Economic Empowerment Advocate
Economic Empowerment Advocate
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Position Name
Economic Empowerment Advocate
Position Description
Reporting to the Manager of Economic Empowerment the Economic Empowerment Advocate supports and assists the Economic Empowerment Program. Specifically the Economic Empowerment Advocate helps the Economic Empowerment Specialist facilitate classes provide emotional support to survivors of trafficking and support with required reporting and documentation.
About Restore NYC
Restore is a nonprofit organization making freedom real for survivors of trafficking in the United States. Our vision is a world free from trafficking. For every survivor a life of hope restoration and flourishing. Learn more about us on our website.
Faith & Mission Alignment
Because our work is rooted in our Christian faith we seek fulltime team members who share our commitment to trusting in God pursuing justice and caring for one another in alignment with our core values:
- We depend on God
- We pursue impact
- We execute with excellence
- We care for each other
- We cant do it alone
- The survivor drives our approach
Diversity & Inclusion: The Foundation to Making Freedom Real
Restores mission is to make freedom real for survivors of trafficking in the United States. To do that we desire a staff team thats more representative of the survivors we serve almost all of whom are Black Latina and/or immigrants. Applicants from these underrepresented communities are strongly encouraged to apply. We especially welcome applicants who are survivors of trafficking genderbased violence intimatepartner violence and/or sexual .
About the Position
Reporting to the Manager of Economic Empowerment the Economic Empowerment Advocate supports and assists the Economic Empowerment Program. Specifically the Economic Empowerment Advocate helps the Economic Empowerment Specialist facilitate classes and provide emotional support to survivors of trafficking. The Economic Empowerment Advocate also assists with administrative responsibilities including but not limited to documentation reporting and client communication. The Economic Empowerment Advocate maintains a relationship with clients that fosters trust and understanding through client communication and follow up. The ideal candidate has strong administrative and communication skills and experience working with survivors or individuals who have experienced trauma.
Specific Responsibilities
- Provide peer support and outreach to clients by responding to concerns and questions about their participation in services.
- Execute reminder followup and basic motivational coaching calls to maximize the number of clients that complete services.
- Document all interactions and meetings with clients in Apricot.
- During inperson classes assist the Economic Empowerment Specialist with classroom set up and clean up preparing participant materials and teaching equipment before class start time.
- Assist with the recording and translating job readiness lessons and orientation sessions into Spanish ensuring accessibility and inclusivity for Spanishspeaking clients.
- Participate in quarterly staff training and meetings as needed.
- Assist with completing Economic Empowerment client intakes and impact assessments.
- Other relevant duties as required for program .
Requirements
- Fluent in Spanish and English
- Strong communication teamwork and relational skills.
- Intermediate computer & technology skills (Zoom Google Doc Gmail Slack etc..
- Keen self and social awareness welldeveloped self and relationship management skills.
- Deep commitment to the healing and wellbeing of survivors of sex trafficking knowledge and or experience working in a traumainformed environment.
- Flexible in the face of an everchanging work environment enjoys learning new skills and receiving feedback to improve their ability to serve clients.
- Skilled in problem solving; able to identify barriers explore creative solutions and connect survivors with appropriate resources and opportunities.
- Exceptionally dependable and able to work well with a diverse team.
Compensation
- Compensation is up to $24 per hour commensurate with experience.
- This is a parttime position requiring up to 15 hours a week.
Job Location
This job is based in New York City and is a hybrid position requiring 2 days per week in office (Wednesday & Friday mornings).
Equal Opportunity Employer
Restore provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.
Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Employment Type
Part-Time
