SV Alliance Lived Experience / Co-Production Co-ordinator

SARSAS is recruiting an experienced and passionate Lived Experience / Co-production Co-ordinator to work within the Sexual Violence Alliance (SV Alliance). The Alliance brings together The Bridge (SARC), SARSAS, The Southmead Project and Womankind to improve access to, and quality of, services for adult survivors of rape and sexual assault across Avon and Somerset Constabulary area.

Salary: £31,500 (FTE)
Hours: 18 hours per week
Location: Bristol (with some travel across Avon and Somerset) Minimum of one day in the office, up to 2 days per week working from home – to be discussed.
Contract: Permanent
Pension: 5% employer pension contribution
Annual leave: 27 days plus bank holidays per year (FTE)

Closing Date: midnight on Sunday 1 February 2026.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

About the role

This role builds on the work of the Pathfinder Project, commissioned in 2022 to improve therapeutic provision for adults who have experienced sexual violence at any point in their lives. The project culminated in the Improving Access to Services report, which identified priority areas for service development, strengthened pathways and wider system change.

The Lived Experience / Co-production Co-ordinator will lead and embed co-production across the SV Alliance, ensuring that the voices and expertise of people with lived experience meaningfully shape service design, delivery and system improvement.

About you

You are passionate about the power of lived experience and committed to meaningful, ethical co-production. You have a strong understanding of the impact of sexual violence and bring a trauma-informed, compassionate and strengths-based approach to your work.

You are proactive, well organised and adaptable, able to work confidently on your own initiative and take responsibility for driving work forward. You are comfortable coordinating complex activity, setting priorities and maintaining momentum.

You place inclusivity at the heart of your work and are committed to ensuring co-production is accessible, equitable and reflective of diverse experiences, particularly those from underrepresented communities. You build trusting, respectful, inclusive spaces for people with lived experience, individuals feel valued and supported.

You are confident working with multiple organisations and stakeholders. You are motivated by collaboration, learning and continuous improvement. You are committed to ensuring survivor voices meaningfully influence service design, delivery and wider systems change.

About SARSAS

SARSAS exists to relieve the trauma and distress, and help rebuild the lives, of survivors who live in Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and BANES, who have experienced any form of sexual violence, at any point in their lives.

SARSAS also campaigns and raises awareness about rape and sexual violence to change the narrative about sexual violence and enable survivor’s voices to be heard. Partnership work with a range of agencies locally and nationally is a priority to enable social change.

SARSAS works to feminist principles: this underpins both what our service is and how it is run. Our work is guided by a trauma-informed approach which understands how traumatic experiences can impact on survivors and keeps an awareness of the effects of trauma at the forefront of our approach to support.

Equity, diversity, and inclusion

At SARSAS we strive to create a workplace that reflect the communities we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work. We want to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates diverse voices. We actively encourage applicants with protected characteristics to apply.

We are committed to taking an inclusive approach to recruitment and selection whilst ensuring there is no discrimination in our processes and that our team and prospective employees are treated fairly, with respect and without bias. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can be made to accommodate additional requirements. Applicants are encouraged to highlight any specific adjustments needed to enable participation in the recruitment process.

For more information contact recruitment@sarsas.org.uk or call 0117 929 9556.

How to apply

Download and read the job description and person specification

Download and complete the application form

Closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 1 February 2026

Interviews will be held between Monday 16 and Friday 20 February 2026.

Interviews will be held in person in our Bristol office but please indicate in your application if this is not possible so we can consider an alternative.

If you have any questions, please contact recruitment@sarsas.org.uk or ring our Bristol office on 0117 929 9556 and speak to Laura Fitzgerald, HR Administrator.