The Nia project

Who we are

nia's staff are what allows us to help women and children escape from and move on after gender based violence. nia staff help women change their lives. If you want to be part of this, if you're committed to delivering high quality cutting edge services to end violence against women and children, then you might be the sort or person that we are looking for.

Our culture and values

We all feel strongly about working for an organisation that has feminist values and principles, we challenge social and political issues together. nia’s ethos unites all the staff.

nia is a feminist organisation that delivers a range of services to women, girls and children who have been subjected to sexual and domestic violence and abuse, including prostitution. Consequently, the organisation does not employ men.

The nia project has exemption under the Sex Discrimination Act 1976 (Section (2) please refer to 1.3, Genuine Occupational Qualifications).

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

nia aims to recruit the best possible women to provide, manage and administer our services.

nia believes that our service benefits from diversity, and that this allows the contribution of the broadest possible range of ideas and experiences. 

nia is an organisation which promotes equalities principles and reflects and embraces workforce diversity.

nia supports and encourages employees to maximise their full potential as members of a valued and effective team.

nia delivers regular, structured in-house equalities and diversity training to raise awareness and promote individual and team responsibility on equalities issues.

nia ensures regular consultation with employees, volunteers and trustees to review work practices and feed in to nia’s Strategic Plan.