24-Hour Anti-Violence Bilingual Crisis Line
Employment Opportunities
Executive Director
Job Description
Summary
Wingspan is Southern Arizona’s LGBT community center with a mission to promote the freedom, equality, safety, and well-being of LGBT people. The Executive Director is the primary representative of the agency in the community and is largely responsible for its success. The incumbent will successfully administer all programs, manage staff, provide leadership in budget development and financial management reporting, and work closely with the Board of Directors to develop and implement Wingspan’s vision and strategic plan. The Executive Director serves in a full-time, exempt status, requiring a flexible work schedule, including some evenings and weekends.
Duties and Responsibilities
Development
- Works with staff and Board to devise and realize fundraising plans that help to meet Wingspan’s mission and strategic initiatives. Demonstrate results in fundraising and development, especially major and capital gifts.
- Cultivate current and prospective donors and provide oversight for any events.
- Ensure that grant proposals for government, corporate, and private foundation support are prepared and submitted for support of current and future programs and agency infrastructure and that grants are in-line with Wingspan’s mission, vision, values, and strategic plan.
- Oversee Development Operations to ensure donations and event revenue are adequately received, recorded, and acknowledged and that donor records are kept up-to-date.
Program Development and Management
- Provide oversight of programs to ensure they are of high quality, in compliance with any existing contracts, and meeting community needs.
- Work closely with community partners to ensure effective service delivery and continued interagency coordination.
- Develop new programs and services that help Wingspan achieve its vision and mission in accordance with its strategic plan.
- Ensure on-going evaluation of service programs and involvement of service recipients in evaluation and program planning.
- Regularly update the Wingspan Board on how well program goals and objectives are being met.
Administrative Management
- Approve and monitor with the Finance Director all financial and accounting activities for the agency. Prepare the annual budget in collaboration with the Board. Serve as the primary signatory of all contracts and agreements involving the agency.
- Manage contracts/leases for IT, facilities, equipment, and services. Approve orders and expenditures as needed.
- Ensure vendor bills are paid and appropriate employee expenses are reimbursed.
- Ensure paper and electronic files are maintained per the Wingspan file retention policy.
Communications and Public Relations
- Serve as an effective spokesperson for Wingspan and respond to media requests.
- Work with staff and Wingspan Board to plan and implement Wingspan’s communications strategies.
- Provide oversight of Wingspan’s media communications to include the Wingspan website, electronic newsletter, social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, and coverage by print, television, and radio sources.
Human Resource Management
- Foster an environment that attracts, retains, and motivates highly skilled staff and volunteers.
- Directly supervise employees. Responsible for developing job descriptions, training, monitoring performance, conducting annual evaluations, and providing corrective action when required.
- Ensure that staff and volunteers are recruited and trained to meet agency need.
- Serve as key communication link between the Wingspan Board and staff.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in public or business administration, nonprofit management, human services, or a related field.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in senior management role, including the recruitment, supervision, and motivation of professional staff.
- Proven experience in communication, media relations, human resource management, fiscal management, community relations, and fundraising.
- Knowledge of LGBT issues and community based organizations.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and sensitivity to cultural diversity.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
- Master’s degree in public or business administration, nonprofit management, human services, or a related field.
- Experience in public policy advocacy.
- Experience working with a Board of Directors.
- 5 or more years’ senior management experience.
Compensation
Salary range is $60,000 to $70,000, DOE.
Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and disability insurance.
Reports To: President, Wingspan Board of Directors
Southern Arizona Gender Alliance (SAGA) Coordinator
Job Description
Summary
The Southern Arizona Gender Alliance (SAGA) Coordinator is responsible for volunteer coordination to ensure the implementation and evaluation of: gender-specific community education/awareness activities; support, social, and discussion programming for Southern Arizona’s transgender and gender diverse community; and serving as a trans-specialist to the agency.
The Southern Arizona Gender Alliance (SAGA) is a program of Wingspan, Southern Arizona’s LGBT Community Center.
The SAGA Coordinator position is a part time .25 FTE non-exempt position which relies strongly on the dedicated involvement of community volunteers. This position which requires a flexible schedule, including some weekends and evenings.
