Rights of Women is a long established and well-respected national women’s charity, providing specialist legal advice and support to women at risk of, or experiencing all forms of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). Our vision is one of equality, justice and safety in the law for all women. We provide specialist legal advice, information, training, strategic case work in the areas of immigration, family, criminal and employment law.
Our team is made up of women with a range of skills and experience including specialist lawyers, office and project administrators and events coordinators.
Current Vacancies
Founded in 1975, Rights of Women is the only charity dedicated to providing frontline legal advice to women experiencing all forms of violence against women and girls in England and Wales. We campaign for access to justice and safety for all women.
We are seeking a new Chair in our 50th anniversary year to lead our Board to replace Dr Annie Hedge, our long standing, inspirational, retiring Chair. Our new Chair will help us to build on our success and ensure that we continue to change women’s lives for the better.
We welcome applications from women* from diverse backgrounds whose skills and experience will complement our existing high performing Board, enabling us to stay at the forefront of women’s rights and legal policy debates.
We recognise the critical role that intersectional and structural discrimination play in society and welcome applicants with a strong commitment to addressing these issues throughout our work. We are keen to receive applications from Black and minoritised communities including refugee and migrant women, disabled women and women who have personal experience of the issues that are core to our work including domestic violence and abuse, insecure immigration status and workplace sexual harassment. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.
Rights of Women is a national charity however given the specific demands of the Chair role and our office location in London it is important for the Chair to be able to travel to London regularly.
We are keen to recruit a Chair committed to our vision and values who has:
- Experience in governance, leadership, and strategic decision-making, ideally within a charity or public sector setting.
- Strong financial and risk management acumen.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively
- Experience in supporting organisational growth and development.
Commitment: Average 2 days a month
Full details and the linked application documents can be found in our application pack.
To apply, please submit an up-to-date CV, a covering letter of no more than 2 pages, a short Essential Information Form (including details of referees), and the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form. Shortlisted applicants will also be required to attend an in-person interview at our offices and meet the Director and staff.
Key dates:
Closing date: Thursday 31st July 2025 5pm
Interview dates: Anticipated as week commencing Mon 11th August 2025
First Board meeting: Wednesday 17th September 2025
*Occupational Requirement (Equality Act 2010, Schedule 16, Part I) applies
Please note: We kindly ask applicants not to use AI tools when preparing their application. We value your personal voice and perspective, and we’re keen to hear directly from you.
Volunteer
We would like to recruit qualified women* solicitors or barristers with experience of family and criminal law and immigration and asylum law to volunteer on our telephone advice services. Find more information about volunteering with us here.
*Occupational Requirement (Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9 Part I) applies.