Senior Practice Development Lead (National Systems Change programme)

NFP CONSULTING; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An organization dedicated to ending domestic abuse is seeking a Senior Practice Development Lead to oversee national systems change programs. The successful candidate will manage leads and work with multi-agency partnerships to enhance responses to domestic abuse, particularly for minoritized communities. Knowledge of the domestic abuse sector and experience managing teams is essential. This role is home-based with travel throughout England and Wales and offers a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• Experience in working with multi-agency partnerships in the domestic abuse sector.
• An understanding of working with perpetrators and victims of domestic abuse.
• Experience of managing teams in a challenging sector.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts on improving responses to domestic abuse for minoritized communities.
• Line manage the National Systems Change Practice Development Leads (NSCPDL).
• Work with key stakeholders to enable long term systems change.

Skills

Knowledge of the domestic abuse sector

Experience with multi-agency partnerships

Understanding of systems change

Job description

Senior Practice Development Lead (National Systems Change programme) Home working with travel throughout England and Wales

Full time (part time considered)

£48,734 - £49,771 per year plus LW if appropriate, pro rata

Fixed term contract 6 months (asap to - June 2026)

The Drive Partnership, formed by Respect, SafeLives and Social Finance, is working to transform the national response to perpetrators of domestic abuse. We work to end domestic abuse and protect victims by disrupting, challenging, and changing the behaviour of those who are causing harm. Together we have developed the Drive Project to address a gap in work with high-harm, high-risk perpetrators of domestic abuse. We also work to advocate for systems and policy change- to develop sustainable, national systems that respond more effectively to all perpetrators of domestic abuse.

In July 2025 the Home Office announced a £53m investment over the next four years to enable the Drive Project to roll out across England and Wales. To end domestic abuse, we must address the source of the problem - the perpetrator. This funding will make a huge difference to our efforts to support survivors, by holding perpetrators to account, stopping them from causing further harm and giving them the chance to change.

The National Systems Change programme is currently focused on four systemic gaps: Children’s Social Care, Housing, LGBT+ communities, and Racialised Communities. Sitting within this programme you will play a key lead role in progressing our work on improving responses to domestic abuse for minoritised communities.

Your remit includes line managing the National Systems Change Practice Development Leads (NSCPDL), supporting both the Head of NSC and the Practice Manager in addressing systemic gaps in the provision of services. You will also work alongside key stakeholders and partners, including commissioned projects, and victim survivor groups, to enable long term systems change.

The successful candidate is likely to bring knowledge and experience of working within the domestic abuse sector, experience of working with multi-agency partnerships and/or other voluntary and statutory services involved in the response to domestic abuse.

An understanding of systems change and working with perpetrators and/or victims of domestic abuse (including those with protected characteristics, e.g. racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people, or people with related/complex needs such as substance misuse issues, mental health) would be welcomed.