Program Manager, Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Initiative

City of Boston Residency Required

Mission Statement

The mission of the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is to work in partnership with communities to protect and promote the health and well-being of all Boston residents, especially those impacted by racism and systemic inequities. The BPHC sets an expectation that all staff and leadership commit, individually and as part of the BPHC team, to hold ourselves accountable to establishing a culture of anti-racism and advance racial equity and justice through each of our bureaus, programs, and offices.

Job Description

The Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Initiative is a cornerstone program within the Boston Public Health Commission's Office of Violence Prevention. This initiative will provide strategic leadership to design, implement, and sustain a comprehensive, city-wide public health approach to prevent domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence. This work will emphasize intersectionality, addressing the connections between various forms of violence (e.g., gun violence, community violence, family violence) and promoting equitable, community-based solutions.

The Capacity Building and Training Initiative (CBTI) is a sister program and collaborative partner of the DSVPI, since 2013. Joint activities have included co-developing multi-module Training Institutes focusing on domestic and sexual violence (as well as their intersection with other forms of violence such as community violence), racial justice and health equity, resiliency and healing for anti-violence advocates, as well as specific training partnerships related to the work of wide array of gender-based violence prevention partners. Broadly, CBTI as a program aims to prevent and address violence through promoting trauma-informed and equitable approaches among providers and systems serving children, youth and families in Boston and beyond.

In partnership with the Director, CBTI colleagues and FJC partners, the primary activities of the Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Initiative's Program Manager will be to design curriculum and facilitate trainings for diverse audiences of residents and professionals; support basic evaluation activities, including data collection and analysis; manage logistics for the jointly held DSVPI and CBTI Training Institutes; support trauma-informed and equitable organizational change strategies with agency partners; and provide technical assistance to organizations in support of their learning goals.

The ideal candidate will have experience developing and facilitating training and educational workshops with adults and youth and working in programs serving residents impacted by violence and trauma. They will have a passion for envisioning how systems and organizations serving survivors of gender-based violence can better promote healing, racial justice, and avoid re-traumatization. They have familiarity with managing projects and events, including administrative and logistical details such as planning, outreach, registration, scheduling, data entry, etc. They are self-reflective and enjoy learning and working as part of a team and independently.

DUTIES

TRAINING

• Coordinate the design and implementation of training and co-facilitate multi-session training institutes, as well as shorter workshops with partners on topics related to trauma-informed services, violence prevention, with a special focus on racial and gender justice, and health equity.
• Specific Training Institutes include the Trauma, Domestic Violence & Resilience Training Institute and the Training Institute on Promoting Resilience & Health Equity in Boston:

An Antiracism Training for Service Providers

• Promote the use of a participatory and equitable process in the development of new or adapted training curriculum to ensure the representation of stakeholder voice into all decision-making processes
• Support the dissemination of training content and capacity building through sharing training materials and co-facilitating "Training of the Trainer" series
• Coordinate logistics of training delivery, including promotional materials, outreach, registration, follow-up documentation of outcomes
• Provide follow up consultation and coaching to training attendees
• Support FJC partner agencies participating in organizational change initiatives, including strategies to strengthen service quality and address barriers to safety and healing
• Upon request, coordinate with FJC training staff and other gender-based violence prevention providers, to uplift existing training resources and identify training gaps, including developing interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary training opportunities
• Conduct literature reviews and work collaboratively to ensure training content is up-to-date with local and national best practices.

PUBLIC AWARENESS & ADVOCACY

• Provide information about multiple forms of violence and racial equity, including information about partner services during trainings, workshops, and other outreach settings
• Coordinate with Communications and partners to uplift key information and resources on BPHC's social media and webpage that are relevant to the FJC, and gender-based violence prevention providers across Boston e.g. facts about domestic and sexual violence, information about racial equity in violence prevention and advocacy, updates on FJC partner agency services, with a particular focus during special observances (e.g. Domestic Violence Awareness Month), as it relates to current events (e.g. public incident of violence in the news), or in raising awareness of upcoming partner events or resources
• Support the Director in leveraging data and evaluation findings to inform and enhance communications strategies, ensuring that messaging and resource dissemination are data-driven, evidence-based, and impactful.
• Speak to issues of domestic, sexual, and other forms of violence through a racial equity lens when representing the Office of Violence Prevention and BPHC at community meetings, conferences, and other events
• Uplift resilience, strengths-based, survivor-centered and equitable approaches to safety and healing for those impacted by these harms to key stakeholders
• Respond to requests from the public for information and referrals
• Perform other duties as required

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in Violence Prevention, Human Services, Social Work, Public Health or related field OR Bachelor's degree+ 2 years in relevant field
• Minimum 2 years' experience designing and implementing training or educational programs and initiatives.
• Bilingual (Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Haitian Creole, Cape Verdean Creole) strongly encouraged.
• Knowledge of the impact of multiple forms of violence and trauma on children, families, adults and communities.
• Experience working with survivors of violence, for example survivors of community violence, domestic violence or sexual violence
• Demonstrated ability to work and partner with diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, socio-economic, and LGBTQ communities.
• Knowledge of the impact of structural and institutional racism, and other forms of oppression, as well as strategies to promote racial justice and health equity.
• Demonstrated commitment to a collaborative, strengths-based approach when working with youth, families and providers.
• Strong group workshop facilitation and training skills. Understanding of trauma-informed and equitable training delivery important, including responding to participants/groups with trauma histories and/or extensive secondary/vicarious trauma.
• Experience in curriculum development, particularly approaches to adult education.
• Candidate must have strong interpersonal skills including ability to practice self-reflection, give and receive constructive feedback, and build meaningful relationship and partnership with providers across different sectors, youth, parents/caregivers, adults and elders.
• Candidate must have excellent organizational skills and attention to detail and have prior experience planning and implementing public health projects or programs.
• Demonstrated ability to balance working independently and collaboratively to produce high-quality work and consistently meet deadlines.
• Strong writing skills, including the ability to develop accessible, clear and compelling content (slides, handouts, flyers, etc.), reports and other materials for a variety of audiences in a timely manner
• Understanding of organizational change and quality improvement, and/or a willingness to learn a plus
• Experience coalition building is a plus
• Experience using participatory planning approaches a plus, including facilitating focus groups, convening advisory committees, and conducting literature reviews on best practices.
• Understanding or a willingness to learn about program evaluation, including design, implementation and basic ability to analyze evaluation data using Excel or other statistical software a plus.

Additional Information

• City of Boston Residency Required; Allston, Back Bay, Bay Village, Beacon Hill, Brighton, Charlestown, Chinatown, Dorchester, Downtown, East Boston, Fenway-Kenmore, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Mid-Dorchester, Mission Hill, North End, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, South End, West End, West Roxbury, Wharf district.
• A Criminal Offenders Records Information request must be completed for this position. However, a record is not an automatic bar to employment but is reviewed in relation to the job applied for.
• This position requires direct client/patient contact and as a result of such direct contact, certain immunizations will be recommended and/or required prior to commencement of employment duties.
• Any position that requires an advanced degree will be subject to education verification.
• This is a grant funded position.
• The Boston Public Health Commission is an EEO Employer and all applicants meeting the minimum requirements are eligible to apply.
• This position requires the Child Protective Service Background verification.
• The advertised shift and schedule are subject to change at the departments discretion.

Shift

9AM - 5PM

Pay Range

$68,000 - $70,000