Director of Victim Assistance

This position manages all aspects of the County’s Victim Assistance Program to ensure that quality and timely services are provided to victims. The director is responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, and supervising all departmental activities. The director is responsible for coordinating grant projects, managing programs, and supervising staff.

The Director of Victim Assistance works under the direct supervision of the District Attorney. This position involves a wide diversity of work situations and responsibilities.• Responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, and supervising all activities of Jefferson County Victim Assistance.
• Responsible for supervising and training all Victim Assistance staff.
• Establishes organizational structure, policies, procedures, and programs to maximize the efficient and effective delivery of quality services to victims served by Jefferson County Victim Assistance.
• Facilitates a smooth-running, efficient organization and a positive work environment for employees.
• Facilitates regular input from victims and the community to ensure adequate victim services are being provided.
• Supervises and collaborates grant implementation with the Victim Assistance Grant Coordinator position that writes, coordinates, manages the budgets, completes reports, tracks statistics, and ensures the grant award requirements are met for competitive and non-competitive grants.
• Manages the Crime Scene Interpreter and Emergency Victim Assistant Response Programs.
• Coordinate and complete OVW and CVSSD grant related objectives and projects such as creating and/or updating county protocols, purchasing computer systems, implementing local trainings, creating literature, and coordinating grant meetings.
• Communicate with CVSSD and OVW grant monitors, as needed.
• Request Grant Modifications for grant objectives and projects, as needed.
• Assist in the completion, implementation, and training in grant related County protocols.
• Coordinate all aspects of grant personnel and their activities.
• Ensures adequate program literature is updated regularly and available for distribution.
• Builds and establishes cooperative relationships with other community partners.
• Actively participates on various committees that deal with the grants and victim services.
• Coordinates the Sexual Assault Response Team.
• Makes presentations to various county and city agencies, and community partners.
• Coordinates and presents at trainings, for both grant-funded projects and for other purposes.
• Keeps the District Attorney aware of any issues or concerns that may arise with personnel, with the grants, or the Victim Assistance Program.
• Regular attendance is an essential function of the position.
• Performs other duties as assigned that support the overall objective of the position.Knowledge and Skills
Program management skills including the ability to select, train and guide staff members and volunteers, develop and administer budgets and program grants, promote the program, and assure that the program provides a high level of service and meets its objective; exercise excellent judgment, use discretion and possess critical thinking skills. Familiarity with resources available to victims and the ability to establish strong working relationships with those associated with the resources. Computer and writing skills are necessary and public speaking skills are desirable. The work will require rapid response to written reports including statistical tracking and may also require the ability to move quickly from place to place.

Abilities
Must possess the ability to communicate effectively with others and must be able to maintain positive professional working relationships with volunteers, co-workers, and outside agency personnel. Requires sensitivity in difficult situations and the ability to provide victim services while maintaining objectivity and fairness. Must possess the ability to function under stressful working conditions, to exercise good judgment and work well in a group or independently. Must be able to work with people who are extremely upset. Ability to perform public speaking duties, to promote agency through utilization of local resources. The ability to operate a computer and other office equipment and to communicate effectively on the telephone and in person are also needed. Must possess the ability to keep information confidential.

Education and Experience
Must have an associate degree (bachelor’s degree preferred) or equivalent specializing in social science. Comparable experience dealing with victims of crime and volunteers working in criminal justice or social services may be accepted. Any satisfactory equivalent combination of experience, education and training which demonstrates the ability to perform the work described will be considered.

Licenses and Certificates
A valid Oregon Driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.

Probationary Requirement
This position is based on the successful completion of a twelve-month probationary period.If you are a Veteran and wish to request Veterans' preference credit, please click HERE to complete the Veterans' preference form and upload with the required documentation as part of your application.   

BENEFITS OVERVIEW

• Low-cost group medical plan (employee pays $118 a month to include family coverage) 
  1. Access to Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Network 
  2. Deductible of $200 (individual) or $600 (family) per year
  3. Co-Insurance is primarily 80%/20% for in-network services
  4. Max Out of Pocket of $2,200 (individual) or $4,600 (family) per year
  5. Office Visit Co-Pay of $15 for both general and specialist
  6. Low-cost Prescription Drug co-pay
• Vacation (Earn 8 hours a month to start)
• Sick Leave (Earn 8 hours a month to start)
• Nine paid Holidays
• Oregon PERS Retirement (employer/employee participation varies)
• 457(b) Deferred Comp Plans Available
• VEBA HRA Account employer contribution (Optional - see HR for details)

Salary : $64,812 - $82,831