Victim Advocate Coordinator

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Functions:

Coordinates and supervises the County’s Victim Advocate Program; conducts program planning and implementation.
Assists victims as needed; attends court with victims; and assists victims with other agencies.
Supervises victim advocates for the County; interviews potential new employees; conducts or arranges training for employees; and checks on progress and work of advocates.
Attends meetings and trainings.
Enters data (VAMS).
Gathers statistics; talks to victims; and reports on progress.
Reviews inmate files and victim notification forms.
Maintains availability for advocates/victims during the day and after hours.
Stays current on laws concerning victims and task forces.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Bachelor’s degree.
Two (2) years of related work experience.
-or
- Any combination of education and experience that meets the requirements for performing the essential functions of this job.

Must possess (or obtain within one year of hire) a victim service certification as a Victim Advocate; attend annual training to remain certified.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Data Involvement:
Requires gathering, organizing, analyzing, examining, or evaluating data or information and may prescribe action based on such data or information.
People Involvement:
Requires managing, supervising or leading others by determining work procedures, assigning duties, maintaining harmonious relations and promoting efficiency.
Involvement with Things:
Requires handling or using machines, tools, or equipment requiring brief instruction or experience, such as computers for data entry, fax machines, copiers, telephones, or similar equipment.
Reasoning Requirements:
Requires performing supervisory work involving policy and guidelines, solving both people- and work-related problems.
Mathematical Requirements:
Requires using addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, and/or calculating ratios, rates and percentages.
Language Requirements:
Requires reading journals, manuals, and professional publications; speaking clearly with coworkers or with staff in other organizational agencies, the general public, and writing reports using proper language, punctuation, grammar, and style.
Mental Requirements:
Requires doing professional-level work requiring the application of administrative methods in the solution of administrative or social problems; understanding of operating policies and procedures; and requires continuous, close attention for accurate results and frequent exposure to unusual pressures.
Computer Requirements:
Must be proficient in use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
Judgments and Decisions:
Responsible for guiding others, requiring frequent decisions affecting co-workers, customers and others who depend on the service or product; works in a somewhat fluid environment with rules and procedures but with many variations from the routine.

The work is sedentary work which requires the person in this position to occasionally exert up to 10 pounds of force to grasp, lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:
Balancing:

Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
Crouching:
Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
Grasping:

Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
Handling:

Picking, holding, or otherwise…