system is desirable, but not essential; most importantly we’re looking for an outstanding manager.

At Together Women, staff wellbeing is a priority. With the support of a Senior Keyworker, you will ensure our staff team are effectively managed, supported and encouraged to develop within their roles, enabling them to provide high quality, trauma-responsive support. You will be responsible for the management of a range of services, ensuring high quality standards are consistently met and partnerships are established and maintained. You will lead the strategic development and operational effectiveness of the Bradford Centre, which is funded by a range of commissioners both statutory and non-statutory. You will lead on contract and performance management including relationships with commissioners. Alongside the Director of Services and wider management team you will also contribute to the effective leadership of the organisation, ensuring our operational and strategic objectives are met.

Key accountabilities

• Service Delivery and Management: Lead the operational management of TW services in Bradford ensuring intensive high-quality, trauma responsive support is provided to women and girls accessing the services. Develop and manage a service plan for Bradford that incorporates key milestones and ensures delivery of project outputs and outcomes. Monitor delegated budget responsibility, ensuring that the services operate within the agreed budget.
• Staff Management: Line manage direct reports and ensure that all staff receive regular support, supervision and performance review, case management, training and development in line with TW policies and procedures. Deliver team meetings, reflective practice, and staff learning and development opportunities. Effectively manage a team working on different contracts ensuring team cohesion and consistency in approach and practice.
• Communication/Contracts and Partnerships: Take overall responsibility for establishing and maintaining effective partnerships and referral pathways. Lead on the contract and performance management including all relationships with commissioners. Organise and attend external meetings/events as appropriate, actively participating and disseminating information to colleagues. This includes sitting on steering groups and attending multi-agency panels to discuss the needs and challenges faced by our service users. Design and deliver training for professionals in the region to improve responses to women and girls affected by the social justice system.
• Monitoring and Evaluation: Ensure that all staff maintain accurate, confidential customer records, following Together Women policies and procedures, and contribute to development of contract monitoring and recording. Produce monitoring and evaluation reports in line with funder and other key stakeholder requirements.
• Funding: Identify relevant fundraising opportunities and support TW senior management team to prepare funding applications, identify commissioning opportunities, which support the long-term sustainability of existing and new services. Attend meetings with potential new funders to secure new funding streams, ensuring that the project outcomes are achievable and measurable. Work with colleagues within TW and/or external partners to establish new services/projects when funding applications are successful.

Our Values and Behavioural Expectations

• Act as a positive image for Together Women, portraying a professional, compassionate and respectful image at all times.
• Actively support and promote good sustainability practices in line with Together Women’s ethical and environmental commitments.
• Champion and embed Together Women’s commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, and feel empowered to raise concerns in line with organisational policies and procedures.
• Uphold Together Women’s values in all aspects of the role.
• Work flexibly and collaboratively, supporting colleagues within the Bradford Centre and across the wider organisation when required.
• Undertake any reasonable duties aligned to the role that support Together Women in achieving its strategic and operational objectives.

Role Requirements

Experience

• Essential: Leading and managing service delivery in the charity, voluntary or public sector. Leading, motivating and developing staff and responding to staff feedback and issues. Translating strategic plans into operational plans, and implementing change projects. Delivering monitoring and evaluation of contract/project performance, and auditing service quality. Developing and implementing best practice approaches on equity, diversion and inclusion.
• Desirable: Experience working in the women’s services sector and/or in the criminal justice system. An understanding of issues impacting on women in/at risk of entering the criminal justice system. Embedding involvement of service users in development, delivery and evaluation of services.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to motivate and inspire teams of staff and volunteers.
• Strong communication skills, written, verbal and active listening.
• Contract management, including monitoring of performance and quality.
• Budget management and financial planning.
• Ability to manage your own time and workload efficiently, prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Solution-focused, and able to problem-solve challenging situations calmly and effectively.
• Collaborative, flexible, diplomatic and assertive.
• Ability to influence and negotiate effectively.
• Manage risk, make decisions, and recognise the potential impact of decisions.
• A desire to respond positively to change, learn from mistakes and celebrate success.

Other Requirements

• Fluent use of Microsoft 365 and IT equipment.
• Able to travel locally, regionally and nationally as required.
• Able to work some evenings and weekends (infrequent).
• Commitment to and understanding of safeguarding.
• Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and anti-racism, and the application of equity, diversity and inclusion principle to all areas of work.
• Commitment to upholding the rights of people facing disadvantage and discrimination in the Criminal Justice System.