Policy Coordinator - DVHRT (Legal)
Texas Council On Family Violence See More Job Openings by This Employer
I. Purpose & Summary of Position:
The Texas Council on Family Violence is the only 501(c)(3) nonprofit coalition in Texas dedicated solely to creating safer communities and freedom from family violence. With a state-wide reach and direct local impact, TCFV, with the collective strength of more than 1000 members, shapes public policy, equips service providers, and initiates strategic prevention efforts.
Using TCFV’s strategic plan as a guide, the Public Policy Coordinator is responsible for supporting Domestic Violence High Risk Team (DVHRT) efforts and providing technical assistance to advocates, civil and criminal legal system officials, and other allied professionals. Reporting to the Public Policy Manager (Legal), the Policy Coordinator will focus coordination to DVHRT’s across the state. They will provide support, training, and technical assistance to agencies and professionals on topics including DVHRT, lethality factors, and other coordinated community response efforts particularly as it relates to legal system partners.
II. Priority functions / Accountabilities:
A. Training Development and Coordination – 25%
- Coordinate, develop and offer trainings on issues related to DVHRTs. Facilitate monthly calls with DVHRT sites.
- Create, develop and update written materials, trainings and protocols for use by survivors, family violence programs and allied legal professionals, with particular emphasis on increasing access to legal system for survivors, DVHRT’s, and the rights and remedies under the law.
- Develop resources and offer expertise and training to guide implementation of laws and policies.
B. Technical Assistance and Consultation – 25%
- Provide technical assistance to advocates, criminal legal system, and other entities with a focus on promoting access to legal remedies, safety planning and supports around lethality factors, and DVHRT team efforts.
- Serve as lead for DVHRT site calls and technical assistance and ensures that calls and requests are responded to in a supportive and timely manner.
- Develop technical assistance resource materials for family violence programs and allied professionals, including research and development of guidance and policy recommendations; and document institutional responses to survivors seeking assistance in the criminal legal system, with law enforcement, and in DVHRTs. Consult and collaborate with other allied professionals and experts as needed.
C. Systems Advocacy Efforts– 25%
- Research, track, and provide recommendations about bills during legislative session, including TCFV’s priorities and other proposals that would impact family violence survivors and the allies who serve them.
- Other projects and responsibilities may be added and/or changed at the discretion of the Managers and Directors.
D. Administrative- 25%
- Ensures timely and accurate reporting of grant activities, including contributing information for the agency’s funding applications and supporting agency budgeting.
- Support collection of DVHRT team case tracking and analyze all case data for themes. Review for factors that predict lethality and use this information to focus on prevention.
- Lead the Request for Proposal ( RFP) process for DVHRT funds in collaboration with the Manager and Directors.
- Ensures timely and accurate submission of evaluations, reports, and other required or requested documentation.
- Actively participate in team efforts to deepen our practices of relationship building, learning, and leadership development.
Salary Range: $50,939-$55,016.
III. Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Sought:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Required:
- Texas residency required. This role is a hybrid remote job and requires in-office responsibilities on a periodic basis.
- Hybrid staff are also expected to travel and attend in person activities associated with their job descriptions and duties. Outside of these expectations, hybrid staff work remotely within the state of Texas.
- Experience incorporating the perspectives of multiple communities, including BIPOC survivors, advocates, and stakeholders in the consideration of impacts and outcomes of a decision-making process.
- Demonstrated knowledge of law enforcement advocacy with survivors, coordinated community response team efforts, or advocacy to survivors of family violence.
- Strong team building and leadership skills to effectively manage Coalition activities through vision, strategic planning, and expertise.
- Self-driven to work independently with minimal supervision and use disciplined time management skills.
- Thorough knowledge of domestic violence issues and the circumstances faced by those experiencing it.
- Critical analytical skills to understand the political, social, financial and external issues affecting service providers; to foresee and interpret trends and dynamics regarding the changing needs of TCFV constituents; and to develop processes and resources to respond effectively and in a timely manner.
- Communication skills suitable for presentation and written publication, for internal and external distribution.
- Self-driven to manage time and complete multiple activities and grant deliverables within deadlines.
- Experienced at data analysis and collection. Working experience with Microsoft Office applications and can adeptly navigate new software and technology.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team, providing support and constructive feedback in interpersonal interaction with staff, board, and members.
- Must be proactive, communicative, responsive, creative, and flexible, to accomplish agency and program goals; and possess mission of service attitude with a strong commitment to and knowledge of constituent service and relations.
- Ability to work within a team to offer support and collaborate on team projects to include working with external DVHRT teams.
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of employee, donor, funder, survivor and case information.
Preferred:
- Working knowledge of Qualtrics and acumen using the system to collect and report data.
- Bachelor’s Degree. We will consider a combination of education and related experience. (Equivalency formula: two years of experience is equal to one year of education.)
- Bi-lingual English/Spanish language a plus as is any bi-lingual / bi-cultural lived experience.
- Experience providing direct services to individuals affected by domestic violence preferred.
IV. Working Conditions and Environment/Physical Demands:
Ability to communicate and converse in English. Travel up to 25% during non-legislative session times. Ability to frequently tolerate prolonged stationary positions and frequently move about a large public building. Ability to engage in frequent public contact and training. Professional attire may be required for most public-facing work. Ability to work in or from a remote location or from a home-based office. Must possess the emotional and physical stamina to deal with a variety of high-pressure situations, such as: responding to complaints, handling difficult internal and external interaction, effectively working long and, at times, odd hours which could exceed 40 hours or include weekends as necessary, especially during the legislative session.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and minimum level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for the position. The employee will be required to perform any other job-related duties as required by the job objectives, the CEO and mission and philosophy of TCFV.
- $50,939 - $55,016
