CouRAGEus Young Women and Girls Advocate

For nearly 50 years, nia has provided high quality, women-led services across North and East London.
nia has three main aims: to provide services for women, children and young people who have
experienced male violence, working to end men’s violence against women and girls, and to inform and
influence policy and public awareness.
nia’s values, and our commitment to upholding them, set us apart. We put women first – always and
without hesitation: we believe women, we are run by women, for women. We leave no woman behind:
we challenge inequality and discrimination and believe that uniting women of all backgrounds is
essential to ending the sex-based oppression of women.
nia is recruiting for a Young Women and Girls Advocate as part of a pan-London project for minoritised
young women and girls. The CouRAGEus project is a partnership between 12 leading organisations
(WGN, Ashiana, IKWRO, London Black Women’s Project, Solace Women’s Aid, nia, Southall Black
Sisters, Respond, Jewish Women’s Aid, Galop, Advance and Imkaan) in the VAWG sector established
to provide advocacy, specialist mental health advocacy, counselling, VAWG awareness and well-being
programs for minority young women and girls experiencing violence against women and girls, mental
health and/or multiple disadvantages.

We are seeking to recruit to the following post:
Job Title: CouRAGEus Young Women and Girls Advocate
Job Ref: nia 189
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £29,000- £32,000- dependent on experience and qualification
Location: This post requires travel across East London and currently follows a hybrid working model of one day per week spent at nia’s office in Islington and one day at nia’s Women’s centre in Dagenham

The post is currently funded until March 2027. In the role of Young Women and Girls Advocate you will
hold a caseload of minoritised young women and girls aged 14-24 years old who have been subjected
to sexual violence. You will work from a trauma-informed feminist framework, recognising multiple and
overlapping oppressions. You will support those whose choose to report through the criminal justice
process. In addition, the role involves providing broader support to young women and girls to address
the multiple impacts of VAWG. The advocate will work with the wider young women’s team to deliver
group work and prevention activities.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing Rape Crisis Service in a supportive feminist
organisation. We’re looking for a highly organised and self-motivated woman who is passionate about
ending violence against women. You’ll have a ‘can-do’ approach and demonstrable commitment to
nia’s feminist approach to supporting women and girls.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and minoritised women, young women with
lived experience and those who have experience of accessing services as a young woman/child.

To apply, visit our website www.niaendingviolence.org.uk and download a job profile and application
pack. CV’s will not be accepted. Applications can be returned via email to
administrator@niaendingviolence.org.uk.

Closing date: 10am, 6th May 2025
Interview date: 16th May 2025

The post is subject to an enhanced vetting and barring check and open to women only. Genuine Occupational Requirement
(GOR), Schedule 9 (Work; Exceptions), Part 1 (Occupational Requirements), of the Equality Act (2010) applies.