Solace Women's Aid
Director of Services
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Director of Services at Solace Women's Aid
Are you looking for a rewarding role working for an intersectional feminist organisation? If so, we have an incredible opportunity for you to join our team as Director of Services at Solace Women's Aid.
About Us
We exist to end the harm caused by gender-based violence. Our aim is to prevent violence and abuse, as well as provide services that meet the individual needs of survivors, particularly women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives free from abuse.
Our core values reflect our history and were developed in consultation with staff and service users. Feminism and intersectionality are key to our work, and we are committed to the principles of being survivor-led, trauma-informed, empowering, diverse, anti-racist, and anti-discriminatory.
About the Opportunity
This is an exceptional opportunity to join one of the UK's leading organisations supporting women and children affected by domestic abuse, sexual violence, and other forms of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). As Director of Services, you will join our Executive Leadership Team at a pivotal moment as we prepare to launch our new five-year strategy and shape the future of our services.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting directly to the CEO, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for a diverse portfolio of services. You'll lead a highly experienced senior management team, ensuring our services continue to deliver outstanding, survivor-centred support while driving innovation, quality, financial sustainability, and continuous improvement.
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Required Skills and Experience
We're looking for an inspiring and values-led senior leader with experience of leading complex services at executive or director level. You'll have a strong track record of developing high-performing teams, building influential partnerships with commissioners and stakeholders, managing significant budgets and risk, and using data and insight to improve outcomes. Most importantly, you'll share our commitment to feminist, trauma-informed, and anti-racist practice, ensuring survivors remain at the heart of everything we do.
Why Join Solace?
Alongside the opportunity to shape services that change lives every day, we offer:
- The opportunity to influence the future of VAWG services at a strategic and national level
- A collaborative, supportive, and ambitious Executive Leadership Team
- A strong commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racist practice
- Flexible working
- 25-30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Enhanced family-friendly benefits and generous pension
- Two paid wellbeing days each year
- Comprehensive wellbeing support including clinical supervision, counselling, and yoga
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Blue Light Card, employee discounts, and active staff inclusion networks.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Solace Women's Aid values diversity, promotes equity, and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, abilities, perspectives, and lived experiences. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay, and benefits. Our Inclusion Networks support staff with protected characteristics and offer inclusive spaces to connect.
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While we are proud of the diversity of our organisation, we recognise that Women of Colour remain underrepresented within our Executive and Senior Leadership Teams. Increasing representation at senior levels is an important part of our commitment to becoming a more inclusive and anti-racist organisation. We therefore strongly encourage applications from women of colour for this role.
Reasonable Adjustments and Support
We anticipate and provide reasonable adjustments as needed and support employees who acquire a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work. If you require any support to apply for this role, please email us at talent.acquisition@solacewomensaid.org.
Legal Requirements
This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1. Section 7(2)(e) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 applies. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.
As part of safer recruitment practices, we carry out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and right to work in the UK checks.
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