Work With Us

Our remarkable team is made up of inspiring Black femmes. If safe space could be personified, its soul would resemble each and every one of these women. Are you ready to join the SANA family?

Work at The SANA

We are always looking for creative, audacious, passionate and committed Black femmes with a wide range of skills to join our teams — from frontline work to operations, fundraising and development and HR.

Our vision is to have a workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve; therefore, we actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

We're a small but mighty team of passionate people who want to end violence against women and girls for good. It's a huge and often tiring task, so we put self-care and wellbeing at the centre of our work to ensure that we're in the best place possible to take on the challenge.

Interested in joining the HERSANA team? See our current vacancies and further info below.

Sharon

“Working for HERSANA has been a true blessing. Not only have I felt supported in my professional development since I started with the organisation. I have also experienced a sense of peace going in to work each day knowing that I would not have to deal with micro-aggressions or "unconscious biases" from other members of staff within the organisation. I just truly love working for HERSANA as I finally feel understood and acknowledged as a Black woman in my workplace.“

Sharon Training & Engagement Lead

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits which can be viewed below

Pension

Pensions, with a 5% employer contribution.

Learning & Development

A key part of our People Strategy is to continue to develop and enhance the learning experience during your time at HERSANA, and we are proud to offer many learning opportunities. We'll contribute towards books, training courses and conferences that help you learn and grow in your role here.

Holiday

We provide 25 days holiday per annum (pro rata), plus UK public holidays and we encourage you to use them all up! In addition to this, the HERSANA office closes for a two-week period over Christmas and New Year. This won't be deducted from your annual leave allowance.

Clinical Supervision

To protect and preserve the wellbeing of our team, all staff and volunteers are provided with regular clinical supervision sessions with an appropriately trained and accredited therapist, who works outside of the line management structure.

Employee Assistance Programme

We provide our team with access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) delivered by WPA.

An EAP is a confidential employee benefit designed to help you deal with personal and professional problems that could be affecting your home life or work life, health, and general wellbeing.

Wellbeing

We'll contribute towards the things that help you be the best you.

We also recognise that there are times when a day off is needed. This may be to support your mental health, because you’ve got your period or to care for a family member or pet. All staff are entitled to an additional 3 days to support these ‘Time Out’ moments.

Health Plan

In addition to this, all staff have access to a health cash plan which includes the following benefits:

  • Cash towards dental and optical bills
  • Support with GP services including vaccinations and prescription charges
  • Remote services including an Employee Assistance Programme and access to a remote GP
  • The inclusion of existing health conditions
  • The inclusion of children under the age of 16
  • Easy to manage through an app
Flexible Working

We will always consider requests for flexible working on hiring. For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible:

  • flexible hours
  • an element of working from home
  • compressed hours

Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

Roles Available

We are always looking for creative, audacious, passionate and committed Black femmes to join our team.

Our current vacancies are listed below.

Outreach and Engagement Officer - £27,500 - £29,000

As an Outreach & Engagement Officer, covering the dedicated region, you will engage organisations and upskill professionals that work with women and girls on the topic of Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Gender-based Violence (GBV). You will find creative ways of engaging Black femmes who have experienced or are at risk of experiencing Harmful Practices and support them in accessing long-term specialist services.

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Independent Gender-based Violence Advocate - £27,000 - £30,500

As an experienced IDVA or ISVA you will work within a dynamic, fast paced, crisis intervention, advocacy and support service to ensure the voice of Black femme survivors informs every stage of the process. Working as part of a team you will support a range of clients, making proactive contact and providing high quality advocacy and support which is led by client needs and risk assessments. We have a strong commitment to community and partnership working which means you may also have the opportunity to get involved in delivering training and outreach work. 

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Sessional Therapist

You will be joining a newly developed and growing team of creative and transformative therapists at HERSANA.

  • You will provide individual therapy online to our service users.

  • You will be highly organised, self-motivated, and passionate about ending gender-based violence and creating safe spaces for survivors.

  • You will have a "can-do" approach and demonstrable commitment to HERSANA's feminist approach to supporting Black women and girls to be safer.

  • You will receive training and support for this role, as necessary.

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Partnerships

Working in partnership is central to our approach to providing a comprehensive range of specialist support to meet the needs of Black women and girls. Our partnerships work to empower Black femmes and to help create safe spaces with them in mind and at the forefront.

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Projects For Change

Our projects and portfolio reflect our unwavering commitment to supporting and empowering Black and Black mixed heritage femmes who have experienced gender-based violence. 

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Our Story

HERSANA CIC (formerly known as The ASKFirst Campaign) was founded in 2016 by survivor and Black feminist, Christabel Yeboah, to raise awareness around rape culture and advocate for survivors of sexual violence.

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