Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance Project Coordinator

This is a Gloucester City Council job.
 

• Job Title:                          Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance Project Coordinator
• Job Location:                    Gloucester City Council 
• Salary:                             £37,280 - £39,862 per annum 
• Hours per Week:               37.00 
• Contract Type:                  20 months' Fixed Term 
• Closing Date:                    26/06/2026 
• Job Requisition Number:    14241 
• This post is open to job share 

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Gloucestershire Housing Partnership team, based at Gloucester City Council, to play a key role to coordinate work across a number of participating local authorities in Gloucestershire to achieve Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance accreditation.

You will work collaboratively with our strategic partners and stakeholders, including Gloucestershire’s six District Councils, Gloucestershire County Council; Gloucestershire’s Integrated Care Board and the Office for Police and Crime Commissioner. 

You will be joining a team who work creatively to overcome barriers with a view to ensuring individuals can have and maintain settled, sustainable, and safe homes. Whilst the role is located within the Housing Partnership Team, you will be co-located within the participating local authorities to enable you to be immersed in the organisations undertaking the accreditation. 

About the Role

As Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance Project Coordinator, your work will help to deliver the priorities and objectives of Gloucestershire Domestic Abuse Strategy. You will project manage the DAHA accreditation process and engage with the wider partnership to ensure the accreditation is achieved.

You will influence local authority responses to domestic abuse to ensure systems and procedures are effective and survivor led. The role is funded for 24 months, however the contract term being offered is for an initial period of 20 months due to Local Government Reorganisation taking place in April 2028.  

About You

We are seeking an individual who has an understanding of the impact of domestic abuse on individual victims, their families and the community as a whole, including a range of housing related issues likely to affect households experiencing domestic abuse. Ideally, you will be a collaborative professional with an ability to build effective working relationships to influence change.

You will readily share knowledge and actively seek out opportunities to work with colleagues and stakeholders to develop ideas and solutions to improve services. 

You will have excellent communication skills and experience of managing projects and working to deadlines. We welcome applications from applicants with lived experience of homelessness, DA or refugee.

About us

• We offer a range of attractive benefits including:
• Flexible and hybrid working – 90% remote working
• Excellent pension scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Options to purchase additional annual leave
• Regular job-specific training
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health and Wellbeing Support
• Supportive and positive working environment

How to apply

For an informal discussion about the role, please email caroline.lucasmouat@gloucester.gov.uk.

In your application to us please explain why you are applying for the position and how your experience (whether paid or unpaid), knowledge and skills help to make you a suitable candidate.

Short-listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail and invited to interview week commencing 13th July 2026.

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance Project Coordinator Job Profile

The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer. 

Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage. 

This Position is subject to a DBS check. 

Gloucester City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.  Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.