Community Outreach and Professional Training Coordinator

Between Friends • Chicago, IL

15d • $44,000 - $48,000

About The Position

This position will work as a member of Between Friends’ Prevention and Education (PE) Team, which is comprised of a Prevention and Education Manager who oversees programs for youth audiences, a Community and Professional Training Manager who oversees programs for adult audiences, and several Prevention Educators who provide healthy relationship education to students within Chicago Public Schools (CPS), through Between Friends’ REACH Program.
The Community Outreach and Professional Training Coordinator will report to the Community and Professional Training Manager and/or Director of Prevention and Community Education. The coordinator will be responsible for planning, delivering and overseeing all programming for adult audiences.
This includes:
Planning, developing, and facilitating community education workshops for adults within each Chicago public school that hosts one of our REACH teams. The adult audiences within each of these schools could include, parents/caregivers, neighbors, coaches, LSC (Local School Counsel) members, and other community-based constituencies. The planning of these workshops will happen in collaboration with the Between Friends’ REACH Team.
Co-facilitating the REACH program if needed.
Planning, developing, and facilitating community education and awareness events and training, within community settings.
Cultivating meaningful relationships with different stake holders within community and professional settings. This includes maintaining existing partnerships and collaborations as well as initiation and development of new connections with potential partners.
Developing and honoring existing agreements with community partners, outlined in MOUs (Memorandum of Understanding), contracts, payment agreements, invoices, and the like - in accordance with agency guidelines.
Planning and facilitating Between Friends’ 40-hour domestic violence training.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Sociology, Women and Gender Studies, or another related field is preferred.
• Attainment of the Illinois Certified Domestic Violence Professional credential is required upon hire or within one year of hire.
• 40-Hour Domestic Violence Training Certificate preferred, or willingness to complete 40-Hour Training immediately upon hire.
• Teaching or public speaking experience is required.
• Fluency in Spanish and English is required.

Nice To Haves

• Program development experience is preferred.
• Direct service experience with domestic violence survivors is highly preferred.
• Experience working in a healthcare setting or community service agency is preferred.
• Possessing skills related to coordination, implementation, and evaluation of capacity-building programs is highly preferred.
• Technology experience with word processing, publication design, spreadsheet use, and virtual meeting platforms is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responding, on an ongoing basis, to questions or concerns expressed by allied professionals and community members, regarding crisis intervention, advocacy, information, and referrals for those experiencing harm.
• Developing and distributing educational materials to community partners - intended to raise awareness about domestic violence and provide information about a survivor’s rights and the resources available to them.
• Closely working with the REACH Team to initiate and maintain professional relationships with CPS parents and staff and creating opportunities for training, collaboration, and ongoing communication - to encourage engagement and continued involvement.
• Coordinating, scheduling and facilitating workshops for adult audiences. These workshops will address various issues concerning domestic abuse and provide guidance about how to effectively identify and support someone experiencing harm in a relationship.
• Collaborating with the PE Team and other program departments to schedule domestic violence and teen dating violence prevention workshops.
• Planning and facilitating 40-hour domestic violence training for Between Friends staff/interns and other DV professionals. 40-hour related tasks could include, but are not limited to:
• Facilitating training sessions.
• Creating a training schedule.
• Working with community partners to identify an available training room to accommodate 20 hours of the training.
• Setting up zoom links and event registration pages.
• Contacting and scheduling professional speakers for various topic areas.
• Collaborating with the PE team to schedule staff coverage.
• Preparing and processing participant information and payment.
• Developing and implementing an evaluation process for speakers and participants.
• Completing monthly and quarterly reports from the Community Outreach and Education Program.
• Maintaining records and reporting relevant statistical information on all violence prevention and education activities related to community education.
• Evaluating programs and services by creating and tracking relevant outcome measures and monitoring the results.
• Overseeing the evaluation of all community education programming, and entering outcomes data into tracking systems when applicable.
• Staffing the crisis line on an as needed basis.
• Updating job knowledge by participating in professional development, reading relevant articles, and joining coalitions and committees related to violence prevention, healthcare, domestic violence, and community education.
• Attending and actively participating in required professional development programs.
• Participating in agency events as needed.
• Performing and completing other duties as assigned.
• Attending and actively participating in departmental and staff meetings.
• Protecting the agency’s organizational values by keeping information confidential.

Benefits

• Between Friends offers a comprehensive benefits package (with some employee contributions) including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Between Friends provides 24 days of paid time off which is accrued during the first year of employment, and also provides 11 paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level