Swansea Women’s Aid - Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer

Swansea Women’s Aid (SWA) offers dynamic, innovative services to women and children experiencing violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence (VAWDASV).

• Location: Swansea
• Salary: £45,000 - £51,250 pa (depending on experience)
• Hours: 35 hours per week – can be hybrid
• Contract: Permanent

Swansea Women’s Aid is seeking an inspiring, courageous and values-led Chief Executive Officer to lead their specialist women-only charity following the retirement of their current Chief Executive Lynne Sanders MBE after more than 40 years of outstanding service.

About Swansea Women’s Aid

Swansea Women’s Aid is a specialist women-only charity supporting women, with or without children, who are affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence.

Their work includes refuge and safe accommodation, specialist support and advocacy, outreach, drop-in and group work, services for children and young people, prevention and early intervention, and specialist support for women experiencing sexual exploitation and multiple disadvantage.

About The Role

Working closely with a well-established Board of Trustees, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across the charity.

You Will

• Provide clear, strategic and compassionate leadership.
• Work with Trustees to shape and deliver the charity’s future direction.
• Ensure strong governance, safeguarding, financial sustainability and compliance.
• Represent Swansea Women’s Aid as a credible and influential voice for women and children affected by abuse.
• Identify opportunities for service development, partnership working, fundraising and long‑term sustainability.

About You

• Significant senior leadership experience together with strong financial and organisational management skills.
• Understanding of income generation, commissioning and accountability.
• Experience of leading people and supporting positive organisational culture.
• The ability to build trusted relationships and effective partnerships.
• A genuine commitment to ending violence against women and children.
• Knowledge and experience of the VAWDASV sector, charity governance, commissioning, fundraising and service development would be highly desirable.
• May not have followed a traditional route into senior charity leadership. Swansea Women’s Aid are interested in the skills, experience, values and perspective you can bring to the charity.

Equality and inclusion

Swansea Women’s Aid welcomes applications from women with the skills, values and lived or professional understanding needed to lead a specialist service.

This post is open to women only. Swansea Women’s Aid considers that being a woman is an occupational requirement for this post under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Swansea Women’s Aid is committed to supporting an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustment to enable you to participate fully in the recruitment process, please let them know.

Application Information

Closing date: Friday 23rd October 2026

First Interviews: w/c 2nd November 2026

Start date: TBC but anticipated to be March 2027

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