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[Lori Bristow <>]

Hi all,
Please see the attached ad (or below) for a Violence Prevention Coordinator job posting.
Many thanks,
Lori

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Lori A. Bristow, M.A.

Staff Clinician

Dickinson College

P.O. Box 1773

Carlisle, PA 17013-2896

Office: 717.245.1485

Fax: 717.245.1910

 

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Violence Prevention Coordinator

 The Women’s Center

Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA)

 

Title:  Violence Prevention Coordinator                                 Salary Grade: $45,000 per annum

Job Status:  Full-time, grant-funded (three years)             Schedule: 40 hours per week

Reports to:  Susannah Bartlow                                                   POSN:   Violence Prevention Coordinator

 

Starts:  January 3, 2011

 

General Summary of Responsibilities

Dickinson College seeks an experienced relationship and sexual violence prevention professional to expand and enhance its response to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking on campus.  Through a grant from the Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women, the Coordinator will be charged with creating a comprehensive and lasting violence prevention program on Dickinson’s campus that extends the existing coordinated community response; develops and delivers training and resources for the college’s Department of Public Safety and conduct board members; and develops, enhances, and institutionalizes college-wide education and prevention activities.

 

A competitive candidate will have experience with budget management and program assessment and reporting; and familiarity with campus violence prevention, underserved populations (for example, LGBTQ individuals, women of color, men), and/or work on masculinity. Applicants who advance Dickinson’s strategic commitment to diversity and/or those experienced working in private, residential college environments, are encouraged to apply.

 

About Dickinson and the Women’s Center

Dickinson College prepares young people, by means of a useful and progressive education in the liberal arts and sciences, for engaged lives of citizenship and leadership in the service of society.  Dickinson is an independent, highly selective, residential liberal-arts college with 2,340 full-time students representing 44 states and territories and 41 foreign countries; 14 percent students of color and 6 percent international.  Chartered in 1783 in Carlisle, PA, Dickinson focuses its strategic commitments on academic excellence, sustainability, and diversity.  Dickinson’s violence prevention position will include liaisons with national violence prevention leadership organizations the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape and the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

 

The Women’s Center is a Student Development resource center that offers education and services in three key areas:  gender and sexuality, including gender fluidity, sex-positive violence prevention education, and relationship and sexual violence victim support and advocacy; supportive community for women-identified and LGBTQ students, faculty and staff; and student development and leadership opportunities. 

 

Education and Experience Required:  

• Master’s Degree or equivalent experience and a Bachelor’s Degree emphasizing relationship violence prevention or related field (Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, Higher Education/Student Affairs, Women’s Studies, Sociology, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience with at least one of these research-proven areas:
• campus sexual/relationship violence prevention
• prevention with underserved communities (LGBTQ, women of color, men)
• outreach and work on masculinity
• Familiarity with victim intake processes and coordinated prevention and response partnerships
• Willingness to work in collaboration with student schedules, including events or meetings on evenings and weekends as appropriate
• Familiarity with federal grant processes a plus

 

Essential Functions:

Expand, enhance and institutionalize a Violence Prevention Program based on these mandates:

·         Developing internal and external partnerships for effective coordinated community response, including service contracts with local victim service agencies and support and guidance for college partners.  

·         Coordinating trainings to ensure that the Department of Public Safety, Student Development staff, conduct board members, and community team members are equipped to respond in ways that support victim safety and confidentiality, offender accountability, and long-term reduction and cessation of violence.

·         Expanding, conducting, and creating college-wide education and prevention activities so that the institution establishes effective and supportive leadership while empowering students to take responsibility for their campus and community.

·         Managing program tracking and assessment, quarterly financial reports, semi-annual program reports, and other administrative responsibilities in liaison with the Department of Justice’s Office of Violence against Women.

 

Marginal Functions: 

• Attending Student Development division meetings monthly and other pertinent professional meetings as needed/directed.
• Working in a cooperative office environment with the Office of Diversity Initiatives and the Conflict Resolution Resource Center.

 

Software Programs Used:

• Microsoft Office
• Publisher
• Banner
• GMS (federal grant management system)

 

Completed by:  Susannah Bartlow, Director, Women’s Center & faculty member, Women’s and Gender Studies

 

To apply, please visit https://jobs.dickinson.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1288192486822

 

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