Domestic Abuse Coproduction Facilitator

What will you be doing?

Job Opportunity: Coproduction Facilitator (Domestic Abuse) – Female Only 

This role is subject to an occupational requirement for the postholder to be female, and therefore applications for this role are limited to females accordingly.

This is a requirement for the role as domestic abuse is recognised as a highly gendered issue, and the successful candidate will play a crucial role working with survivors in gender specific and, or gender limited settings, such as women-only support groups and, or spaces. 

Are you passionate about making services better for people subjected to domestic abuse?
 Do you have lived experience of domestic abuse and want to use your voice to help others?

We are looking for a female Coproduction Facilitator to help improve services for people who have experienced domestic abuse. You don’t need to have worked in a council or office before — we’re looking for someone who understands what it’s like and wants to make a difference.

What you’ll do:

• Work with people who have experienced domestic abuse to gather their views.
• Help make sure their voices are heard by people who run services.
• Build trusted relationships with people from all walks of life.
• Speak up for what needs to change to make services better.
• Talk to senior staff in councils and other organisations to share ideas and feedback.

About you

What we’re looking for:

• A woman with lived experience of domestic abuse.
• Someone who can listen and communicate clearly.
• Someone who cares about helping others and improving services.
• Someone who can work well with different people, including professionals.
• You don’t need formal qualifications — your experience and passion are what matter most.

Support and training:

We will provide training and support to help you feel confident in the role. You’ll be part of a team that values your experience and wants to help you grow.

Interviews will be in person on the 16th or 18^th September at Scott House 5, George Street Huntingdon PE293AD

If you have any questions about the role please contact Marie Ludlam on 07769366202 or email marie.ludlam@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

For more information about Changing Futures please have a look at our website.

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off.   We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered.  We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. 

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers