Head of Advocacy & Support - Maternity Cover

About the Head of Advocacy & Support role

We are looking for maternity cover for the Head of Advocacy & Support to lead Galop’s specialist advocacy services, providing support to LGBT+ victims and survivors of abuse and violence in the UK. You will work alongside our other Heads of Services to deliver advice, support, and advocacy to thousands of LGBT+ victims and survivors of interpersonal abuse and violence each year. 

You will lead a large, dispersed team of specialist advocates, including IDVAs, ISVAs, CHISVAs, CHIDVAs, specialist hate crime advocates, and multi-disciplinary caseworkers and support workers. Managing a team of advocacy managers and senior advocates, you will ensure that survivors have access to needs-led, timely support that is right for them, maintaining high quality, consistent support across its advocacy and one-to-one support, whether that is in-person or remote. You will ensure that advocacy and casework services are delivered effectively, and that clients receive a consistent and high-quality service across the team.

You will have expertise in leading complex, needs-led specialist support services. You will need to be solutions-focussed and enjoy working collaboratively across a diverse and committed team. You’ll need to have good resilience and self-care and be prepared to work in an environment where abuse and violence are regularly talked about. You’ll need to understand the impact of trauma and how that affects our team.

For more information on this role please download the attached job description. 

Location: Galop’s offices are located in London. This role will have the option of hybrid working but presence in the office will be required at least 2 days a week.
Hours: Full Time (35 hours per week) 
Contract: Maternity cover (12 months)
Line manages: Advocacy & Support Managers
Reports to: Director of Services
Salary: Grade B: £47,369.25 - £54,010.33 (including London weighting of £4,129.42)

Closing Date

Applications should be submitted by 10am 9th April 2025
First round interviews will be held on 16th April 2025

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