Women’s Aid is seeking an experienced, dynamic and motivated High Risk Support Project Eastern Region Project Leader to join our Support Services Team in 2026. The Eastern Region Project Leader will have responsibility for delivering and overseeing the High Risk Support Project in the Eastern Region, developing and maintaining strong partnerships with domestic abuse services and the Gardai, and ongoing contact with service users from referral to case closure. The HRSP Eastern Region Project Leader will not replace a woman’s designated Outreach Support Worker; the project will complement existing support work provided in order to enhance her safety.

• Contract: The contract offered is Permanent, and this role is full time based on a 35-hour week (excluding lunch).
• Location: Place of work will primarily be based from home, subject to necessary connectivity, however there will be a requirement to attend the Women’s Aid headquarters at 5 Wilton Place, Dublin 2 for a minimum of two days per month during the initial induction period, and a minimum of one day every two months thereafter. The role will require regular travel throughout the Region which includes Wicklow, Wexford, Waterford, Meath, Westmeath, Carlow, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Kildare.
• Salary: €54,496. This role sits on the Women’s Aid Project Lead Pay Band of €41,977- €59,710.
• Benefits: Read on to learn about our additional attractive employee benefits

About the High Risk Support Project

The High Risk Support Project (HRSP) provides a multi-agency response to women at high risk of ongoing abuse and homicide from their ex-partners. This unique and innovative project is embedded in Women’s Aid One to One Support Services. The HRSP has developed, since its initiation in 2013, to operate in 2025 across the Greater Dublin area (Dublin Metropolitan Region, DMR), the Eastern Region (Wicklow, Wexford, Waterford, Meath, Westmeath, Carlow, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Kildare), and the Southern Region (Cork, Clare, Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary), with well-established practices and procedures among key partners. Rollout to the Northwestern Region (Galway, Donegal, Louth, etc) is planned for.

Women’s Aid partners with An Garda Síochána and local domestic abuse services to deliver a coordinated rapid response system for women and families. The High Risk Support Project supports and empowers women to feel safer and to begin rebuilding their lives free of constant fear. Referrals of appropriate candidates for participation in the HRSP are received from the Gardaí or other domestic abuse services with whom Women’s Aid has an established Memorandum of Understanding for this purpose. Women’s Aid is generously supported by Cuan, the Domestic, Sexual, and Gender-Based Violence Agency and Vodafone Ireland to deliver this project

Main Duties

• To develop and sustain positive partnerships with domestic violence and abuse services and designated Gardai in the Eastern Region.
• To establish clear and effective systems for communication to be consistently maintained with and by all key partners.
• To assist the HRSP National Coordinator in agreeing Memorandums of Understanding with local domestic violence services, as appropriate.
• To deliver training as required to key personnel within partner domestic violence organisations to ensure understanding of referral criterion, ongoing
  contact requirements with women and data sharing procedures between all project partners.
• To receive and process all referrals from domestic violence services in the region with whom we have established a MOU; assessing suitability based on project criteria; carrying out risk assessment meetings and liaising with relevant Garda personnel, to ensure timely and efficient access to the project.
• To liaise with partner agencies on all technical issues as they arise.
• To sustain positive collaborative relationships with designated Gardai, including through regular Operational Meetings and participation in training delivery.
• To sustain positive, collaborative relationships with partner domestic violence services including the convening of quarterly meetings and ongoing communication regarding relevant updates for current service users.

Further details and person specification are available in the recruitment pack.