We’re excited to announce that we’re looking for a new Director of Armed Forces Services to join the Aurora New Dawn team.

Veteran? Senior Leader? Want to influence change at a national level?

We’re seeking a Director of Armed Forces Services — a pivotal role for a veteran ready to lead national innovation in the response to domestic abuse, sexual violence and stalking across the Armed Forces community. If you’ve served in the Army, Royal Navy or RAF and want to use your experience to shape policy, strengthen support for personnel and families, and help influence national thinking in this area, we want to hear from you. You do not need charity-sector experience for this role. Your lived military insight, strategic mindset and leadership experience are what matter most.

Aurora New Dawn has a nationally recognised Armed Forces service, named in The UK Government’s Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy (2025). As our reach continues to grow, this new role will consolidate and strategically expand our impact. 

As Director of Armed Forces Services, you will:

  • Provide strategic leadership for a nationally recognised Armed Forces service
  • Work directly with key stakeholders across the service landscape
  • Drive innovation, developing new models of support across the UK
  • Lead Aurora’s contribution to policy, research and national thought leadership
  • Build and sustain strategic partnerships that strengthen protection for serving personnel, veterans and families
  • Ensure our services are survivor-centred, trauma-informed and grounded in an understanding of Armed Forces culture

We are looking for someone who:

  • Has served in the Army, Royal Navy or Royal Air Force
  • Understands Armed Forces culture, structures and lived realities
  • Can influence confidently at senior levels
  • Is motivated by leading meaningful, values-driven and nationally significant work
  • Thrives in roles that involve innovation, system change and building partnerships
  • Brings emotional intelligence, integrity and a commitment to safeguarding

If you’ve ever shaped policy, led units or teams, driven cultural change, or worked on welfare/safeguarding initiatives, your experience is highly transferable.

Start dates are flexible. We understand that transitioning from service/resettlement can take time, and we welcome applicants with longer notice periods. 

Why join Aurora?

  • Nationally influential work with real-world impact
  • Highly supportive senior leadership team
  • Flexibility, hybrid working and strong wellbeing culture
  • Ongoing leadership development
  • Opportunity to shape a groundbreaking, nationally recognised Armed Forces service

This is a rolling recruitment with no application deadline – we are keen to find an exceptional veteran for this important role and will appoint the first candidate that fits the criteria. Full details of the role can be found here.