Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

["Helmken, Lee E" <>]

Good morning,

The Office of Health Promotion at Georgia Tech is hiring.  Please see the posting below.

Sexual Assault Victim-Survivor Advocate

 

Ranked seventh among U.S. News & World Report's top public universities, the Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation's premiere universities and is a national and international leader in scientific and technological research and education. Year after year, Georgia Tech is consistently the only technological university ranked in U.S. News & World Report's listing of America's top ten public universities. In addition, Georgia Tech's College of Engineering is consistently ranked in the nation's top five by U.S. News. These impressive national rankings reflect the academic prestige long associated with this premier Educational Institution. 

 

Georgia Tech's campus occupies 400 acres in the heart of the city of Atlanta, where more than 18,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive a focused, technologically based education. Our vision is bold: "Georgia Tech will define the technological research University of the 21st century and educate the leaders of a technologically driven world."

 

Major Responsibilities to Include:

This position is responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating Georgia Tech’s victim advocacy and support program within the Office of Health Promotion.  Provide direct service, confidential crisis counseling, referrals and advocacy to students who seek support as a result of sexual and relationship violence.  Coordinate campus and community resources to support survivors of sexual violence. Assess needs and develop long and short range program goals, and conduct training and education programs.  Assist with planning, implementation and evaluation of health education strategies aimed at influencing health behaviors of college students. 

 

Education:

Masters or advanced degree in public health, social work, health policy, counseling, health promotion, health education, student affairs, or a related field. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required.

 

Experience:

Minimum of two to three years of related experience. Experience in Rape Crisis Counseling. Experience working in a University environment. Must be able to work flexible evening and weekend schedule, as necessary.  Knowledge of health promotion, behavior changes and population-based theories, evidence-based health promotion programs/initiatives, environmental management strategies/ecological model, and student development theories and models.  Computer experience to include: Windows XP, Microsoft Office ~ Word, WordPerfect, Outlook and Excel.

 

Selection process will include a pre-employment background screening.

 

To review full job description, complete application, and submit resume and cover letter, interested applicants should visit: http://careers.gatech.edu. Under the “Start Your Search” section, select appropriate link for applicant status (Internal or External).  The posting is listed under Requisition ID# 0171035.  The deadline to submit an application is April 3, 2015.

 

Georgia Institute of Technology is an AA/EOE.

Lee Helmken, MPH, CHES
Health Educator
Health Promotion, a unit of Stamps Health Services
Georgia Institute of Technology
(404) 894-1072