
Recruiting: Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA)
We are looking for TWO new ISVA's to join our team.
1x post is a fixed term of 1 year
1x post is Maternity leave cover – provisional term until February 2026.
We have two roles available within our ISVA team. The ISVA’s role is to provide emotional support, information and practical advocacy support to adult survivors of sexual violence (of any gender) through primarily the criminal justice process.
They will provide a safe and trauma-informed response to their clients, ensuring that they understand their rights and the options open to them. Though their support is principally focused on the criminal justice system, ISVAs will link clients in with additional support from other agencies to ensure that all their identified support needs are met.
A combination of home-based working and working from our offices in Brighton and/or Eastbourne, with occasional work across Sussex.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and is only open to women applicants, as being a woman is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9 pt 1 of the Equality Act 2010. This means the role is open to women assigned female at birth or trans women with a Gender Recognition Certificate.
We recognise the positive value of diversity, promoting equity and celebrating inclusion.
Hours: 30 hours per week – both posts
SALARY: SP23-25 – (£30,016 – £32,003) pro-rata
The closing date for applications is 9 am on 17th February 2025
Interviews will be held on the 24th and 26th of February 2025 online
Please find attached:
Please complete the application form and equality form by email to admin@survivorsnetwork.org.uk. We do not accept CVs.
Contact us:
For more information or an informal chat about this post please contact helen@survivorsnetwork.org.uk
Survivors’ Network aims to be inclusive of all people and their intersecting identities. We want to build a workforce that is reflective of our diverse society and provide services that are survivor-centred and accessible for all.
We want to work somewhere that gives us the freedom and flexibility to be ourselves, which recognises the great value in our differences and supports us to succeed based on our individual strengths.
As a community and a staff team, we know that this is not something that can be achieved overnight but is rather an ongoing practice of reflection, learning and action. As part of this action, we particularly welcome applications from self-identifying women from communities that are currently underrepresented in our team and the sector more broadly, including those who are:
- over 45 years old
- disabled
- from Black, Asian and marginalised ethnic communities
- lesbian, bisexual and/or trans