Savera UK – ILM Community Engagement Officer
Savera UK is dedicated to tackling domestic abuse within BME communities on Merseysideand across the UK. We deliver training for the third and public sectors as well as engaging with communities in tackling issues around honour based violence and forced marriage. Savera UK maintains a helpline and provides advice, information, support and signposting for victims. We work in partnership with services in particular Merseyside police in campaigning and raising awareness within communities.
Savera UK provides:
- Confidential, culturally sensitive advice and support for individuals
- Awareness raising for the community
- Advice and information for professional and practitioners
- Protocols, policy and development agencies
- Public speaking and communication in seminars and conferences, locally, nationally and internationally
In December 2016, Savera were successful in securing Big Lottery funding as part of the Womens and Girls Initiative. As part of the delivery of this contract Savera UK receive referrals from the Local Authority, Merseyside Police and womens groups and directly support high risk women from Liverpool via a 1:2:1 casework model.
There is huge demand for our services and as such we would like to recruit two new members of ILM trainee members of staff.
We would like to recruit a ‘ILM’Community Engagement Officer. ILM vacancies are created to offer opportunities to Merseyside residents, age 16-29, who are not currently in education, training or employment. These roles are created by organisations that need to expand and would benefit from the addition of ‘trainee’ employees within their organisation. These roles receive an element of funding via the ESF ways to work programme.
The role:
With support, we would like our new trainee Community Engagement Officer to help to engage with our local community and other partnership providers.
Following training you will:
- Identify local events or drop in’s that Savera can attend to raise the profile of the organisation across Merseyside and Cheshire.
- Represent the charity at events, presentations and networking opportunities - (this may include evening and weekend work).
- Identify any possible partnership working with local agencies, charities, schools etc, which would raise the profile of Savera and the work we do
- Assist and deliver community engagement / awareness raising sessions in schools, identifying “young people” champions
- Working with young people on raising the profile of Savera
- Provide a high quality, professional response to phone, mail and email requests.
General tasks
• Provide general administrative assistance for Savera UK. This will include data inputting, drafting letters, photocopying and filing and carrying out research
• Promote the work and image of the organisation at all times, providing an efficient and courteous service to its users, visitors and callers
• Carry out duties with full regard to Savera UK’s equal opportunities policy
• Participate in staff training and development activities as required
• Carry out any other duties commensurate with the post as required
These roles are funded via Liverpool City Council for a period (usually 6 months).To meet the criteria of this scheme you need to be aged 16-29, not currently in education, training or employment and a resident of either Liverpool City, The Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, Halton or St Helens.
Please respond by sending your CV’s to
Closing date is 1st December 2017.
With interviews to take place on Tuesday 5th December 2017.