Thank you for considering the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Manager role with Redthread. We are a team of compassionate, collaborative and courageous professionals, committed to empowering young people to change their lives.  This clip from BBC News will give you a taster of what we do every day, and you can see more about the Young Women’s Service in this clip from Sport Relief.

We are looking for an outstanding, experienced professional to join our Service Support Team, accountable for Redthread’s Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy. Championing the role of Redthread in leading innovative approaches within the VAWG sector, and influencing and supporting policy development both within the Government and the sector to ensure the delivery of high-quality services responding to VAWG and ensure that Redthread is recognised by partner agencies as an expert organisation.

 To do this role well you need a strong level of knowledge of the issues around VAWG; passionate about supporting young women, and excited at the prospect of working in a fast-paced and exceptionally busy environment. You’ll need an understanding of the impact intense, short- and longer-term interventions can have. You must be a strong communicator, able to use a high level of interpersonal and leadership skills to manage partnership working, building relationships with key stakeholders, external partner organisations and a range of other professionals to ensure effective collaborative working on key VAWG issues.  You’ll be keen to keep learning, seizing training opportunities at Redthread and continuously reflecting upon and improving practice.

In return, the successful candidate will receive a competitive salary, a supportive and flexible working environment, excellent staff training and development package and access to a range of employee benefits including; enhanced annual leave and family leave entitlements, employer pension scheme contribution, access to clinical supervisions, enhanced employee assistance programme services and more. As this role requires an NHS honorary contract, as well as Redthread benefits, you’ll also have unique access to generous NHS discounts and blue light schemes too. The offer of employment is conditional on satisfactory pre-employment checks.

Please go to our website where you will find a job description with a person specification including details of the terms and conditions of the post. Please read through the person specification carefully as we will be shortlisting applications using these criteria. https://www.redthread.org.uk/join-the-team/

• Please note: This position is offered on a permanent contract.

• Applications deadline: 10 am, Wednesday 22nd June 22.

We would like this role to start as soon as possible. We will provide comprehensive training and induction.

Please Note: If we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert before the closing date. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.