Coordinated Community Response Coordinator

Pay Range - $50,939.20 - $55,016.00 (Median Pay $52,510,00) 

I. Purpose & Summary of Position
The Coordinated Community Response (CCR) Coordinator builds relationships and develops resources that strengthen and expand the local family violence agencies’ efforts in engaging community partners, criminal legal systems, and media to address a coordinated community response to domestic violence. The CCR Coordinator conducts an annual research project on intimate partner homicide and engages with local, state, and national stakeholders and researchers on homicide prevention. The CCR Coordinator reports directly to the CCR Manager on the Support to Service Providers Team.

II. Priority Functions and Accountabilities
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT: 20%
Provide ongoing support to local communities to expand CCR efforts.
• Identify local, regional, and statewide CCR needs and trends.
• Work closely with local family violence agencies and Battering Intervention and Prevention Programs (BIPPs) to engage community partners and criminal justice systems, to understand their services and their constituents’ unique needs and to identify service gaps.
• Provide training and consultations to family violence agencies in engaging community partners, criminal justice systems to address domestic violence
• Build, cultivate, and maintain networking opportunities and advocacy with local, statewide, and national agencies that intersect with family violence agencies that can enhance and/or increase quality services to survivors and their families.
• As resources allow, develop an annual RFP process to assess community need and readiness and follow TCFV guidelines to select communities to receive small grants to develop or enhance their CCR.
• Make recommendations for local communities to receive ongoing training, consultation, and funding when resources are available
• Plan, develop, and implement virtual and in person trainings, including developing agenda, plenary and workshop solicitations, written materials, staff assignments, presenter liaison and onsite support. Develop written training materials including toolkits, training/workshop descriptions objectives, marketing materials, and online content.
• Represent TCFV through presentations and trainings.
• Promote CCR best practices based on trauma-informed, survivor-centered services, effective battering intervention practices, and racial justice principles.
Guide and Support Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) Implementation (20%)
• Maintain relationship and coordination with MNADV as statewide implementor of LAP model.
• Train and provide consultation to law enforcement agencies and family violence service providers:
o Assess community’s readiness for LAP, provide train-the-trainer sessions and ongoing technical assistance as communities develop an implementation plan, train program and agency staff
o Provide ongoing technical assistance to communities that have already implemented the LAP
Research and prepare the Honoring Texas Victims Annual report (50%)
• Research, document and enter to database each year’s Texas intimate partner fatalities, write narratives and related documents in accordance with an established timeline and protocols.
• Finalize intimate partner fatality statistics and best practices for enhancing Texas CCR response.
• Engage research collaborators and subject matter experts to develop the report as resources allow.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: 10%
• Respond to inquiries and requests for technical assistance on a broad range of issues related to domestic violence and service provision in accordance with established timelines.
• Research and resolve issues addressed through technical assistance.
• Facilitate communication and support among community entities and survivors or offenders and service providers.
• Provide or support other projects and responsibilities as assigned.

III. Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements
• Critical analytical skills to understand the political, social, financial, and external issues affecting service providers; ability to foresee and interpret trends and the dynamic changing needs of TCFV members and to develop processes and resources to respond effectively and in a timely manner.
• Thorough knowledge of domestic violence issues and circumstances faced by those experiencing domestic violence.
• Communication skills that analyze for audience and purpose and are suitable for presentation and written publication, and strong presentation skills and public speaking abilities.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills to elicit commitment to and advancement of TCFV’s mission and vision both internally and externally and to respond diplomatically to challenging issues.
• Strong ability to give and receive feedback with openness and respect.
• Strong team building, leadership and project coordination skills to effectively guide statewide response to changing environments.
• Self-starter, energetic, able to work independently, enjoys creating and implementing new initiatives and thrives in a dynamic environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work under tight and/or changing timelines with adaptability, flexibility and attention to detail.
• Strong time management skills to coordinate and prioritize own and others’ activities, evaluate progress, and to allocate resources to complete activities with set deadlines.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite; and demonstrated ability to learn new software as needed.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
 

Required:
• A minimum of two years’ experience (three preferred) in domestic violence programs or victim advocacy services, which includes providing direct services to survivors and knowledge of BIPP.
• An undergraduate or graduate degree in Social Services, Human Services or Business Administration or related field. We will consider a combination of education and related experience. (Equivalency formula: two years of experience is equal to one year of education.)
Preferred:
• Bi-lingual English/Spanish language.

Working Conditions and Environmental and Physical Demands
Ability to communicate and converse in English. Travel up to 25%, some overnight. Ability to work from home or a remote location for prolonged periods of time. Ability to frequently tolerate prolonged stationary positions and frequently move about a large public building, such as an event venue. Ability to engage in frequent public contact with diverse groups. Professional attire may be required for public-facing work. Must possess the emotional and physical stamina to deal with a variety of high-pressure situations, such as: responding to complaints, handling difficult internal and external interaction, effectively working long and, at times, non-traditional hours.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and minimum level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for the position. The employee will be required to perform any other job-related duties as required by the job objectives, the CEO and mission and philosophy of TCFV