Community Outreach and Professional Training Coordinator

Between Friends • Chicago, IL

21h • Hybrid

About The Position

Between Friends envisions a community without domestic violence (DV) where equality, safety, and justice exist for all, providing a safe, violence-free, supportive, self-help environment for individuals and families in crisis. Their counselors empower individuals to make their own decisions and choices. Between Friends helps survivors and children recognize that their experience is shared and that domestic violence is a social and political problem. The organization offers Community and Professional Education Programs for Adult Audiences, including extensive training within the healthcare field, and is an ICDVP approved site for 40-hour domestic violence training and CEU training. They also provide domestic violence training to salon professionals and work with professionals from diverse fields like first responders, legal system officials, educators, business, and government to raise awareness and build a strong constituency for ending domestic violence. Additionally, they connect community organizations, youth coalitions, mutual aid societies, elected officials, parents, clergy, and community members to services and training. For Youth Audiences, the REACH Program engages 6th through 12th-grade youth in Chicago Public Schools classrooms to examine issues including empathy, consent, boundaries, and conflict resolution in relationships, and how to access information and services. This position is a member of Between Friends’ Prevention and Education (PE) Team, which includes a Prevention and Education Manager (youth audiences), a Community and Professional Training Manager (adult audiences), and several Prevention Educators (REACH Program). The Community Outreach and Professional Training Coordinator reports to the Community and Professional Training Manager and/or Director of Prevention and Community Education. The coordinator is responsible for planning, delivering, and overseeing all programming for adult audiences. This includes planning, developing, and facilitating community education workshops for adults within Chicago public schools that host REACH teams (parents/caregivers, neighbors, coaches, LSC members, other community-based constituencies), co-facilitating the REACH program if needed, planning, developing, and facilitating community education and awareness events and training in community settings, cultivating meaningful relationships with stakeholders, developing and honoring agreements with community partners, and planning and facilitating Between Friends’ 40-hour domestic violence training.

Requirements

• Attainment of the Illinois Certified Domestic Violence Professional credential is required upon hire or within one year of hire.
• Willingness to complete 40-Hour Training immediately upon hire (if not already certified).
• Teaching or public speaking experience is required.
• Fluency in Spanish and English is required.
• Access to some form of reliable transportation is required.

Nice To Haves

• A Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Sociology, Women and Gender Studies, or another related field is preferred.
• 40-Hour Domestic Violence Training Certificate preferred.
• Program development experience is preferred.
• Direct service experience with domestic violence survivors is highly preferred.
• Experience working in a healthcare setting or community service agency is preferred.
• Possessing skills related to coordination, implementation, and evaluation of capacity-building programs is highly preferred.
• Technology experience with word processing, publication design, spreadsheet use, and virtual meeting platforms is highly preferred.
• Access to a car is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine the protocols, policies, and programs our community partners are using to work with domestic violence survivors.
• Respond, on an ongoing basis, to questions or concerns expressed by allied professionals and community members, regarding crisis intervention, advocacy, information, and referrals for those experiencing harm.
• Develop and distribute educational materials to community partners - intended to raise awareness about domestic violence and provide information about a survivor’s rights and the resources available to them.
• Closely work with the REACH Team to initiate and maintain professional relationships with CPS parents and staff and creating opportunities for training, collaboration, and ongoing communication - to encourage engagement and continued involvement.
• Coordinate, schedule and facilitate workshops for adult audiences. These workshops will address various issues concerning domestic abuse and provide guidance about how to effectively identify and support someone experiencing harm in a relationship.
• Collaborate with the PE Team and other program departments to schedule domestic violence and teen dating violence prevention workshops.
• Plan and facilitate 40-hour domestic violence training for Between Friends staff/interns and other DV professionals.
• Facilitate training sessions.
• Create a training schedule.
• Work with community partners to identify an available training room to accommodate 20 hours of the training.
• Set up zoom links and event registration pages.
• Contact and schedule professional speakers for various topic areas.
• Collaborate with the PE team to schedule staff coverage.
• Prepare and process participant information and payment.
• Develop and implement an evaluation process for speakers and participants.
• Complete monthly and quarterly reports from the Community Outreach and Education Program.
• Maintain records and reporting relevant statistical information on all violence prevention and education activities related to community education.
• Evaluate programs and services by creating and tracking relevant outcome measures and monitoring the results.
• Oversee the evaluation of all community education programming, and entering outcomes data into tracking systems when applicable.
• Staff the crisis line on an as needed basis.
• Update job knowledge by participating in professional development, reading relevant articles, and joining coalitions and committees related to violence prevention, healthcare, domestic violence, and community education.
• Attend and actively participate in required professional development programs.
• Participate in agency events as needed.
• Perform and complete other duties as assigned.
• Attend and actively participate in departmental and staff meetings.
• Protect the agency’s organizational values by keeping information confidential.

Benefits

• Annual salary is in the range of $48,000-$55,000 - salary negotiable based on experience.
• Comprehensive benefits package (with some employee contributions) including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 24 days of paid time off which is accrued during the first year of employment.
• 11 paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees