Area Manager
| Posting date: | 02 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £56,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | We contribute 6.5% to your pension when you contribute 1.5% and offer 29 days annual leave. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 March 2026 |
| Location: | Camberwell, South East London |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Thames Reach |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | AM - 0326 |
Summary
Role: Area Manager
Salary £56,000 per annum
Hours: 37.5 per week
Location: Camberwell – London
Closing date: 15/03/2026
Interview date: 24/03/2026
Whatever your experience of street homelessness and its impact on people’s lives – personal or professional – when you join the Thames Reach team as an Area Manager, we’ll make the best use of all your understanding, compassion and commitment.
About us…
Thames Reach runs projects and services that help to end homelessness in London. We work directly with homeless people on the streets and in hostels. We work to prevent vulnerable people from becoming homeless. We help formerly homeless people get their lives back on track. We help people find work and access training and volunteering opportunities.
Is our mission easy? No, but we never give up on people. Last year we helped more then 15,000 people.
Is our work rewarding? Yes, in every sense. We’re listed as one of the top 100 Best Workplaces in the UK. There’s no better place to develop or transfer your skills and build a fulfilling career.
About this role…
We’re looking for a motivated and strategic Area Manager to join our Operational Management Team to effectively lead impactful delivery of a portfolio of diverse services and support us to achieve our mission of ending street homelessness.
You will be responsible for ensuring we deliver high-quality, person-centred support that empowers and enables people to move forward with their lives.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone ambitious with service management experience, who is looking to move into a more strategic role and thrives in a fast-paced, values driven environment with a commitment to making a tangible difference in people’s lives.
You will:
.Be responsible for successful delivery of a portfolio of services that help people who are homeless or vulnerable to find decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives, ensuring high standards of service delivery and best practice are adopted across teams.
.Be a key member of the Operational Management Team and enable Thames Reach to develop strategies and agree and deliver plans for implementing these.
.Provide direct line management and leadership to managers and teams, developing staff performance and practice and building, managing and maintaining partnerships.
.Develop existing business and source opportunities for growth or new business that meet our mission to end street homelessness.
.Work to improve measurable outcomes such as positive move on, and increasing access to services.
.Monitor and manager budgets, staffing and assets to ensure efficient use of resources.
.Champion co-production, actively involving people with lived experience of homelessness in the design, delivery and evaluation and improvement of services.
To succeed as the Area Manager, you will have:
.Proven experience to lead, motivate and support teams, including managers, staff, and volunteers working in high-pressure environments, across different locations.
.Experience of managing services that work effectively with people with a range of support needs using person centred and outcome based approaches.
.Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience of writing compelling reports and delivering effective presentations.
.Experience in managing budgets, allocating resources efficiently and ensuring compliance with funding requirements and financial controls.
.Strong skills in building and maintaining influential relationships with local authorities, health services, employers, housing providers, community organisations and other partners.
.Experience in overseeing teams and services through periods of change, including restructuring, policy changes or service redesigns, while maintaining staff morale and service quality.
.Demonstrable commitment to providing high quality and effective services for people experiencing homelessness or crisis, and involving them in service evaluation and improvement.
.Experience in developing and implementing long term and strategic plans using data and other evidence to improve service impact.
We are listed in the top 100 UK Best Workplaces 2022 in the UK. As part of a commitment to our employees we offer:
• Generous holiday allowance – 29 days per year plus 8 public holidays (pro rata).
• Pension – we contribute 6.5% to your pension when you contribute 1.5%.
• Excellent development opportunities – career progression, regular supervision and appraisals, and learning programmes to support your career with Thames Reach.
• Wellbeing support – our 24/7 employee assistance programme and opportunities for TOIL.
• Life assurance – four times your annual salary.
• Critical illness cover.
• Other benefits including interest free season ticket and cycle to work loans.
Thames Reach is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity. We welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their history of homelessness, sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief.
To apply visit our website and complete our application form.