Duties and Responsibilities
Program and Volunteer Coordination
- Provide the necessary guidance and support to all SAGA-related support, educational and social group volunteers to help ensure program success, including assignment and delegation of duties, and monitoring day-to-day and long-term results
- Actively recruit, utilize, and retain volunteers who carry out SAGA activities as described below:
- Monthly SAGA-related Support Groups
- SAGA-specific community education
- Social Activities
- Annual Transgender Awareness Week (a collaborative community-wide series of events)
- Monthly Hot Meals Project (a monthly shared meal for Eon youth)
- SAGA Website and electronic discussion groups
- SAGA Information & Referrals List
- SAGA Speakers Bureau and Outreach
- Advocacy/Public Policy research
- Ensure that proper documentation is accomplished in a timely manner for program activities and monthly reports are submitted as required to both supervisor and SAGA Advisory Committee
- Work closely with the SAGA Advisory Committee and supervisor to develop services and outreach strategies for SAGA to ensure SAGA delivers quality services and completes all grant-directed deliverables
- Attend SAGA Advisory Committee meetings and monthly agency staff meeting
- Work with the Programs manager to track program expenses for SAGA
Other
- Help with creation and attainment of gender-diverse resources and outreach materials for the agency
- Assist with ongoing training development for incoming staff/volunteers to ensure all Wingspan representatives are able to provide culturally relevant services to gender diverse people.
- Serve as a SAGA spokesperson for media requests, as appropriate
Qualifications:
- Strong understanding and/or experience of transgender, transsexual, gender queer, intersex, and gender-diverse issues
- Working knowledge of LGBT communities/experiences
- Ability to work effectively with diverse communities, including youth, seniors, communities of color, those living in rural areas, donors and funders/prospective funders
- Ability to design and implement trainings/workshops
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Working knowledge of basic computer software, including web browsers, email and word processing
- Strong organizational skills, time management and ability to juggle numerous tasks and prioritize needs
- Work effectively and respectfully with all staff and volunteers
- Reliable transportation
- English/Spanish Bilingual preferred
Reports to
Programs Manager
Compensation
$13.00/hour
To apply send a cover letter and resume along with names and contact information of 3 references to:
Mail:
Wingspan
ATTN: Programs Manager
430 E. 7th Street
Tucson, AZ 85705
Email:
No calls please.
Temporary Anti-Violence Program Bilingual Advocate/Educator
Job Description
Summary
Wingspan’s Anti-Violence Program Bilingual Advocate/Educator works closely with survivor-serving organizations across Southern Arizona to provide crisis intervention, advocacy, education and cultural empowerment services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, including victims/survivors of violence as well training to community groups, businesses and service providers to broaden the supports available to LGBT people across Southern Arizona. Additionally, this position conducts advocacy, education and outreach activities in Tucson and throughout Southern Arizona, including in rural areas. This is a full-time non-exempt position, which requires some evening and weekend hours.
The Advocate/Educator is a temporary, grant-funded position, with guaranteed funding through June 31th, 2012.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Direct Service and Advocacy
- Answer crisis line and work with walk-in clients
- Serve as the on-call bilingual back-up for the 24-hour Crisis Line
- Provide personal and systems-level advocacy and support to LGBT victim/survivors of violence including court accompaniment, letter-writing, safety planning, and crisis de-escalation
- Maintain procedures for using shelter, cab, and food voucher services for clients
- Maintain and update referrals
- Follow-up with clients who need further support
- Collaborate with other community organizations that serve LGBT people including victims of violence
- Provide cultural competency trainings to agencies working with LGBT people including victims of violence.
- Assist with Violence Prevention, Intervention, and Cultural Empowerment Curriculum development and implementation.
Volunteer Assistance
- Actively recruit, utilize, and support volunteers who carry out Puertas Abiertas activities as described below:
- Assist in conducting trainings for community members and potential crisis line volunteers.
- Schedule and maintain contact with AVP volunteers, as needed.
- Monthly Social/Discussion events
- PFLAG en Español meetings
- Latino LGBTQ-specific community events, including Tucson Latin@ Gay Pride (a collaborative, community-wide series of events)
Outreach
- Help develop outreach materials and staff information tables
- Help plan, organize, advertise, and facilitate community forums and events
Other
- Maintain all paperwork and databases related to client services and presentations
- Submit monthly report
- Some evenings and weekends and travel required
- Some general office/administrative support for Program Manager required
- Attend meetings and trainings as assigned
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- English/Spanish Bilingual required.
