Sexual Assault Resource Agency

In partnership with the Director of Prevention and Prevention Team, the Prevention Specialist supports a range of prevention programs at SARA. Responsibilities include: (1) Recruiting, training, and equipping male-identified community leaders to promote sexual assault prevention in their spheres of influence. This includes training and support around emotional health, community building, bystander intervention, and health literacy. (2) Building relationships with local faith-based organizations to provide training and policy support for teams of leaders who are dedicated to preventing and addressing child sexual abuse. Applicants must have demonstrated skills in training, organization, client service, and a background understanding emotional literacy and masculinity issues. Additional skills include cultural humility, long-term planning, adaptability, professionalism, and an ability to apply trauma-informed practices and health promotion principles. Fluency in Spanish is extremely preferred. Please send cover letter and resume to prevention@saracville.org .

The Community Prevention Specialist serves on SARA’s Prevention Team. The Community Prevention Specialist assists with a range of prevention programming, including: (1) Leading the Restaurant Coalition, training restaurant staff, and managing our partnerships with restaurants implementing the On the Fly strategy to interrupt sexual harassment; and (2) Training high school students, teachers, and community organizations, conducting strengths and needs assessments, and establishing coalitions in our priority communities, which may include faith-based communities, neighborhoods, and incarcerated communities. We are looking for a candidate with a strong teamwork mentality. Desired skills include community networking and mobilization, cultural competency, administrative support, long-term planning, strategic thinking, training and teaching, ability to connect with both adult and adolescent learners, marketing to target audiences, and adaptability. This job requires a high level of professionalism, rigor, emotional literacy, and an ability to apply trauma-informed practices and health promotion principles. A background working in restaurants is a strong plus. Fluency in Spanish is extremely preferred. Please send cover letter and resume to prevention@saracville.org by September 20th, 2020.