Program Coordinator

Description

Being a Program Coordinator is responsible for community outreach and advocacy of youth populations and adult influencers; the role includes community mobilization, implementing violence awareness and safety curriculum/community engagement, providing administrative support, and acting as a point of contact for the program.

Your Schedule:

• Full Time
• Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• Work Model: Hybrid
• Local Travel: 80%

Our Total Compensation Package:

• Annual Compensation: $55K
• Pay schedule semi-monthly
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability Insurance Programs
• Generous Paid time Off- 11 paid holidays per year, 3 personal holidays per year, 15 paid Vacation days per year, Approx 7 hours per month of accrued Sick days
• 401K the agency matches 125% of employee contributions up to 4% of the annual salary of a full-time employee
• Company paid Life Insurance
• Company paid Long Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program

Imagine a place where your talent can make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. Working at Houston Area Women’s center gives you a rewarding experience in which our diverse team of employees work together as part of the empowerment of a survivor’s life and at the same time part of a much larger mission. We are committed to doing the work and challenging each other to be an organization in which everyone is respected and heard. Every day we continue to embed diversity, inclusion, belonging, and equity in everything we do as we provide service to survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

Qualifications

The Requirements We are Seeking:

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Communication, Education, Psychology, Counseling, Sociology, Criminal Justice, Public Health, or other related field.
• A minimum of two years of experience coordinating and facilitating presentations, advocacy and/or outreach within community groups, agencies, and/or schools.
• A minimum of two years of experience working with diverse, vulnerable populations.
• Professional English, bilingual preferred.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Teams).
• Computer savvy and able to learn new applications and systems quickly.
• Strong data-entry skills.
• You have a valid Texas driver’s license with a good driving record; reliable transportation; ability to travel to off-site locations utilizing personal transportation.

What you Deliver in this role: 

• You will coordinates and implements grant funded activities for youth and adult influencers.
• You will develop and maintain relationships within the identified community to create norms change by building community capacity.
• You will provide monthly and annual reports on programming. Point of contact with community members (youth and adult influencers). This role is the point of contact with partner agencies and grantors.
• You will travel to State and National Conferences and training as required by the grantor.
• You will do crisis intervention: provide crisis intervention to survivors of domestic and sexual violence as needed.
• You will mandatory Reporter: report suspected and prior abuse/neglect to either Child Protective Services or Adult Protective Services when appropriate.
• Other duties as assigned.

What Skills and Assets you bring, and more:

• Excellent attention to details
• Demonstration of professional objectivity and appreciation for confidential information
• Ability to follow instructions and to adhere to policies and procedures
• Ability to prioritize tasks to meet individual and team deadlines
• Has a growth mindset and is a good team player
• Strong communication skills, both verbally and in writing.

When you work here at HAWC you make an impact not just in the lives of the survivors and the people you help, but also make an impact in our own lives and our community. We learn and grow with a purpose where we strive to work for a common cause, which is to end domestic and sexual violence for ALL.

Salary : $55,000