Sexual Violence Prevention Educator

University of British Columbia•Kelowna, BC

1d•CA$7,852 - CA$12,243•Onsite

About The Position

The Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office is a confidential place for those who have been impacted by sexual or gender based violence, harassment or harm. Our response services include both individual and group support and advocacy. SVPRO also has a multi-faceted educational program (i.e, outreach, event planning, panel participation, presentation, Q&A sessions, workshops or training and consultation) which strives toward attitudinal, behaviour, social and systemic change. The Sexual Violence Prevention Educator leads campus-wide sexual violence prevention education strategies that promote a culture of consent by addressing attitudes and behaviours that support rape culture to create an inclusive environment for diverse populations of UBC faculty, staff, and students. This position is responsible for planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating sexual violence prevention education and training initiatives that support the successful implementation of UBC's Sexualized Violence and Sexual Misconduct Policy. The Sexual Violence Prevention Educator collaborates with UBC faculty, staff, students, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure that prevention education strategies are integrated and coordinated across campus units, departments, programming, and practices.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline.
Minimum of five years of related experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own
Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Nice To Haves

Graduate degree in a relevant discipline preferred.
A minimum of 5 years of experience developing education strategies and programming.
Relevant lived experience as a person from an under-represented background in the workplace environment, is preferred.
Equivalent combination of lived experience, education, training and work experience will be strongly considered.
Ability to develop and implement sexualized violence prevention education that recognizes the diversity of survivor’s experience due to sexual identity, gender identity, gender expression, radicalization, age, family status, religion, faith, ability, disability, national or ethnic origin, Indigeneity, immigration status, socioeconomic status, class and language.
Experience providing sexualized violence prevention education in a post-secondary or in the anti-violence field setting for diverse audiences using multiple platforms.
Experience in evaluating program delivery and impact.
Demonstrated cultural humilities and intercultural communication skills to support work with a diverse community.
Ability to consider intercultural differences and adapt learning and communication approaches as necessary.
Excellent oral and written communication, public speaking and presenting skills.
Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills with diverse stakeholders to achieve common goal.
Ability to design and implement organizational change initiatives, anticipate challenges, solve problems and deliver results.
Ability to plan ahead, direct the work of others, and ensure deadlines are met.
Ability to take direction, lead others and to function as an effective team member.
Ability to manage projects and multi task while paying attention to details.
Excellent computer skills including working knowledge of MS Office Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

Develops and implements a campus-wide sexual violence prevention education strategy that promotes a culture of consent by addressing attitudes and behaviours that support rape culture to create an inclusive environment for diverse populations of UBC faculty, staff and students.
Develops and implements a comprehensive education and training plan for the UBC Community about sexual violence, including prevention and response, in cooperation with UBC faculty, staff, students, and other relevant stakeholders.
Provides education and training about sexual violence and related issues including UBC's Sexual Misconduct Policies and other relevant policies including, the Discrimination Policy, the Retaliation Policy and the At-Risk Behaviour Policy.
Provides education and training related to new issues arising in the field of sexualized violence response and prevention to individuals, units, and departments involved in responding to disclosures of sexualized violence.
Designs and delivers training curriculum and materials about sexualized violence and related issues, utilizing multiple online and offline channels tailored to the needs of specific audiences including UBC faculty, staff, and students.
Coordinates educational programs, projects, and special events related to sexualized violence prevention.
Implements and monitors social media strategies
Oversees social media channels, creates videos, revises information of print and digital resources for various audiences
Develops and implements strategies, processes, plans, and programs that promote evidence-based approaches to sexualized violence response and prevention education.
Recruits, trains, and supports faculty, staff, and students to provide peer-led prevention education and training.
Consults and collaborates with individuals, community groups, professional organizations, post-secondary educational institutions, government, and other partners to develop and deliver post-secondary education on sexualized violence response and prevention.
Organizes and assists in the policy implementation committee
Develops, supports, encourages, and promotes provincial, national, and international programs relevant to the position and to post-secondary institutions, in collaboration with other post-secondary educational institutions, off-campus agencies, and government departments.
Designs and conducts evaluation to assess performance of sexual violence education and training programs. Collects, analyzes, interprets, and reports on results and progress towards goals.
Creates, disseminates, and compiles results of campus climate surveys.
Performs other duties as required.