Men's Engagement Coordinator

About the Job

The Men’s Engagement Coordinator will create and implement programs, trainings, and outreach to the University of Minnesota community focused on engaging men and male-identified individuals as well as all genders, around topics of sexual assault, relationship violence, stalking, sexual harassment, masculinity, and gender equity. This position will also be responsible for facilitating an intervention program (STARRSA AP) for college students found responsible for sexual misconduct.

Additional topics to be addressed in these efforts include social justice, intersectional identities, sexual orientation, gender-based violence, and influencing social norms. The Men’s Engagement Coordinator will support Aurora’s sexual violence prevention program.

The Aurora Center’s Men’s Engagement Initiative focuses on four areas:

• Providing awareness and services to male-identified victim/survivors;
• Engaging men and male-identified folx as allies;
• Educating and encouraging peer‑to‑peer accountability by examining masculinity issues, communication, social norms, and relationships;
• Facilitating STARRSA Active Psychoeducation program.

The Men’s Engagement Coordinator is a full‑time (100% FTE) Professional and Academic (P&A) position at the Aurora Center. This position reports to the Associate Director of the Aurora Center.

Outreach and Education (40%)

• Co‑develop, coordinate, and implement education/training for Greek life, Gopher athletic sports, and campus military groups regarding sexual misconduct awareness, prevention, intervention, bystander education, intersectional identities and sexual misconduct, and social environment shaping (BEST Model).
• Collaborate closely with Aurora Violence Prevention Coordinator, Sexual Misconduct Prevention Program staff, and other campus partners with roles related to sexual violence prevention.
• Co‑use, maintain, and update existing education curriculum to continue to reflect the issues and its effectiveness on the college campus.
• Plan, develop, and implement programming, education/trainings, and outreach efforts around Men’s Engagement topics such as masculinity, gender equity, gender‑based violence, healthy relationships, and related topics.
• Establish, advise, and support a Men’s Engagement student/peer group.
• Engage and expand campus partnerships around the role of gender identity in areas including but not limited to fraternity life, athletics, military programs, STEM programs, international communities, etc.
  • Serve as a trainer of trainers for staff and volunteers.
• Develop, coordinate, and implement education programs and events (i.e. speakers, film showings, Spring Jam participation, and awareness campaigns for Sexual Assault Awareness Month & Domestic Violence Awareness Month).
• Serve as liaison and provide coordination with other prevention and safety efforts on appropriate committees.
• Assist in recruiting and training new Violence Prevention Educators and prevention student staff.
• When designated, serve as supervisor to a student employee.
• Stay current on violence prevention, gender equity, masculinity, and peer education literature to integrate best practices in TAC educational programming.

Sexual Misconduct Intervention Program for Respondents (30%)

• Develop, coordinate, and implement informal processes that aim to repair the harm done to victims/survivors of sexual misconduct and provide education and information to respondents.
• Plan, develop, and implement a sexual misconduct intervention program curriculum for respondents using STARRSA Active Psychoeducation model.
• Develop, coordinate, implement, host, and train partner offices to provide community supervision/ accountability meetings with respondents and behavioral contracts when necessary.
• Create educational workshops for respondents about power/control, entitlement, boundaries, equity, healthy relationships, consent, gender roles, communication, masculinity, mindfulness, impact of harm, accountability, etc.
• Create informal options for victim/survivors and respondents of marginalized/underserved communities who can’t/won’t formally access sexual misconduct systems of accountability.
• Develop,…