Senior Services Manager – Supporting Women in the Criminal Justice System

Senior Services Manager – Supporting Women in the Criminal Justice System
Based in Hammersmith & Finsbury Park (with regular travel across London required)

About Us

We are Advance, a women-only organisation dedicated to helping women cope and recover from experiences of domestic abuse, as well as women who are at risk of offending or with short term sentences to reduce offending.

We’ve expanded our services significantly over the past two years, with our annual income increasing to over £3.5m. Further growth has taken our team to over 95 and our services will support well over 3,000 women and their children.

We’re now looking for a Senior Services Manager to oversee the delivery of services that support women who are in contact with the criminal justice system.

The Benefits

- Salary circa £43,000 DOE (including London weighting)
- Pension
- 30 days’ holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays
- A day off for International Women’s Day

This is an amazing opportunity to take on an exciting new challenge and make a real difference in one of Advance’s most senior service delivery roles.

We are a pioneering organisation that believes in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.

Joining an open, supportive and innovative environment, you will have the chance to drive the success of services that are helping women and children succeed.

The Role

As the Senior Services Manager, you’ll oversee the successful delivery of services supporting women who have been in contact with the criminal justice system.

Your duties will involve:

- Recruiting and managing a team of first tier managers
- Developing relationships and contracts with partners and funders
- Ensuring that quality systems are adhered to
- Supporting tendering and bidding processes
- Measuring the impact of services

About You

To join us as the Senior Services Manager, you will need:

- At least five years’ experience of strategic planning and operational management at a service manager level, and developing and delivering services at senior service management level
- An in-depth understanding of issues relating to women in the criminal justice system
- A good understanding of the operation of local and national government, the criminal justice system and public sector environment in which services operate
- An understanding of safeguarding adult and child principles, child abuse and child protection issues
- Knowledge of organisational systems and frameworks, line management and project management
- A qualification with a focus on the criminal justice system, women’s sector and/or the community and voluntary sector

Please note: only female applicants will be progressed as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Other organisations may call this role Senior Service Delivery Manager, Senior Programme Delivery Manager, VAWG Programme Manager, Domestic Violence Programme Manager, Senior Community Support Programme Manager or VAWG Project Manager.

Advance is committed to equality and diversity and strongly encourages applications from women with disabilities, from BME backgrounds and the LBT community.

So, if you’re ready to take your next step as a Senior Services Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Working hours: 35 hours per week (some evening and weekend work required)