This is a key role in Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis Centre’s Core service that provides specific support services to girls and women. The role requires a strong commitment to anti-discriminatory and equality work and must demonstrate experience working directly with girls and women. The post holder will be comfortable and confident in representing the service externally across agencies. Experience and understanding of working within an organisation within a feminist, equality, and human rights framework is preferable for this role. Joining an already established team, this role will work for the Service Manager for the Project whilst also being accountable for maintaining and applying the values, principles and competencies for the role to the Director of the Centre. This role is possible due to finding received from Delivering Equally Safe.

Location: Glasgow City Centre Head Office and community bases in Glasgow, Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire, East Dunbartonshire, and West Dunbartonshire

All posts we recruit require a female applicant under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975.

Lanarkshire Rape Crisis Centre (LRCC); established in 2004, is an independent charity with the objective of relieving the distress and improving the welfare of women and girls who, at any time in their lives, have been subjected to any form of sexual violence. LRCC works collaboratively with 17 Rape Crisis Centres across Scotland who also adhere to National Service Standards.

Today we deliver on the following:

• Provide trauma informed therapeutic support to women and girls who have experienced rape and all forms of sexual violence (aged 12+) as well as their friends, family, partners and workers. We also provide crisis support options for male survivors and survivors of all gender identities.
• Provide advocacy support to those considering or engaging with the criminal justice process; there are 4 justice advocacy practitioner positions currently operating in Lanarkshire. The team manager provides induction, training and ongoing support to this post.
• Work in partnership with communities, partner agencies and other key stakeholders to improve understanding of gender-based violence, provide trauma informed responses to survivors of sexual violence and develop community level prevention initiatives
• Delivers prevention work with young people as part of the Rape Crisis Scotland National Prevention Programme. rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/prevention and specific prevention project work funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.

Background Information: National Advocacy Service

The National Advocacy Service is funded by the Scottish Government, with the fund being administered by Rape Crisis Scotland and delivered by local rape crisis centres. The service aims to provide support and advocacy to survivors who have engaged or are considering engaging with the criminal justice system following a sexual crime. You can read more about the National Advocacy project here rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/national-advocacy-project

The broad objectives are:

• An improvement in the support available to survivors of rape and serious sexual crime
• An improvement in the experience of the criminal justice process for survivors of rape and serious sexual crime
• The development of a better understanding of motivations whether or not to proceed within the criminal justice process, and what difference advocacy support makes to this decision.

The Centre is based in central Hamilton; however, justice advocacy practitioners spend parts of their working time in locations such as court buildings and police stations. This post is funded by the Scottish Government and is classed as maternity cover for a period of 10 months.

Purpose of the post:

The overall aim of this post is to provide support and justice advocacy to survivors who are engaged, or considering engaging, with the criminal justice system following an experience of sexual violence.

The Young Women’s Movement is Scotland's national organisation for young women and girls' leadership and rights: working collectively, leading meaningful change and creating a more equal society. Young women are at the heart of everything we do. Our movement is informed, shaped and led by and for young women and for over 100 years, we have been a collective force that has, and will continue to, change things for the better for all young women across Scotland.

Our Programme Worker will work directly with young women and girls to create safe spaces and equip them with skills and confidence to lead change on issues that matter to them, supporting them to amplify their voices in their communities and in decision-making spaces.

This role will support the planning and delivery of a wide range of programmes using a youth work approach, both in-person in schools, communities and further education settings and online and will work hard to extend our reach to even more young women and girls.

Reporting to: Learning & Engagement Lead

Everyone who works at Young Women’s Movement:

• Has equality at the heart of everything they do.
• Takes a participatory approach to our work. We are for young women and by young women.
• Builds communities of friendship and support networks, finding joy in our collective actions and connections.
• Understands the impact of challenging inequality on those most affected by it. We lead with kindness and empathy, putting collective wellbeing at the core of our organisation.
• Delivers our work with integrity and are proud of the work we do.
• Are bold and brave. We do not shy away from challenging the status quo and taking radical steps to make gender equality a reality in Scotland.

If this sounds like you, please consider applying for our Programme Worker role. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and levels of experience. If you have any questions or if we can support your application process, please contact hello@youngwomenscot.org

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and levels of experience.

Why you should want to work with us?

• We operate a 4-day working week, which means full time is 28 hours
• Our annual leave entitlement is 22.5 days a year, including public holidays
• We are committed to supporting staff development through training and coaching opportunities
• Supportive, collaborative and feminist team and board

Location: Flexible / Hybrid (Glasgow and Edinburgh based). Outreach to locations if/as required. Due to the needs of our service delivery this is an in-person, on-location role.

Amina Muslim Women's Resource Centre (Amina MWRC) is an intersectional organisation, by and for women, dedicated to empowering Muslim and Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) women in Scotland by giving them opportunities to have their voices heard and to improve their skills and become more confident in participating in their own communities and at a wider level.

Founded in 2001 on the principles of community development, our work is underpinned by community empowerment, participation and partnership working. Amina MWRC envisions an inclusive world where Muslim and BME women fulfil their aspirations, striving for inclusivity and societal fairness.

Job Role

The role aims to increase the employability prospects of Muslim, Black & Minority Ethnic (BME) women. The Employability Project Officer will engage with, empower, and support Muslim and BME women of all backgrounds, skills, and abilities via provision of our holistic, tailored employability support service.

Muslim and BME women face additional barriers to work and so a flexible and creative approach will be required. As well as individual action planning, the Officer will support individuals with job search, CV building, job applications and interview techniques.