About Women’s Aid

Women’s Aid is a national, feminist organisation working to prevent and address theimpact of domestic violence and abuse. We do this by advocating, influencing, training, and campaigning for effective responses to reduce the scale and impacts of domestic abuse on women and children and providing high quality, specialised, integrated, support services.

About the High Risk Support Project

The High Risk Support Project (HRSP) provides a multi-agency response to women at high risk of ongoing abuse and homicide from their ex-partners. This unique and innovative project is embedded in Women’s Aid One to One Support Services and has developed since its initiation in 2013 with well-established practices and procedures among key partners. Currently the HRSP is operational across the Greater Dublin area (Dublin Metropolitan Region, D.M.R.), the Eastern Region, and is opening in the Southern Region from October 2024.

Women’s Aid partners with An Garda Síochána, Vodafone Ireland, and local domestic abuse services to deliver a coordinated rapid response system for women and families. The High Risk Support Project supports and empowers women to feel safer and to begin rebuilding their lives free of constant fear. Referrals of appropriate candidates for participation in the HRSP are received from the Gardaí or other domestic abuse services with whom Women’s Aid has an established Memorandum of Understanding for this purpose.

Women’s Aid is generously funded by Cuan, the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency, who fund this unique project.

About the Role

• Title: High Risk Support Project Northwestern Region Project Leader
• Reference: WA-HRSP-NW-PL24
• Reports to: High Risk Support Project National Coordinator
• Contract: Two years (24 months) which may be extended subject to project review and available funding.
• Hours: 35 hours per week, excluding lunch breaks, during core office hours.
• Location: Place of work will primarily be based from home, subject to necessary connectivity, however there will be a requirement to attend the Women’s Aid headquarters at 5 Wilton Place, Dublin 2 for a minimum of two days per month during the initial induction period and one day per month after this. Ideally, the candidate will reside within the Northwestern Region. The role will require regular travel throughout the Northwestern Region which includes counties: Louth, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Longford, and Galway. Mileage is paid for all work-related travel.
• Salary: €48,806.00

Primary Purpose of the Role:

The Northwestern Region Project Leader will have responsibility for delivering and overseeing the High Risk Support Project in the Northwestern Region, (which includes counties Louth, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Longford,and Galway), developing and maintaining strong partnerships with domestic abuse services and the Gardai, and ongoing contact with service users from referral to case closure. The H.R.S.P Northwestern Region Project Leader will not replace a woman’s designated Outreach Support Worker; the project will complement existing support work provided to enhance her safety.

Please see Recruitment Pack & Application Form attached below.

How to Apply

Application Form: Application forms, clearly referenced WA-HRSP-NW-PL24 in the subject line, should be sent by email only to ana.senesi@womensaid.ie

CVs will not be considered.

Closing date: 5 p.m. October 23rd, 2024.

Interview schedule: It is anticipated that first round interviews will be held during the week beginning 4th November 2024. The successful candidate is expected to start in post in January 2024.