IKWRO provides a wide range of services for women and children who have experienced gender violence. These include information, advice, casework and advocacy.
The following vacancy is available and is funded by the Tudor Trust:
Advice coordinator (Female)
Full Time (35hrs/week) including some evenings and weekends
Starting Salary: £26,277 (NJC 29-31)
To have experience to coordinate frontline support services in providing information, advice, casework and advocacy services for Middle Eastern women at risk of “honour” killings, forced marriage and domestic violence.
Excellent understanding of the issues facing Middle Eastern refugees and migrant women living in the UK is required, together with fluency in English with ability to converse in at least two of the Farsi, Kurdish and Arabic languages.
For application pack, please either write to: IKWRO, 90 Central Street, London EC1V 8AQ, or email. An application pack can be downloaded from http://www.ikwro.org.uk (Reference: IKWRO-ACO/01/2008) but only hard copy signed applications can be considered.
Closing date for applications: 20th February 2008
The invitation for interview will be by post.
Interviews will take place on: 29th February 2008
Section 7(2) (e) Sex Discrimination Act 1975 applies.
IKWRO is also supported by: City Parochial Foundation, Local network Found, London Borough of Islington, Capital Community Foundation
Registered Charity no. 1104550
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