For further information please contact Kristian.draper@thamesreach.org.uk or Fiona.sutherland@thamesreach.org.uk
Thames Reach is committed to safeguarding. Applicants must be willing to undergo pre-employment screening appropriate to the post, including, but not limited to checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Having a criminal record will not exclude you from applying but you will be asked to provide further details as most posts are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Salary £56,000 per annum
Hours: 37.5 per week
Location: Camberwell – London
Closing date: 15/03/2026
Interview date: 24/03/2026
Whatever your experience of street homelessness and its impact on people’s lives – personal or professional – when you join the Thames Reach team as an Area Manager, we’ll make the best use of all your understanding, compassion and commitment.
About us…
Thames Reach runs projects and services that help to end homelessness in London. We work directly with homeless people on the streets and in hostels. We work to prevent vulnerable people from becoming homeless. We help formerly homeless people get their lives back on track. We help people find work and access training and volunteering opportunities.
Is our mission easy? No, but we never give up on people. Last year we helped more then 15,000 people.
Is our work rewarding? Yes, in every sense. We’re listed as one of the top 100 Best Workplaces in the UK. There’s no better place to develop or transfer your skills and build a fulfilling career.
About this role…
We’re looking for a motivated and strategic Area Manager to join our Operational Management Team to effectively lead impactful delivery of a portfolio of diverse services and support us to achieve our mission of ending street homelessness.
You will be responsible for ensuring we deliver high-quality, person-centred support that empowers and enables people to move forward with their lives.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone ambitious with service management experience, who is looking to move into a more strategic role and thrives in a fast-paced, values driven environment with a commitment to making a tangible difference in people’s lives.
You will:
.Be responsible for successful delivery of a portfolio of services that help people who are homeless or vulnerable to find decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives, ensuring high standards of service delivery and best practice are adopted across teams.
.Be a key member of the Operational Management Team and enable Thames Reach to develop strategies and agree and deliver plans for implementing these.
.Provide direct line management and leadership to managers and teams, developing staff performance and practice and building, managing and maintaining partnerships.
.Develop existing business and source opportunities for growth or new business that meet our mission to end street homelessness.
.Work to improve measurable outcomes such as positive move on, and increasing access to services.
.Monitor and manager budgets, staffing and assets to ensure efficient use of resources.
.Champion co-production, actively involving people with lived experience of homelessness in the design, delivery and evaluation and improvement of services.
To succeed as the Area Manager, you will have:
.Proven experience to lead, motivate and support teams, including managers, staff, and volunteers working in high-pressure environments, across different locations.
.Experience of managing services that work effectively with people with a range of support needs using person centred and outcome based approaches.
.Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience of writing compelling reports and delivering effective presentations.
.Experience in managing budgets, allocating resources efficiently and ensuring compliance with funding requirements and financial controls.
.Strong skills in building and maintaining influential relationships with local authorities, health services, employers, housing providers, community organisations and other partners.
.Experience in overseeing teams and services through periods of change, including restructuring, policy changes or service redesigns, while maintaining staff morale and service quality.
.Demonstrable commitment to providing high quality and effective services for people experiencing homelessness or crisis, and involving them in service evaluation and improvement.
.Experience in developing and implementing long term and strategic plans using data and other evidence to improve service impact.
We are listed in the top 100 UK Best Workplaces 2022 in the UK. As part of a commitment to our employees we offer:
• Generous holiday allowance – 29 days per year plus 8 public holidays (pro rata).
• Pension – we contribute 6.5% to your pension when you contribute 1.5%.
• Excellent development opportunities – career progression, regular supervision and appraisals, and learning programmes to support your career with Thames Reach.
• Wellbeing support – our 24/7 employee assistance programme and opportunities for TOIL.
• Life assurance – four times your annual salary.
• Critical illness cover.
• Other benefits including interest free season ticket and cycle to work loans.
Thames Reach is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity. We welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their history of homelessness, sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief.
To apply visit our website and complete our application form.
For further information please contact Kristian.draper@thamesreach.org.uk or Fiona.sutherland@thamesreach.org.uk
Thames Reach is committed to safeguarding. Applicants must be willing to undergo pre-employment screening appropriate to the post, including, but not limited to checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Having a criminal record will not exclude you from applying but you will be asked to provide further details as most posts are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
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