Description
The Victim and Survivor Participation Manager will lead the day-to-day participation, facilitation and wraparound support model for the Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSAE) Victim and Survivor Advisory Panel.
The postholder will be responsible for ensuring that panel members are safeguarded, supported and able to participate confidently and meaningfully in government policy work.
Key responsibilities include:
- Safety, wellbeing and wraparound care: Lead the implementation of a safe, trauma-informed participation model for the panel, ensuring safeguarding, wellbeing and psychological safety are built into all aspects of panel activity.
- Trauma-informed Facilitation and Policy Engagement: Lead on a pipeline of panel engagement workstreams with government, working with the wider Victims' Commissioner's Office, Home Office and wider cross-government officials to identify where panel insight could add value.
- Governance: Oversee implementation of the panel's terms of reference, code of conduct, engagement principles and operating processes.
- System Leadership and Change: Strengthen cross-government practice by promoting learning, guidance and training on safe, meaningful and trauma-informed engagement with victims and survivors.
- Grant, Budget and Supplier Management: Lead on management of the panel grant agreement, ensuring delivery remains aligned with agreed objectives, deliverables, funding conditions and the accompanying MoU.
- Monitoring, evaluation and continuous improvement: Track delivery against agreed outcomes and KPIs, including engagement workstreams, member experience, policy influence, wellbeing and participation levels.
- Media handling and communications: Oversee development of panel-related communications, ensuring public-facing and stakeholder messages are accurate, sensitive and aligned with agreed positioning.
The role is offered on a 2-year temporary appointment with a salary of GBP 58,511 - 70,725 per year.