Are you passionate about ensuring survivors’ voices are heard, their experiences shape meaningful change and safeguarding remains at the heart of service delivery?

Role: Safeguarding & Survivor Engagement Coordinator
Location: Remote, with occasional travel to London and across the UK by arrangement
Salary: £35,700 per annum, plus 6% pension contribution
Hours: 37 hours per week (full-time)
Contract: Fixed term until 31 March 2028( possibility of extension subject to funding)
Responsible to: ILA Programme Manager
Annual leave: 25 days per annum plus statutory Bank Holidays

This role is restricted to applicants who are female. This is a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) in accordance with Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Rape Crisis England & Wales (RCEW) is the national campaigns and membership body for a network of independent, specialist Rape Crisis Centres who provide trauma-informed support to survivors of sexual violence and abuse. RCEW works to influence policy and practice, strengthen specialist services and ensure survivors’ voices are heard.
Defour Partnership is proud to work in partnership with RCEW to support with the recruitment of a Safeguarding & Survivor Engagement Coordinator.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the development of a groundbreaking new Independent Legal Advice (ILA) service, delivered in partnership with the Centre for Women’s Justice and Victim Support and funded by the Ministry of Justice.
The service will provide independent legal advice to adult survivors of sexual violence and abuse who have reported offences to the police in England and Wales.
We are looking for a thoughtful, experienced and committed professional who can lead on safeguarding and meaningful survivor engagement, ensuring the new service is safe, accessible and shaped by the people it exists to support.

About the role

You will lead survivor engagement and safeguarding within the new Independent Legal Advice service, ensuring survivors’ experiences meaningfully influence how the service is developed and delivered.
You will establish and facilitate a Survivor Reference Group, develop effective feedback processes and ensure learning contributes to service improvements.

Acting as RCEW’s Designated Safeguarding Lead for the service, you will oversee safeguarding concerns and work closely with colleagues and partner organisations to promote safe, trauma-informed practice.
You will also build relationships with external organisations to ensure survivors from marginalised and underserved communities have opportunities to be heard.

About you

• We are looking for an experienced professional with a strong background in survivor engagement, safeguarding and trauma-informed practice, ideally within the VAWG sector or a related field.
• You will have experience of leading lived experience engagement, working with marginalised communities and managing adult and child safeguarding responsibilities.
• An excellent communicator and facilitator, you will be confident building trusted relationships, gathering meaningful feedback and translating insights into service improvements.
• Above all, you will be compassionate, organised and committed to inclusive, survivor-centred practice, sharing RCEW’s values and feminist ethos.

Why Join?

• Opportunity to help shape a groundbreaking national Independent Legal Advice service for survivors of sexual violence and abuse.
• Meaningful role ensuring survivors’ experiences directly influence service development and delivery.
• Opportunity to work alongside specialist organisations and professionals committed to improving outcomes for survivors.
• Flexible remote working, with occasional travel.
• Values-driven culture focused on collaboration, inclusion and trauma-informed practice.
• Secondment opportunities will be considered.

How to Apply

• All applications are being coordinated by Defour Partnership.
• Please submit your CV and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role.
• A Job Description is available, please click below.
• Closing date: Monday 9th November at 12 noon.
• Interviews: 17th or 18th November 2026

Be part of something transformative! Apply today.