Head of Women's Services

The Magdalene Group is a well-respected, award-winning, innovative, women-only organisation, established in 1994, providing trauma- and gender-informed services with the violence against women and girls (VAWG) agenda at the heart of all that we do. 

We are seeking an experienced and values-driven leader to join our Senior Management Team as Head of Women’s Services. Working closely with the CEO, you will play a key role in delivering our strategic priorities with a particular focus on developing our women’s homelessness strategy. 

This is a senior role with both strategic and operational responsibility, ensuring high-quality, compliant and impactful services for women and girls.

The role

• To lead the development and delivery of our women’s services, including a new housing provision strategy.
• To ensure excellence in governance, safeguarding, compliance, and quality assurance.
• To oversee service performance, impact measurement and for CEO and Board of Trustees.
• To manage, support and develop staff, fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
• To build and maintain strong partnerships with funders, commissioners, and stakeholders.
• To contribute to income-generation, tenders, and future service development.

About you

• You will be a strategic thinker with strong operational leadership, and a strong understanding of safeguarding, compliance and quality.
• You will have experience developing partnerships and securing funding.
• You will have a commitment to trauma-informed, client-led practice.
• You will have excellent communication and report-writing skills.

What we offer

• 5% employer pension contribution.
• Death-in-service benefit.
• 27 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
• Hybrid working.
• Employee Assistance Programme (24/7.)
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Ongoing training, wellbeing initiatives, and career development opportunities.

Additional information

• Based at our Norwich office (with some home working.)
• Enhanced DBS required.
• Parking available.