Community Engagement Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Include the following:

• Organize Green Dot related activities
• Organize and provide the High School and Community Green Dot Program.
• Recruit, train, and retain at least five volunteers.
• Complete eight hours of continuing education related to sexual violence issues annually.
• Complete twelve hours of continuing education related to victims assistance annually.   
• Provide information to the communities in the eight county region regarding crime victims resources and related services offered.
• Show competence at providing the education programs of Green Dot for High Schools and Community Green Dot.
• Speak at public awareness events in regards to interpersonal crime victims and services provided.
• Complete all grant required documentation/statistics within required timeframes.
• Provides services within time requirement as set forth in Agency policy and procedures.
• Refrain from assuming any duty that is unrelated to and/or interferes with the responsibilities of the position.
• Demonstrate the ability to work effectively with other team members, as part of a multidisciplinary team, and independently, when necessary.
• Other duties may be assigned when necessary.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or college. Forty hours of sexual violence related training must be completed within three months of employment. Submit to and pass a criminal record check and a drug screening test.

Hours: Monday through Friday 8:00 am until 4:30 pm. Other times may be required with the job. These hours may include after hours and weekends.

Required Job Skills:

• Oral and Written Communication Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Ability to exercise good judgment, tact, diplomacy and compassion when problem solving, handling conflict or in a crisis situation.
• Ability to complete record keeping in a timely fashion.
• Ability to get along with diverse personalities and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to work well with people of all races, backgrounds and needs. 

Additional Responsibilities:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations must be made to enable the individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physically able to reach, push, pull, stoop, stand, walk and lift up to 20 pounds
• Possess a valid Driver’s License and maintain a safe driving record if required for job performance.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations must be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions, may be off-site from normal office location or placed at a Residential Program.

The noise level in the work environment is mild to moderate.

Environmental Data and Job Hazards:

• Hours of work are structured into 7.5 hour blocks of time but may be subject to irregular and/or flexible hours based on needs or demands.
• Position may require duties to include routine or reasonable anticipated tasks or procedures where there is a degree of actual or potential exposure to blood or other infectious materials.
• All staff are required to participate in yearly trainings regarding infection control and safety in the environment including hazardous waste and blood borne pathogens.
• All new staff must attend training regarding handling physical, verbal threats, acts of violence or other escalating and potential dangerous situations including when police need to be summoned.
• All staff must be certified in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation within one month of employment and maintain the certification. First Aid Training may be required.

Required Job Performance:

• Successful Performance Evaluation rating of 3 or above. A Performance Improvement Plan will be initiated on all scores below a 3 rating. An employee will be terminated if the Performance Improvement Plan is viewed as unsuccessful after 2 attempts.