East London Rape Crisis Women and Girls Counsellor

nia has been delivering services to women, girls and children who have experienced domestic and sexual violence since 1975. The organisation has three main aims: to provide services for women, girls and children who have experienced men’s violence; contributing to ending male violence against women and girls, and to inform and influence policy and public awareness.

nia is a professionally approved member of Rape Crisis England and Wales; an umbrella organisation supporting Rape Crisis Centres across the country. Rape Crisis is completely independent of the government and the criminal justice system.

East London Rape Crisis provides free, confidential specialist support for women and girls aged 11 years old+ who have been raped or experienced any other form of sexual violence or abuse at any time in their lives, regardless of whether or not they have reported to the police.

We offer confidential and independent support. Services include advocacy, emotional and practical support, one-to-one counselling and group work.

The service is provided across Barking & Dagenham, Hackney, Havering, Redbridge, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.

We are seeking to recruit to the following post:

Job Title: East London Rape Crisis Women and Girls Counsellor
Job Ref: 206
Hours: 14 hours per week including 1 evening per week
Salary: [£12,600 – £14,000 (FTE £31,500 – £35,000 depending on experience
Team: East London Rape Crisis Therapeutic Team
Location: East London (Current office locations include Islington, Dagenham Heathway and Waltham Forest. We have further satellite counselling hubs across East London. We offer a hybrid working approach combined of office, outreach and home working)
Term: This post is funded until March 2028

In the role of ELRC Women and Girls Counsellor, you will provide one to one counselling to female survivors aged 16+ who have been subjected to sexual violence. This role will have a focus on supporting survivors who have been subjected to group-based Childhood Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, and whose criminal justice cases have been reopened under Operation Beaconport/Pintar. You will work as part of a growing feminist Rape Crisis service that is developing to meet the needs of women and girls. Counselling is delivered face to face, online and via the phone.

We are looking for a counsellor who can provide a commitment of 14 hours a week of counselling services, including one evening per week.

We’re looking for highly organised and self-motivated women who are passionate about ending violence against women. You’ll have a ‘can-do’ approach and demonstrable commitment to nia’s feminist approach to supporting women and girls. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minoritised women.

Closing Date: 10am, 13th April, 2026 Interview date: 21st April, 2026

You can apply by:

• Submitting your application via the online form below,
• Emailing your completed application to: recruitment@niaendingviolence.org.uk,
• Posting your application in a sealed envelope marked “Private & Confidential” to Rachel Evans, nia, P.O Box 58203, London, N1 3XP.

CVs will not be accepted

We select candidates for interview by comparing the experience, skills and attributes that you demonstrate to those we have identified in the person specification in the job profile. We also want women who show that they have thought seriously about what we’re looking for in the potential post-holder and the commitment that we required. Therefore,

we will not be able to shortlist you on the basis of a C.V.

The post is subject to an enhanced vetting and barring check and open to women only. Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR), Schedule 9 (Work; Exceptions), Part 1 (Occupational Requirements), of the Equality Act (2010) applies.

Hours:14 hours per week including 1 evening per week

Term:Funded until March 2028

Location:East London