Partnerships Lead (Female Applicants Only)
| Posting date: | 19 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £38,000 to £41,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 January 2026 |
| Location: | Vauxhall, South West London |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Women and Girls Network |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
We’re looking for a strategic and values-driven leader to join us as our Partnerships Lead, guiding Women and Girls Network’s Pan-London partnerships and driving collaboration, innovation, and sustainability across key initiatives. This role champions survivor-centred practice and systemic change, ensuring that all partnership work reflects WGN’s feminist, trauma-informed, and intersectional ethos.
In this role, you will lead multi-agency partnerships including CouRAGEus and London Councils-funded programmes, embedding survivor voice, equity, and trauma-informed principles across all areas of work. You’ll act as a senior representative for WGN, advocating for young and marginalised women, and ensuring that partnerships deliver measurable impact and sustainable growth.
Key responsibilities include:
- Overseeing the delivery, governance, and strategic development of WGN’s partnership portfolio
- Acting as the primary liaison with consortium partners, funders, and external stakeholders
- Embedding survivor voice, equity, and trauma-informed principles across partnership frameworks
- Leading monitoring, evaluation, and reporting to evidence impact and drive continuous improvement
- Representing WGN in high-level forums, advocating for the rights of young and marginalised women
- Supporting sustainability and growth through innovative partnership models and funding strategies
- Line managing the Partnerships Administrator, fostering a culture of collaboration and professional development
This is a unique opportunity to shape a strong, survivor-centred partnership network across London, influencing both strategic decision-making and sector-wide practice.
Closing date: 9am, Thursday 22 January 2026
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 2 February 2026
Shortlisted candidates will be required to prepare a 10-minute presentation. Full details and guidance for this task will be provided after shortlisting.
Who are we?
Women and Girls Network (WGN) is a pan-London organisation that supports women and girls affected by all forms of gendered-based violence. Our overall aim is to promote, preserve and restore the mental health and well-being of women and girls who have experienced, or are at risk of, gendered-based violence, whilst working towards a society free of gendered-based violence.
We do this by:
- Providing women-only holistic and seamless therapeutic services, which meet women and girls’ needs and contribute to total and sustainable recovery from the experiences of violence.
- Evidencing the impact of gendered-based violence and presenting this information in appropriate forums to affect social change in attitudes towards, and responses to, gendered-based violence.
- Developing good practice in the sector by providing training and guidance on specialist service provision and the development of culturally appropriate service delivery.
WGN is proud to be an accredited Living Wage Employer and a member of The London VAWG Consortium, Halo Code, and Helplines Partnership.
We are deeply committed to creating a workforce that reflects the diversity and strength of the women and girls we serve, and we strongly encourage candidates from Black and Global Majority backgrounds with Lived Experience who may not meet all criteria to apply.
WGN is an equal opportunities employer.
The above post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.
In this role, you will lead multi-agency partnerships including CouRAGEus and London Councils-funded programmes, embedding survivor voice, equity, and trauma-informed principles across all areas of work. You’ll act as a senior representative for WGN, advocating for young and marginalised women, and ensuring that partnerships deliver measurable impact and sustainable growth.
Key responsibilities include:
- Overseeing the delivery, governance, and strategic development of WGN’s partnership portfolio
- Acting as the primary liaison with consortium partners, funders, and external stakeholders
- Embedding survivor voice, equity, and trauma-informed principles across partnership frameworks
- Leading monitoring, evaluation, and reporting to evidence impact and drive continuous improvement
- Representing WGN in high-level forums, advocating for the rights of young and marginalised women
- Supporting sustainability and growth through innovative partnership models and funding strategies
- Line managing the Partnerships Administrator, fostering a culture of collaboration and professional development
This is a unique opportunity to shape a strong, survivor-centred partnership network across London, influencing both strategic decision-making and sector-wide practice.
Closing date: 9am, Thursday 22 January 2026
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 2 February 2026
Shortlisted candidates will be required to prepare a 10-minute presentation. Full details and guidance for this task will be provided after shortlisting.
Who are we?
Women and Girls Network (WGN) is a pan-London organisation that supports women and girls affected by all forms of gendered-based violence. Our overall aim is to promote, preserve and restore the mental health and well-being of women and girls who have experienced, or are at risk of, gendered-based violence, whilst working towards a society free of gendered-based violence.
We do this by:
- Providing women-only holistic and seamless therapeutic services, which meet women and girls’ needs and contribute to total and sustainable recovery from the experiences of violence.
- Evidencing the impact of gendered-based violence and presenting this information in appropriate forums to affect social change in attitudes towards, and responses to, gendered-based violence.
- Developing good practice in the sector by providing training and guidance on specialist service provision and the development of culturally appropriate service delivery.
WGN is proud to be an accredited Living Wage Employer and a member of The London VAWG Consortium, Halo Code, and Helplines Partnership.
We are deeply committed to creating a workforce that reflects the diversity and strength of the women and girls we serve, and we strongly encourage candidates from Black and Global Majority backgrounds with Lived Experience who may not meet all criteria to apply.
WGN is an equal opportunities employer.
The above post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.