Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Manager

GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic professional to join Student Services at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in our newly created role of Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Manager.

Our student experience, learning, and teaching are all world leading. We are committed to ensuring a safe, supportive, and empowering environment where our students can thrive in their learning and craft. We aim to ensure the dignity, respect, and safety of our students through effective prevention and robust response to all forms of sexual misconduct, violence, and harassment.

The Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Manager role is a unique opportunity to establish and lead our sexual violence prevention and response service. This will be an exciting challenge for a dynamic and collaborative candidate to build a specialised community of practice for students and staff in an area of significant priority for UK higher education.

The role holder will work in partnership with staff and departments across Guildhall School, providing trauma-informed, individual, and impartial support to students who have experienced sexual misconduct, violence, and harassment. The role holder will lead the development and delivery of a range of policies, procedures, and training, to ensure regulatory compliance and sector best practice.

The role holder will ideally have experience of delivering individual support, advice, and guidance to adults who have experienced sexual violence. They will have specialist expertise and understanding of the impact of sexual violence. The role holder will also ideally possess an accredited Independent Sexual Violence Advisers (ISVA) qualification. We welcome applicants without this, but with demonstrable and relevant professional experience.

An enhanced DBS check is required.

About the School

The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is one of the world’s leading conservatoires and drama schools, offering musicians, actors, and production arts practitioners an inspiring environment in which to develop as creative arts professionals. Situated in the City of London, Guildhall School ranked in the top five institutions in the world for Music and Performing Arts in the QS World University Rankings 2024. We deliver world-class professional training in partnership with distinguished artists, companies, and ensembles.

A global leader in creative and professional practice, we promote innovation, experiment and research, and are also one of the UK’s leading providers of lifelong learning in the performing arts, offering inspiring training for children, young people, adult learners, and creative and business professionals.

Closing date: Monday 28 April 2025 at 12 noon.

Interviews will be held on week commencing 12 May 2025

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Alternatively, please contact 020 7332 3978 (24 hr answerphone) quoting reference number GSOO9193. A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732.

Guildhall School welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. We are particularly keen to encourage interest from people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+, Black, Asian, and other global majority backgrounds who are currently under-represented at Guildhall School. In recognising the positive value of diversity, we want to better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We are members of the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who would like to be considered under this scheme and who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. We support and provide adjustments for people with disabilities – if you have a disability and need help with the application process please contact us.

The Guildhall School is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk and expects all employees, workers, and volunteers to share this commitment.