Direct Intervention Service Manager
| Posting date: | 01 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £34,500 to £38,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Employer contribution of 3% of your earnings |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 July 2025 |
| Location: | Liverpool |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Savera UK |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Join Savera UK
Are you passionate about making a difference and being part of a thriving and growing team, at a specialist charitable organisation working to end ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and harmful practices? Join us as the Direct Intervention Team Manager (women applicants only), where you will play a pivotal role in leading and developing the overall delivery of Savera UK’s Direct Intervention service.
This is a diverse and dynamic role, where you will be dealing with challenging and complex subject matters. You will be expected to build on your existing knowledge of, or passion for, human rights, by proactively developing a deep understanding of the multi-layered and ever-changing nature of our work.
You will be part of a small and very supportive, highly expert, and effective team, who work at pace without compromising on quality or attention to detail.
You will also become the custodian of our carefully developed brand, which possesses qualities of authenticity, power, and challenge. This is an exciting time to join Savera UK as we embark on a journey to amplify our message and drive change.
About Savera UK
Savera UK is a registered charity (No 1145464). Savera UK is working to end ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and all harmful practices, through direct intervention, safeguarding, advocacy, education, engagement, awareness-raising and campaigning for policy, attitude and behaviour change.
Job Description
Contract: Full-time, subject to funding
Salary: £34,500-£38,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Accountable to: CEO
Savera UK provide all staff with:
Holiday: 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
Training and Development: Savera UK provides training and development opportunities
Wellbeing: External supervision and other wellbeing opportunities
Pension: Employer contribution of 3% gross of employment
As an occupational requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010, the post holder must be female under the Sex Discrimination Act, 1975 Part 7 to meet the needs of the majority of our service users.
Primary purpose of job:
As the service manager you will manage all aspects of the Direct Intervention (DI) service and manage its team to deliver high quality and expert interventions and a person-centred approach to those at risk of ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and harmful practices. You will have responsibility for students on placement and volunteers with the DI service, and will create an environment that is safe for our clients, staff and volunteers.
You will be required to maintain current partnerships and build future partnerships where relevant to the DI service and the organisation across professionals. You will work closely with the internal Savera UK team to develop and translate our ambitious plans into reality.
How to apply
For a full Job Description and Person Specification, please visit the Savera UK website (https://www.saverauk.co.uk/work-for-us/)
Savera UK will consider applications from candidates who have comparable qualifications and experience for the role advertised. Please send a CV and covering letter, outlining your suitability for the post, and complete the equal opportunities monitoring form.
Applications that don’t include a covering letter, as specified, will be automatically rejected.
Following receiving your CV and covering letter, Savera UK may ask you to complete a further application form, to help us gather further information. Please ensure that your covering letter clearly relates to the essential specifications required for the role, as detailed in the Job Description.
Closing date for applications: 5pm Friday 11thth July 2025
The recruitment process will be in two stages:
- If you are shortlisted, Savera UK will be in contact to arrange an informal 20-minute chat about the role and your interest in it.
- Savera UK will then invite candidates who progress to the second stage to an in-person interview. This will comprise of competency questions and a task on which they will be asked to present back to the interview panel. Candidates will be provided with information for the task ahead of the interview.
In-person interviews are expected to take place the w/c 28th July 2025. Please inform Savera UK, when you apply, if there are any dates in that week when you cannot attend.
All applications will be treated in strictest confidence. For any enquires, and to send your CV, covering letter and equal opportunities form, please contact Jenny at recruitment@saverauk.co.uk .
Are you passionate about making a difference and being part of a thriving and growing team, at a specialist charitable organisation working to end ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and harmful practices? Join us as the Direct Intervention Team Manager (women applicants only), where you will play a pivotal role in leading and developing the overall delivery of Savera UK’s Direct Intervention service.
This is a diverse and dynamic role, where you will be dealing with challenging and complex subject matters. You will be expected to build on your existing knowledge of, or passion for, human rights, by proactively developing a deep understanding of the multi-layered and ever-changing nature of our work.
You will be part of a small and very supportive, highly expert, and effective team, who work at pace without compromising on quality or attention to detail.
You will also become the custodian of our carefully developed brand, which possesses qualities of authenticity, power, and challenge. This is an exciting time to join Savera UK as we embark on a journey to amplify our message and drive change.
About Savera UK
Savera UK is a registered charity (No 1145464). Savera UK is working to end ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and all harmful practices, through direct intervention, safeguarding, advocacy, education, engagement, awareness-raising and campaigning for policy, attitude and behaviour change.
Job Description
Contract: Full-time, subject to funding
Salary: £34,500-£38,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Accountable to: CEO
Savera UK provide all staff with:
Holiday: 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
Training and Development: Savera UK provides training and development opportunities
Wellbeing: External supervision and other wellbeing opportunities
Pension: Employer contribution of 3% gross of employment
As an occupational requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010, the post holder must be female under the Sex Discrimination Act, 1975 Part 7 to meet the needs of the majority of our service users.
Primary purpose of job:
As the service manager you will manage all aspects of the Direct Intervention (DI) service and manage its team to deliver high quality and expert interventions and a person-centred approach to those at risk of ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and harmful practices. You will have responsibility for students on placement and volunteers with the DI service, and will create an environment that is safe for our clients, staff and volunteers.
You will be required to maintain current partnerships and build future partnerships where relevant to the DI service and the organisation across professionals. You will work closely with the internal Savera UK team to develop and translate our ambitious plans into reality.
How to apply
For a full Job Description and Person Specification, please visit the Savera UK website (https://www.saverauk.co.uk/work-for-us/)
Savera UK will consider applications from candidates who have comparable qualifications and experience for the role advertised. Please send a CV and covering letter, outlining your suitability for the post, and complete the equal opportunities monitoring form.
Applications that don’t include a covering letter, as specified, will be automatically rejected.
Following receiving your CV and covering letter, Savera UK may ask you to complete a further application form, to help us gather further information. Please ensure that your covering letter clearly relates to the essential specifications required for the role, as detailed in the Job Description.
Closing date for applications: 5pm Friday 11thth July 2025
The recruitment process will be in two stages:
- If you are shortlisted, Savera UK will be in contact to arrange an informal 20-minute chat about the role and your interest in it.
- Savera UK will then invite candidates who progress to the second stage to an in-person interview. This will comprise of competency questions and a task on which they will be asked to present back to the interview panel. Candidates will be provided with information for the task ahead of the interview.
In-person interviews are expected to take place the w/c 28th July 2025. Please inform Savera UK, when you apply, if there are any dates in that week when you cannot attend.
All applications will be treated in strictest confidence. For any enquires, and to send your CV, covering letter and equal opportunities form, please contact Jenny at recruitment@saverauk.co.uk .