Outreach & Education Specialist; OES

Outreach & Education Specialist

RCC Sexual Violence Resource Center (RCC) provides 24-hour helpline support, medical advocacy, and law enforcement advocacy for sexual assault survivors of all ages, counseling and personal advocacy for survivors twelve years of age and older, legal advocacy, campus advocacy, systems advocacy, self-defense, education, outreach, professional development and prevention programming.

The Outreach & Education Specialist (OES) is responsible for creating, implementing, and sustaining sexual violence prevention education and community outreach efforts for RCC Sexual Violence Resource Center. They will regularly collaborate with the Director of Outreach, Prevention, & Education (DOPE), Executive Director (ED), RCC staff, community partners, volunteers and the general public to deliver and evaluate programming.

The OES helps RCC increase sexual assault victim/survivor access to services through education and outreach primarily to youth, but also to adults, as needed. The purpose of the OES is to educate the community on personal, familial and societal impact of sexual violence through accessible and developmentally appropriate education and outreach, with the ultimate goal of preventing sexual violence and sharing resources.

The OES is responsible for coordinating, developing, and implementing effective outreach materials and education curricula and building relationships with new and existing community partners. Additionally, the OES organizes the evaluation of all their own educational programming and services, supports grant maintenance, and sets and meets goals for the department. As with all RCC employees, the OES must be committed to providing services with and to a variety of cultures with cultural awareness, sensitivity, and humility.

• Provide educational presentations to youth and adults in middle schools, high schools, colleges, community agencies, and other groups
• Create engaging, visually appealing outreach and education materials and curricula independently and in collaboration with OPE team
• Develop trauma informed, empowerment-focused, culturally responsive education; deliver through presentations (in-person, written, video, and/or other appropriate formats)
• Facilitate sensitive and potentially activating topics and conversations in an ethical, trauma-informed way to youth and community
• Collaborate to build new evidence-informed curricula for all education programming with DOPE & department staff, including one-time educational presentations as well as multiple-session prevention education courses
• Collaborate with DOPE in the development and delivery of program evaluations to maintain evidence-informed curricula that is creative, effective, and population-specific.
• Collaborate with Direct Services (DS) to ensure that all victims who disclose to OES receive prompt, appropriate services.

• Maintain strong working relationships with Dane County teachers, faculty and staff of K-12 schools and youth serving organizations, as well as area service providers and ensure agency representation at appropriate collaboration meetings and events related to sexual violence education.
• Develop and maintain mailing & contact lists for RCC program outreach and engage in regular promotion and follow up with partners in collaboration with Director of Communication when appropriate
• Receive, coordinate, and schedule program requests in a prompt, organized, and professional manner; effectively manage schedule & calendar
• Frequently staff tabling events as needed
• Assist Prevention Specialist in the recruitment of Game Changers program participants
• Plan one or more RCC event during April for Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) with coalition of partners dedicated to ending sexual violence and intersecting forms of oppression, including, but not limited to racism, classism, homophobia, and sexism.
• Collaborate with DOPE to facilitate partnerships with appropriate public and private agencies that are working to build racial and gender equity and address sexual assault, to broaden the impact and reach of RCC…