Advocate

Advocate (Housing)

Job title: Advocate (Housing)

Reports to: Housing Lead

Direct reports: N/A

Start date: ASAP

Salary: £31,173 per annum (inclusive of £3,990 Southeast weighting)

Working hours: Full time – 35 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Location: Hybrid with some onsite work within the Lambeth Borough

We have two positions available for this vacancy
 

This role will be based at our Lambeth Women’s Centre in South London, delivering specialist housing support to women impacted by the criminal justice system in both prison and community settings.
 

Key Responsibility Areas
 

• To deliver an effective accommodation intervention for women impacted by the criminal justice system.
• To develop effective relationships with key stakeholders, such as housing departments, probation, prison, to ensure a collaborative approach to women’s accommodation needs.
• To provide expert advice and support to colleagues, including upskilling through information and training sessions.
• To work with colleagues to take a system change approach to tackling key issues, such as housing, for women affected by the criminal justice system.

Please download recruitment pack for the full job description
 

Apply below

Application is by way of CV with cover letter that should set out your motivations for applying and how your work experience to date meets the scope of the responsibilities. As a general guide, your Supporting Statement should be around two sides of A4.

Closing date: 14 October 2026

First interviews: TBC

To recruit the most appropriate candidate, a number of pre-employment due diligence checks will be undertaken in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. These checks will help determine the character and suitability of the individual to carry out this particular role.

Accessibility
 

If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, including accessing a copy of the recruitment pack in large print or an alternative format, please contact recruitment@wipuk.org

We are happy to invest in developing the right person, so you are welcome to apply even if your professional experience does not fully meet the job description or person specification.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and minoritised women, and women who have personal experience of the criminal justice system. 

In line with legal requirements and the nature of our work, this role:
 

• Is restricted to women only as a genuine occupational requirement
• Requires the right to work in the UK
• Is subject to an Enhanced and Adult Barred List DBS check.
• Requires that the post holder is not automatically disqualified by (or can obtain a waiver from) the Charity Commission

Benefits

Annual leave: 30 days plus bank holidays for full time pro-rata. In addition, the office closes for 3 days between Christmas and New Year.

Pension scheme: WIP provides an auto enrolment pension scheme with 5% contributions from the employer and 3% from the employee

Notes

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