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Project Director, Office of Violence Against Women Campus Grant

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Location: *Not in North Carolina
Position Type: Full-time
Closing Date: April 21, 2022

Primary Position Function/Summary:

The Project Director will be responsible for overall administration of the grant activities for the Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women Grants to Reduce
Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program titled: “Community Solutions to Ending Sexual Misconduct: Coordinating Response and Prevention Efforts”. The Project Director will be responsible for generating new approaches to stalking prevention and response services, designing the first Illinois
Stalking Prevention & Response Summit with students, creating a Coordinate Community Response Team (CCRT), enhancing existing services, streamlining response efforts, and tracking and reporting on the progress of the grant to the Office on Violence Against Women.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Campus Programming and Administration

Lead a state-wide student coordination team to design the first Illinois Stalking Prevention & Response Summit for campus practitioners and students.
Lead the establishment of the institution’s first Coordinated Community Response Team (CCRT), including strategic plan and assessment strategy.
Collaborate with campus and community partners to streamline referrals, create collaborative response protocols and corresponding materials, train campus investigators and law enforcement,and determine necessary areas for further training related to stalking, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, domestic and dating violence.
Work in partnership with the Associate Director to incorporate relevant stalking updates into existing prevention programming and streamline prevention efforts.
Partner with students to create a new student workshop focused on issues related to stalking, and a digital stalking education campaign.
Create, disseminate, and provide assistance and information about survivor options to bring disciplinary or other legal action, including assistance to victims in immigration matters.
Cultivate and sustain collaborative relationships with a wide array of constituents (staff, faculty, students, community members, and community organizations) in order to accomplish division and departmental goals.
Other duties as assigned.
Grant Coordination

Create a grant reporting protocol to keep records, collect data, track, and report on deliverable progress, products and materials, and statutory requirements, according to funder specifications.
Attend New Grantee Orientation and related technical assistance trainings, webinars, conferences and calls, as required by the funder, as well as other relevant trainings to grant project.
Complete semi-annual progress reports listing grant-related activities and progress toward completing grant requirements and assist in the development of the Women’s Resources Center’s annual report.