Housing Outreach Advocate
Posted on: July 31, 2014Posted by: SafeNest
Key information: Salary: $31,564. Benefits: health, dental & vision insurance, vacation, sick leave, + monthly "mental health" day and employer contributed retirement.
Job location: Las Vegas, NV
Brief Summary
SAFE NEST, providing services to survivors of domestic violence and their families seeks a Housing Outreach Advocate to provide advocacy services to domestic violence victims and survivors residing in public housing properties administered by Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority.Qualifications
- Knowledge of domestic violence and factors related to poverty and homelessness.
- Understanding of empowerment, basic advocacy strategies and barriers to public housing residents seeking domestic violence services.
- Bachelor's Degree in a human services fields including Women's Studies, Social Work, Sociology or related field or any equivalent combination of experience and education
- Ability to build relationships and work in a collaboration setting.
- Ability to work in varied locations with diverse populations.
Minimum Qualifications
- Experience in building effective collaborative community relationships to achieve common goals.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to think critically and engage diverse groups of people including community stakeholders, domestic violence survivors and their allies.
- A minimum of four years volunteer or professional experience in a field relative to the position
How to Apply
Cover
letter, resume and application (at www.safenest.org or SN office) to:
Safe Nest 2915 W. Charleston Ave. Suite 12, Las Vegas NV 89102 Attn: HOA
Hiring Committee
Incomplete submissions will not be reviewed.
To submit electronically: hiringcommittee@safenest.org Subject: HOA 2014
No telephone inquiries please.
Candidates will be notified for interviews and 3 professional references must be provided at that time. Candidate must be available for Safe Nest Advocacy Training conducted in September: 6=9-5; Sept. 8+10= 5:30-9pm; Sept. 13=9-5; Sept. 15,17,22,25 and 29=5:30-9pm.
Incomplete submissions will not be reviewed.
To submit electronically: hiringcommittee@safenest.org Subject: HOA 2014
No telephone inquiries please.
Candidates will be notified for interviews and 3 professional references must be provided at that time. Candidate must be available for Safe Nest Advocacy Training conducted in September: 6=9-5; Sept. 8+10= 5:30-9pm; Sept. 13=9-5; Sept. 15,17,22,25 and 29=5:30-9pm.
