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Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Coordinator

Job Type: 
Career
Company: 
Family Violence and Rape Crisis Services (FVRC) of Chatham County
Deadline: 
09/30/2010
Qualifications: 

Qualifications Required:

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Strong writing skills
  • Strong public speaking and interpersonal communication skills
  • Independent, self-motivated worker
  • Familiarity with issues of violence against women

 

Qualifications Preferred:

  • Experience working with issues of sexual violence
  • Experience in community outreach and collaboration
  • Experience in community education
  • Experience working with middle and high school students
  • Familiarity with the public health approach to sexual violence prevention
    and the concept of primary prevention
Salary Level: 
$26,000-$34,000, depending on education and experience
Contact Info: 

To apply: Send a cover letter and a resume to: info@fvrc.org. Type "RPE" in
the subject line. 
 

Description: 

Responsibilities:

The primary responsibility of the RPE Coordinator is to continue the
development and implementation of a plan addressing the primary prevention
of sexual violence in Chatham County. This responsibility will require the
following activities:

 

  • Coordinate a community-based sexual violence prevention taskforce to guide the development and implementation of the sexual violence prevention plan
  • Develop and nurture collaborative relationships with prevention partners
    in the community
  • Present educational programs focused on the primary prevention of sexual
    violence to middle and high school students
  • Evaluate all primary prevention strategies in accordance with guidelines
    set by the RPE project
  • Assist in the recruitment and training of staff and volunteers who will be
    directly involved in activities related to the primary prevention of sexual
    violence
  • Attend all meetings and trainings required by the RPE project 
  • Submit quarterly and annual reports in accordance with RPE project
    requirements
  • Work as a team member to fulfill the mission of FVRC

Benefits: Health insurance, retirement investment plan, vacation and sick
pay

More Information: 

FVRC is a community-based non-profit domestic and sexual violence agency
that has been serving the community since 1982. Services are confidential
and include: 24-hour crisis intervention, emergency shelter, court
assistance, support groups for survivors ,individual and family counseling,
children's programs, parenting education, batterers intervention program,
information and referral, community education, and professional training.

 

The following guide the agency's work:

FVRC's Mission: Promoting peaceful homes, building safe communities, and
empowering families and individuals to heal from domestic and sexual
violence.

FVRC's Values: We believe that domestic and sexual violence will be ended
only through a three pronged approach of intervention, advocacy, and
prevention. With this approach, we embrace five core values: safety,
empowerment, innovation and competency, diversity and collaboration, and
social justice.