Location: Georgetown,TX, USA
Southwestern University, located in Georgetown has an immediate opening for a Project Director for Violence Against Women Act. The Project Director is responsible for coordinating the planning and implementation of program requirements, as well as support all grant-related activities. This position is subject to conditions and limitations set forth in the grant. This is a 12-month, full time, grant funded position ending in 2028 with the possibility of a position renewal. The Project Director for Violence Against Women Act will report to the Director of the Counseling and Health Center.
Primary Duties:
* Coordinates and manages grant-related activities, completing all tasks necessary to ensure compliance with grant requirements.
* Creates a coordinated community response team overseeing all planning and implementation activities.
* Establishes and strengthens relationships with internal and external stakeholders to enhance institutional responses to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
* Provides ongoing training to all personnel in campus resolution processes and to all campus law enforcement on how to respond to these issues in a culturally relevant and informed manner.
* In collaboration with campus partners, designs prevention initiatives, including bystander intervention and ongoing prevention activities to all students on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Position Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree.
* Bilingual (Spanish/English).
* Experience in project management and facilitation skills.
* A minimum of one-year experience working with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking (DVDVSAS).
* Experience working with multidisciplinary teams.
* Knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of cultural diversity within the campus and community, with a particular focus on Hispanic/ Latin, LGBTQ, and immigrant student populations.
Position Preferred Requirements:
* Master's Degree in education, psychology, social sciences, public health, social work, or a related field.
* Experience developing and leading educational programs for diverse populations on sensitive topics.
* Knowledge of research and best practices as they relate to prevention and/or victim, survivor advocacy for domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking specifically in a college setting.
* Federal grant management experience (including grant writing, reporting, and budgeting).
Southwestern University offers competitive salary and benefits including health, dental, life, long term disability, retirement, paid holidays, vacation, sick leave, under graduate tuition assistance for yourself and your dependents, access to athletic facilities, free parking and discounted meal rates. Southwestern University is a selective, undergraduate institution committed to a broad-based liberal arts, sciences, and fine arts education. Southwestern University is deeply committed to fostering a diverse educational environment and especially encourages applications from members of groups traditionally under-represented in academia. For information concerning the University, visit our Web site at www.southwestern.edu.
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