Advocacy Coordinator / Assistant Director, Advocacy

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Urbana (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign seeks an Advocacy Coordinator / Assistant Director for the Women's Resources Center. The role leads survivor/victim support services and serves as a designated Confidential Advisor for students, faculty, and staff who have experienced sexual misconduct.

The position involves cross-placement at satellite locations and requires engagement with campus systems and community partners to navigate options, rights, and referrals for survivors.

Responsibilities

• Provide trauma-informed case management and crisis intervention for student, staff, and faculty survivors.
• Navigate survivor rights and options with University systems and community partners.
• Offer on-site confidential advising at embedded service locations.
• Advise on campus disciplinary processes and appeals when requested.
• Collect data to identify trends to inform outreach and response.
• Prepare and deliver reports, proposals, and updates in line with guidelines.
• Complete at least 6 hours of ongoing education annually on sexual violence issues.
• Develop collaborative partnerships with students and staff at embedded locations.

Skills

Trauma-informed

Case management

Crisis intervention

Advocacy

Confidential advisor

Job description

Advocacy Coordinator / Assistant Director, Advocacy

Women's Resources Center

Job Summary

Serves as a leader in the delivery of survivor/victim support services. As a designated campus Confidential Advisor, serves students, faculty, and staff who have experienced sexual misconduct (sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, stalking, and/or dating/domestic violence), as required by Illinois state law. Serves as an Embedded Confidential Advisor and will be cross placed two days a week at a satellite location.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides and coordinates trauma-informed case management, crisis intervention, and survivor-centered advocacy for student, staff, and faculty survivors of sexual misconduct with regards to all of the legal and administrative options, rights, resources, and referrals for survivors/victims of these forms of harm.
• Provides and navigates survivor rights and options with systems of the University (ex: Office of Student Conflict Resolution, Office of Access and Equity, Residence Life, financial aid, Title IX, Disability Resources and Educational Services, McKinley Health Center, Counseling Center, etc.) and community partners.
• Provides on-site confidential advising services at embedded services locations (i.e. Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (BNAACC), La Casa Cultural Latina, or other partner locations) according to schedule determined by Advocacy and Wellness Coordinator, supervisor, and embedded location staff.
• Serves as an advisor for those choosing to participate in campus disciplinary processes and appeals, when requested.
• Collects summary data to identify trends to better inform sexual misconduct outreach and response efforts.
• Prepares and delivers presentations and written reports, correspondence, proposals, program assessments and updates, email, and other materials for a variety of audiences ensuring compliance with departmental and university guidelines, practices, and principles.
• Completes a minimum of 6 hours of ongoing education training annually on issues related to sexual violence to remain a confidential advisor (110 ILCS 155/1/Sec. 20c).

Outreach and Partner Capacity Building

• Develops collaborative working partnerships with students and staff at embedded