Shakti is a feminist Black Minority Ethnic voluntary organisation which offers information, advocacy,
emotional/practical support and refuge/temporary accommodation to all Black Minority Ethnic women and their
children, who are experiencing or fleeing domestic abuse.
The post holder will ideally be a bilingual speaker in one of the BME community languages; preferably Hindi, Urdu,
Punjabi, Bengali, Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, Swahili, Hausa, Amharic, Yoruba and Igbo or other South Asian or
African or East Asian languages and have exceptional leadership and management skills to steer our strong,
committed, and skilled Housing Support and Advocacy team; strong communications, influencing and negotiating
skills; experience of working with Black Minority Ethnic (BME) communities. Must have sound knowledge and
understanding of equalities issues and the issues affecting BME women, children, and young people, understanding
of the legislative and cultural issues surrounding BME specific Gender-Based violence, domestic abuse,
honour-based abuse such as forced marriage and female genital mutilation, and their effects on Black Minority
Ethnic women, their children, and young people.