Job Summary
Number of Vacancies: 1
Time Type: Full time
Worker Type: Fixed Term (Fixed Term)
Proposed Interview Date: Monday, June 29, 2026
Hours of Work: 37
Hiring Manager: Victoria Macklin
Contact Number: 01482 615416
Role Overview
This is a Full Time, Fixed Term position for 2 years due to funding. Strength to Change is looking to recruit a highly organised and proactive DRIVE Panel Coordinator to support the delivery of the DRIVE programme in Hull. This pivotal role within a multi‑agency domestic abuse framework will coordinate and manage the DRIVE Panel – ensuring that high‑risk, high‑harm domestic abuse cases are reviewed effectively, information is shared appropriately, and actions are progressed to reduce risk and safeguard victims and children. The role requires facilitating partnership working across agencies including police, probation, children’s and adult services, health, and specialist domestic abuse services.
Key Responsibilities
* Coordinate and administer the DRIVE Panel meetings, ensuring all logistics, documentation and communication are effectively managed
* Prepare and circulate case information, agendas, and minutes in line with information sharing protocols
* Act as a central point of contact for partner agencies, ensuring timely information sharing and engagement
* Track and monitor actions arising from panel meetings, ensuring accountability and follow‑through
* Maintain accurate records and ensure data governance, confidentiality and GDPR compliance
* Support the DRIVE team and partners to ensure a coordinated approach to case management and risk reduction
* Contribute to performance monitoring and reporting, including data collection and audit activity
* Assist in identifying trends, themes and learning to inform service improvement
Key Qualifications
* Experience in a coordination, administrative or case management role, ideally within safeguarding, domestic abuse services or public sector arena.
* Knowledge of domestic abuse, safeguarding, and risk management practices
* Understanding of multi‑agency working and information sharing
* Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
* Strong communication skills, with confidence in engaging a range of partners
* High level of accuracy and attention to detail, particularly in record keeping
* Strong commitment to improving outcomes for victims and children, and to holding perpetrators accountable
Role and Purpose
The post holder will support the delivery of the DRIVE Project provided by the Strength to Change service, ensuring effective project management, planning and coordination of an efficient and effective DRIVE perpetrator and victim focused multi‑agency panel meeting and a co‑ordinated response to holding perpetrators accountable.
Principal Accountabilities
1. Work independently to manage, plan and organise own work to contribute to the successful delivery of the Drive Project.
2. Lead on the efficient and effective project management, coordination of the DRIVE Multi‑Agency panel meetings and attend to ensure smooth operational delivery.
3. Work closely with other safeguarding and risk management forums (e.g. Mul‑ti‑agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC), Multi‑Agency Public Pro‑tection Arrangements (MAPPA) to establish pathways and processes to ensure effective practice and sharing of information between partners and multi‑agency forums.
4. Create, record, store, maintain, retrieve and update case records/data both manually and electronically on local and national case management systems (Iizuka). Makes decisions around levels of sensitivity and confidentiality and creates and records on case management system appropriately to safeguard clients personal and sensitive information. Maintain confidentiality in relation to data protection issues, Management of Police Information (MOPI) stand‑ards and GDPR.
5. Complete data reports for OPCC and commissioning arrangements in line with reporting requirements.
6. Use and understand common systems relevant to area of work to enable analysis of information and investigation of queries/problems.
7. Receive and respond to enquiries from partnership representatives, including complex queries related to area of work.
8. Provide relevant information, on the phone, face‑to‑face or electronic based on service procedures.
9. Ability to work on own initiative knowing when to escalate more complicated queries to Team Lead or Service Manager.
10. Carry out administrative duties which may include:
o Data collation and returns
o Word processing/keyboarding
o Formatting documents
o Co‑ordination of office diaries
o Secure distribution of case lists, minutes and actions
o Filing and storage of information in compliance with Council Policy and GDPR.
Compensation
Grades: 5
Pay Ranges: £26,824.00 - £29,064.00
Benefits of Working with Hull City Council
* A competitive salary
* An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
* Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service
Eight public holidays per year, plus three additional days off (one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period)
* Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods
* Supportive and forward‑thinking culture
* Great career development opportunities
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to increasing the diversity, equality and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. Online searches, including social media, may be carried out as part of the recruitment process.
If you would like to apply, please submit your application via the Hull City Council Jobs Hub.
For more information about working with Hull City Council, visit Hull City Council careers.
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