About the Role

We are seeking an empathetic, strategic, and professionally qualified Family Violence Manager to lead our specialist team and oversee the delivery of high-quality family violence intervention services, within Porirua, Wellington, Lower Hutt and Upper Hutt.

This is an important leadership role with responsibility for service delivery, team development, stakeholder relationships, managing funding applications and continuous improvement. You will support a dedicated team of practitioners to provide safe, responsive, and high-quality services to individuals and whānau.

You will bring an approachable, calm, and supportive leadership style. You will be comfortable mentoring staff, encouraging reflective practice, providing constructive feedback, and supporting team wellbeing in what can be challenging and emotionally demanding work.

You will also build strong relationships with government agencies, police, iwi, refuges, funders, and community organisations to strengthen coordinated responses for people affected by family violence.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clear, fair and compassionate leadership, by supporting all staff-managing wellbeing, workloads and responding appropriately to workplace concerns.
• Encourage professional development, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Build a positive, respectful, inclusive, and non-judgemental team culture.
• Oversee the delivery of family violence programmes.
• Develop strong working relationships with community agencies, funders, iwi, government organisations, police, and other stakeholders.
• Monitor service outcomes, client records, programme data, and reporting requirements.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, professional standards, contracts, and organisational policies.
• Contribute to strategic planning, service development, evaluation, and continuous quality improvement.
• Identify funding opportunities and prepare funding applications on an ongoing basis.

About You

You will be an experienced people leader who combines strong management skills with a sound understanding of family violence and community-based services. You are empathetic, approachable, and non-judgemental.

You will have:

• Experience in a leadership or management role within the family violence, social services, community services, health, or not-for-profit sector.
• Sound knowledge and experience working in the area of family violence, knowledge of the legislation frameworks and the principal theories and methodologies for addressing family violence.
• Excellent people management, coaching, mentoring, and supervision skills.
• The ability to build trust and create a supportive, accountable, and collaborative team environment.
• Effective communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience with contracts, funding requirements, reporting, data systems, and service monitoring.
• The ability to balance strategic planning with the practical demands of day-to-day service delivery.
• Confidence using client management systems, Microsoft 365, and payroll systems

Qualifications and Requirements

• A relevant tertiary qualification in social work, counselling, psychology, community services, management, or a related field. Professional registration or membership is required.
• To pass Police vetting and relevant children checks.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals, children, and whānau.
• Ongoing professional development, training, mentoring, and reflective practice.
• A passionate team dedicated to creating safer communities
• Flexible working arrangements where appropriate.

How to Apply
If you are an empathetic and experienced leader who is passionate about supporting people affected by family violence and developing strong, capable teams, we would love to hear from you.

Please submit your CV and a cover letter to

Tracy Yarrall, Manager manager@livingviolencefree.nz

Closing date: 30 October 2026