III. Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Sought:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Required:
- Texas residency required. This role is a hybrid remote job and requires in-office responsibilities on a periodic basis.
- Hybrid staff are also expected to travel and attend in person activities associated with their job descriptions and duties. Outside of these expectations, hybrid staff work remotely within the state of Texas.
- Experience incorporating the perspectives of multiple communities, including BIPOC survivors, advocates, and stakeholders in the consideration of impacts and outcomes of a decision-making process.
- Demonstrated knowledge of law enforcement advocacy with survivors, coordinated community response team efforts, or advocacy to survivors of family violence.
- Strong team building and leadership skills to effectively manage Coalition activities through vision, strategic planning, and expertise.
- Self-driven to work independently with minimal supervision and use disciplined time management skills.
- Thorough knowledge of domestic violence issues and the circumstances faced by those experiencing it.
- Critical analytical skills to understand the political, social, financial and external issues affecting service providers; to foresee and interpret trends and dynamics regarding the changing needs of TCFV constituents; and to develop processes and resources to respond effectively and in a timely manner.
- Communication skills suitable for presentation and written publication, for internal and external distribution.
- Self-driven to manage time and complete multiple activities and grant deliverables within deadlines.
- Experienced at data analysis and collection. Working experience with Microsoft Office applications and can adeptly navigate new software and technology.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team, providing support and constructive feedback in interpersonal interaction with staff, board, and members.
- Must be proactive, communicative, responsive, creative, and flexible, to accomplish agency and program goals; and possess mission of service attitude with a strong commitment to and knowledge of constituent service and relations.
- Ability to work within a team to offer support and collaborate on team projects to include working with external DVHRT teams.
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of employee, donor, funder, survivor and case information.
Preferred:
- Working knowledge of Qualtrics and acumen using the system to collect and report data.
- Bachelor’s Degree. We will consider a combination of education and related experience. (Equivalency formula: two years of experience is equal to one year of education.)
- Bi-lingual English/Spanish language a plus as is any bi-lingual / bi-cultural lived experience.
- Experience providing direct services to individuals affected by domestic violence preferred.
IV. Working Conditions and Environment/Physical Demands:
Ability to communicate and converse in English. Travel up to 25% during non-legislative session times. Ability to frequently tolerate prolonged stationary positions and frequently move about a large public building. Ability to engage in frequent public contact and training. Professional attire may be required for most public-facing work. Ability to work in or from a remote location or from a home-based office. Must possess the emotional and physical stamina to deal with a variety of high-pressure situations, such as: responding to complaints, handling difficult internal and external interaction, effectively working long and, at times, odd hours which could exceed 40 hours or include weekends as necessary, especially during the legislative session.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and minimum level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for the position. The employee will be required to perform any other job-related duties as required by the job objectives, the CEO and mission and philosophy of TCFV.
