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["Cathy Nardo" <>]

Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape
National Sexual Violence Resource Center


Job Title: Sexual Assault Prevention Coordinator 
Department: NSVRC
Reports To: NSVRC Director 
FLSA Status: Exempt, Full Time
Hours: Business hours 4 days per week; Noon to 8:00 PM 1 day per week 
Approved By: NSVRC Director and Executive Director 
Approved Date: November 2004 
Revised: March 2005 (title only) 

SUMMARY
The NSVRC Sexual Assault Prevention Coordinator is responsible for the
collaborative development and timely implementation of an annual
nationwide Sexual Assault Awareness Campaign and associated activities.
This requires ongoing communication, involvement and coordination of a
wide variety of external constituents and internal staff in planning,
developing, and implementing various products, messages, and activities.
Specific activities vary annually depending upon the theme, focus,
strategy and target audience. The position requires occasional national
travel and working one evening shift per week. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other
duties may be assigned. 

- Facilitate on-going communication, using a variety of formats and
strategies, with anti-sexual assault advocates, public health
representatives, community-based organizations and others throughout the
country (including states, US territories, and tribal programs)
interested in preventing all forms of sexual violence. 

- Plan, coordinate and implement public awareness and prevention
activities including annual Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM)
campaigns in April. 

- Plan, coordinate and implement annual themes, activities, strategies,
products and promotional items in conjunction with sexual assault
awareness month. 

- Ensure that annual SAAM packets and other resources are planned well
in advance of April and communicated/distributed to constituents in a
timely manner for their planning purposes. 

- Provide leadership for initiatives designed to expand the scope of
basic awareness activities, such as the partnership with CDC to engage
the healthcare sector in awareness and prevention campaigns. 

- Work with representatives from a variety of ethnic and cultural
backgrounds and those from traditionally underserved communities to
create and support SAAM activities and products that meet their needs. 

- Work with Communications Director, Technical Assistance Team and
others to write talking points, fact sheets, descriptions, articles,
etc. related to SAAM activities. 

- Work with the NSVRC Advisory Council by participating in conference
calls, contacting individual members, and facilitating sub-committee
meetings as requested. 

- Act as a resource to other staff in their response to requests from
the public and the media related to awareness and prevention activities.


- Assist in the content development and design of NSVRC's SAAM web
resource pages. 

- Attend and/or participate in national conferences, workshops, meetings
and focus groups. 

- Participate in NSVRC and PCAR staff meetings and in-service trainings
and perform other duties as assigned by management. 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES 
This position has no staff supervisory responsibilities but may include
periodic supervision of interns or volunteers. 

QUALIFICATIONS 
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform
each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are
representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE 
Bachelor's degree (B. A.) in Public Health, Communications, Journalism,
Public Relations, or related concentration from four-year college or
university. At least two years related experience and/or training; or
equivalent combination of education and experience in community
education/ community outreach at an anti-sexual violence or public
health program. This position requires outreach, communication,
coordination and planning abilities as well as excellent writing skills.
Creative design skills and familiarity with a variety of computer
applications is helpful but not required. 

LANGUAGE SKILLS 
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals,
professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental
regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and
procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and
respond to questions from groups of managers, co-workers, centers, and
the general public. Spanish language skills a plus; but not required. 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS 
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure,
using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute
rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. 

REASONING ABILITY 
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete
variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written,
oral, diagram, or schedule form. 

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS 
None required. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative
of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the
essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made
to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently
required to stand, walk, sit, and talk and hear. The employee is
occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach
with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or
crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and
occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities
required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color
vision, and ability to adjust focus. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are
representative of those an employee encounters while performing the
essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made
to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions. 

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate; work space
is configured in cubicles with frequent distractions and lack of
sound-related privacy. 

Please send cover letter and resume to Delilah Rumburg by Friday, July
21 via email at 

 or via mail to:

NSVRC

125 N. Enola Dr. 
Enola, PA 17025