**INTERNAL APPLICATIONS ONLY** Housing Domestic Abuse Project Manager

**INTERNAL APPLICATIONS ONLY **

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary: £52,194 - £57,150

Contract Type: 12 month Full-time Secondment

Working hours per week: 36hrs

Application Deadline: 17th November 2026

Proposed Interview Date(s): 19th November 2026

Reference:  2417

About Us:

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.

We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.

London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.

About the role:

To develop and manage complex projects aimed at improving the housing services response to domestic abuse. To identify, plan and deliver cross-departmental service improvement and contribute to strategic thinking and cultural change. To ensure the service complies with relevant legislation, regulations and policies.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Regularly deals with complex and contentious matters relating to domestic abuse on behalf of the housing service.

• Advocates to improve housing domestic abuse responses and support provision, through persuasion and influencing of housing senior leadership in line with Council and national policy objectives.

• Represents the Council and housing service on domestic abuse matters in liaising with MOPAC, DAHA, and national specialist services.

• Manage the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (DAHA) accreditation and lead ongoing work to achieve, maintain, and improve accredited status.

• Support senior managers to identify, manage and mitigate risk within the service and develop strategies to address complex issues and gaps in provision.

• Guide and make recommendations on strategic responses to domestic abuse within the housing service in line with corporate objectives and relevant legislation, regulations and policies.

• Advise on and interpret key policy and legislative changes to support the development of internal policies, strategies, programmes, and practices.

• Lead on relevant consultation responses, needs assessments and calls to evidence (or similar) from national Government and Regional Government as appropriate.

• Engage with internal operational services and stakeholders to ensure accountability to improving the housing response to domestic abuse through effective communication and coordination of services.

• Enhance partnership working with external agencies and stakeholders and manage effective communication with local DA and VAWG providers.

• Act as lead housing representative at relevant strategic partnership boards and manage housing engagement at operational multi-agency forums.

Terms and conditions:

The below terms and conditions apply to this role:

• Satisfactory declaration of interest;

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the ‘Apply’ button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Eoin Quiery Head of Housing Strategy and Partnerships eoin.quiery@walthamforest.gov.uk

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.

To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.

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