Strategic Human Trafficking Coordinator & Partnerships

City of Long Beach, California; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Long Beach, California seeks a Human Trafficking Coordinator (Program Specialist) to establish and lead the city’s new anti-trafficking focus area, coordinating with multiple departments, community partners, and regional agencies. This full-time, unclassified role will drive the R.E.A.C.T.

Framework to address both sex and labor trafficking citywide. The ideal candidate will build partnerships, manage data, develop work plans, and turn insights into action in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration, Public Policy, Social Work, Criminal Justice, Public Health, Political Science, or a related field.
• Two years of full-time equivalent professional experience in program coordination, policy development, or community partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Serve as centralized lead for implementation of the R.E.A.C.T. Framework and related interdepartmental anti-human trafficking efforts.
• Convene and facilitate the City’s interdepartmental Anti-Human Trafficking Team, including setting agendas, tracking commitments, and following up on action items.
• Work with partner departments (Police, Health & Human Services, Community Development, City Prosecutor, City Attorney) to develop work plans, timelines, accountability measures, and support related policies, programs, and ordinances.
• Lead development and implementation of City initiatives, such as public awareness campaigns and community workshops, including managing consultants and contracts, scopes of work and deliverables.
• Identify gaps, overlaps, and barriers across City efforts, research promising practices, and recommend practical solutions to City leadership.
• Inventory and assess data collected by the City and its partners, and recommend improvements to data collection, sharing, and analysis.
• Develop performance measures, analyze trends, and track progress and outcomes of City efforts.
• Prepare clear reports, memos, City Council items, and presentations for City leadership, the City Council, and the public.
• Ensure the perspectives of survivors and people with lived experience inform City strategy, using a trauma-informed, survivor-centered approach.
• Build and sustain partnerships and coalitions with nonprofits, survivor-serving organizations, community groups, businesses, schools, and faith-based organizations.
• Coordinate with neighboring cities, LA County, regional and local human trafficking task forces, and State and Federal partners on shared strategies.
• Identify grant opportunities and assist with grant applications, administration, and reporting.
• Manage the program budget, track expenditures and funding sources, and ensure funds are used effectively.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration, Public Policy, Social Work, Criminal Justice, Public Health, Political Science, or a related field

Job description

The City of Long Beach, California seeks a Human Trafficking Coordinator (Program Specialist) to establish and lead the city’s new anti-trafficking focus area, coordinating with multiple departments, community partners, and regional agencies. This full-time, unclassified role will drive the R.E.A.C.T.

Framework to address both sex and labor trafficking citywide. The ideal candidate will build partnerships, manage data, develop work plans, and turn insights into action in a fast-paced