Strategic Lead

Location: Bournemouth Salary: Grade 7 - £50,474 per annum Contract: Fixed term for 12 months Hours: Full time - 35 hours per week Closing date: Sunday 21st June 2026 at 11.30 pm Are you an influential, analytical and ambitious individual with excellent leadership skills and a proven record of working in homelessness or social justice? Do you have experience of service delivery and project planning, budget setting and management, and stakeholder engagement? If so, consider moving to Shelter as our new Strategic Lead for Dorset and you could soon be making a real difference to people affected by the housing emergency. About the role You will be the local leader for Shelter s Community Services, leading the team in implementing Shelter s strategy locally, delivering the local response to the housing emergency and empowering the local community in Dorset to fight for home. You will take the lead on the delivery of services and contracts to provide consistently high levels of performance, planning and delivering service development strategies, including seeking business development opportunities that align with our strategic aims, both across Community Services and in partnership with the Lead Solicitor. Also, you will promote and direct systems change activity, so we better understand what is influencing people s experience of homelessness and bad housing and have effective plans to influence change. You will act as an ambassador for Shelter in the local area, representing the ..... full job details .....