Survivor Advocate (Student Services Professional IV), Counseling & Psychological Services

 

 

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Director of Counseling and Psychological Services, the Survivor Advocate will provide emergency and ongoing support services and assistance to students and employee victims/survivors/complainants who are victims of Sexual Assault (SA), Domestic Violence (DV), Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and stalking by assessing their needs, identifying appropriate referrals and plans of action.

 

Responsibilities:

• Provide crisis intervention, advocacy, and accompaniment to survivors during meetings with University Police, Title IX, law enforcement, court proceedings, and medical or counseling appointments.
• Assist survivors with completing civil and domestic violence restraining orders and Victim Compensation paperwork.
• Serve as an advisor during investigations, hearings, and meetings with the Office of Student Conduct & Ethical Development.
• Collaborate with the Title IX Office and community partners to develop and implement campus-wide education, prevention, and awareness programs addressing sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, and stalking.
• Lead and participate in outreach efforts, workshops, and presentations for classes, student organizations, and campus events.
• Maintain strong partnerships with campus departments, local rape crisis centers, and advocacy organizations to ensure coordinated 24-hour services.
• Develop annual goals, objectives, and assessments for survivor advocacy services; ensure alignment with university mission and social justice priorities.
• Prepare monthly, annual, and grant-related reports on advocacy programs and outcomes.
• Provide lead work direction, training, and supervision to student assistants who deliver peer education and outreach programming.
• Oversee student assistant hiring, scheduling, workflow, and payroll in accordance with university and federal work-study guidelines.
• Mentor students interested in careers related to advocacy and social services.
• Serve on campus and system-wide committees and participate in trainings and conferences to enhance survivor support and advocacy efforts.
• Perform other duties related to program goals and student well-being as assigned.

 

Minimum Qualifications: Required Education and Experience

• Equivalent to graduation from a four-year college or university in a related field plus upper division, graduate course work, continuing education or professional development in diversity/multiculturalism, counseling techniques, interviewing, and conflict resolution where such are job related.
Experience:
• Possession of these areas of knowledge and abilities is typically demonstrated through the equivalent to four years of progressively responsible professional student services work experience which includes experience in advising diverse students individually and in groups, and in analysis and resolution of complex student services problems.

 

Required Qualifications

Thorough knowledge of the policies, procedures, and practices of the program area to which assigned or the ability to quickly acquire such knowledge.
• General knowledge of the policies, practices, and activities of Student Services programs outside the program to which immediately assigned; general knowledge of the principles, problems, and methods of public administration, including organizational, personnel and fiscal management; general knowledge of advanced statistical and research methods.
• Ability to carry out very complex assignments without detailed instructions.
• Advise diverse students individually or in groups on varied and complex matters.
• Determine the appropriate course of action and proper techniques to utilize while engaged with individuals and groups in personal interactions of a sensitive nature.
• Reason logically and analyze and solve organizational and operating problems of one or several program areas.
• Plan, coordinate, and initiate actions necessary to implement administrative or group decisions or recommendations.
• Analyze and define complex organizational, policy or procedural problems, collect and evaluate data, draw valid conclusions, and project consequences of various alternative courses of action.
• Understand the roles and responsibilities of others and gauge relationships accordingly by considering issues of diversity, the variety of the interrelationships, motivations, and goals of the members of the organization served.
• Establish and maintain effective, cooperative, and harmonious working relationships in circumstances which involve the denial of requests or the necessity to persuade others to accept a different point of view.