- Knowledge of violence issues within and against the LGBTQ community.
- Knowledge of and/or experience in LGBT community.
- Knowledge of and/or experience working in rural communities.
- Understanding of the dynamics of domestic violence and oppression.
- Ability to design and implement trainings/workshops.
- Experience with crisis intervention, advocacy, and active listening skills
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Basic word processing and email knowledge.
- Good organizational skills, time management and ability to juggle numerous tasks and prioritize needs.
- Work effectively and respectfully with all staff and volunteers.
- Previous non-profit experience helpful.
- Reliable transportation.
- Ability to work effectively with diverse communities, including youth, seniors, communities of color, those living in rural areas, donors and funders/prospective funders
Reports to
Wingspan Anti-Violence Programs Coordinator
Compensation
$13.00/hour
To apply send a cover letter and resume along with the names and contact information of 3 references to:
Mail:
Wingspan
ATTN: Programs Manager
430 E. 7th Street
Tucson, AZ 85705
Email:
No calls please.
Temporary Anti-Violence Program Advocate/Educator
Job Description
Summary
Wingspan’s Anti-Violence Program Advocate/Educator works closely with survivor-serving organizations across Southern Arizona to provide crisis intervention, advocacy, education and cultural empowerment services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, including victims/survivors of violence as well training to community groups, businesses and service providers to broaden the supports available to LGBT people across Southern Arizona. Additionally, this position conducts advocacy, education and outreach activities in Tucson and throughout Southern Arizona, including in rural areas. This is a full-time non-exempt position, which requires some evening and weekend hours.
The Advocate/Educator is a temporary, grant-funded position, with guaranteed funding through June 30th, 2012.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Direct Service and Advocacy
- Answer crisis line and work with walk-in clients
- Serve as an on-call back-up for the 24-hour Crisis Line
- Provide personal and systems-level advocacy and support to LGBT victim/survivors of violence including court accompaniment, letter-writing, safety planning, and crisis de-escalation
- Maintain procedures for using shelter, cab, and food voucher services for clients
- Maintain and update referrals
- Follow-up with clients who need further support
- Collaborate with other community organizations that serve LGBT people including victims of violence
- Provide cultural competency trainings to agencies working with LGBT people including victims of violence.
- Assist with Violence Prevention, Intervention, and Cultural Empowerment Curriculum development and implementation.
Outreach
- Help develop outreach materials and staff information tables
- Help plan, organize, advertise, and facilitate community forums and events
Other
- Maintain all paperwork and databases related to client services and presentations
- Submit monthly report
- Some evenings and weekends and travel required
- Some general office/administrative support for Program Manager required
- Attend meetings and trainings as assigned
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- English/Spanish Bilingual preferred.
- Knowledge of violence issues within and against the LGBTQ community.
- Knowledge of and/or experience in LGBT community.
- Knowledge of and/or experience working in rural communities.
- Understanding of the dynamics of domestic violence and oppression.
- Ability to design and implement trainings/workshops.
- Experience with crisis intervention, advocacy, and active listening skills
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Basic word processing and email knowledge.
- Good organizational skills, time management and ability to juggle numerous tasks and prioritize needs.
- Work effectively and respectfully with all staff and volunteers.
- Previous non-profit experience helpful.
- Have access to reliable transportation.
- Ability to work effectively with diverse communities, including youth, seniors, communities of color, those living in rural areas, donors and funders/prospective funders
Reports to
Wingspan Anti-Violence Programs Coordinator
Compensation
$13.00/hour
To apply send a cover letter and resume along with the names and contact information of 3 professional references to:
Mail:
Wingspan
ATTN: Programs Manager
430 E. 7th Street
Tucson, AZ 85705
Email:
No calls please.
Wingspan is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Equal Opportunity and Non-Discrimination Statement:
Wingspan is an Equal Opportunity Employer operating in compliance with applicable Equal Opportunity and non-discrimination laws. Wingspan will employ the best qualified person without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, familial status, marital status, disability or veteran status.
