Survivor Engagement Lead (Maternity Cover)

We are recruiting for a Survivor Engagement Lead to join our team in London; the scope on this job involves….

Job Title: Survivor Engagement Lead

Location: Homeworking with the requirement to occasionally work at our Head Office (Vauxhall)
Salary: £38,546.40 per annum, inclusive of London Weighting if applicable
Contract type: Part-time, Fixed term (12 months)

Hours: 30

Join Refuge’s Senior Management Team as Survivor Engagement Lead and provide organisation-wide strategic leadership on lived experience engagement as you work together with survivors of domestic abuse to drive change.

The role holder will champion the importance of putting survivors’ expertise and lived experience at the heart of Refuge’s mission to end violence against women and girls. You will broker opportunities for survivors to play a central role across all aspects of Refuge’s work, from our frontline services to our Board of Trustees, and in press, campaigning and government influencing.

The successful candidate will build on the existing work of the Survivor Engagement Team to further develop and embed Refuge’s approach to survivor engagement, as the organisation make the shift from consultation towards co-design and co-production.

This post offers a rare opportunity to combine strategic and organisational leadership with hands-on partnership and collaboration with survivors of domestic abuse.

Closing date: 9.00am on 31 March 2025

Interview date: 8 April 2025

Benefits

Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.