Senior Communications Officer

About SafeLives

We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.

Last year alone, 14,000 professionals received our training. Over 80,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 100,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last six years, over 4,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that's just the start.

Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.

About the role

You will play a key role in strengthening SafeLives' public profile and credibility, ensuring our expertise and the voices of survivors shape the national conversation on domestic abuse.

This role will focus on press and media relations, strategic communications, and positioning SafeLives as a thought leader. You will build strong relationships with journalists, proactively secure media coverage, and identify high-impact opportunities for SafeLives to influence public debate. Through compelling storytelling, you will help ensure SafeLives' key messages reach the right audiences and drive meaningful change.

Working as part of the Communications and Marketing team, you will also support marketing and social media activity to promote SafeLives' training, fundraising, and practice consultancy work.

Hours: Part-time, 22.5 hours per week (3 days per week, ideally Tues, Wed, Thurs).

Contract: Permanent.

Location: Bristol/London/Remote (with some travel across UK. If remote, some travel to London and Bristol offices will be required).

Benefits

• 34 days' holiday incl. public holidays
• Flexible working e.g. compressed hours
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eye care vouchers
• Pension scheme with 4% employer contribution
• Childcare vouchers
• Employee assistance programme
• Clinical supervision
• Holiday purchase scheme to buy up to an additional 5 days
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Enhanced sick pay
• Professional development fund
• Individual learning budget
• Restorative practice training
• Time off in lieu

If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter and CV.

Closing date: 9.00am on 2nd April 2025.

SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all; please see our job description for full details.

No agencies, please.