T he Equity and Inclusion Office (EIO), under the auspices of the Vice Provost, Equity and Inclusion, has a wide-ranging responsibility to collaborate with both campus and community partners. Our mandate includes identifying and resolving equity and inclusion issues, providing advisory services, promoting awareness and education on accessibility, equity, and inclusion, and facilitating the implementation of policies and practices that ensure fair and timely resolution of incidents related to harassment, discrimination, and sexual violence, including investigation services.
Job Summary:
Reporting to the Senior Director of Human Rights & Accessibility, with a dotted line to the Vice Provost, Equity & Inclusion, the Associate Director, Sexual Violence Prevention (AD SVP) is a central resource for members of the university community, including complainants, respondents, witnesses, friends and roommates, front-line service providers, externally contracted providers, staff, faculty, and leaders. The AD SVP, in consultation with the Senior Director of Human Rights & Accessibility, provides strategic direction, staff oversight, internal and external key consulted groups, liaison, and develops and implements an institutional Gender-Based and Sexual Violence (GBSV) prevention and education plan. The AD, SVP, creates and implements inclusive strategies and guides and oversees the creation and distribution of all marketing and awareness plans. Additionally, the AD SVP is responsible for identifying and reporting on campus-gendered violence trends and will initiate meaningful programming, support and services to address GBSV. The position serves to promote belonging, equity, health equity, diversity and inclusion by working with those most often impacted by sexual violence, Indigenous and equity- deserving groups.
This position has a university-wide mandate and the incumbent provides leadership in a multi-campus environment, requiring regular interaction, communication and collaboration with McMaster community members and external partners. The AD, SVP will ensure the Sexual Violence Prevention programs and services are delivered equitably across all of our diverse community members and reflect the needs of local key consulted groups. Works with key consulted groups and serves as a community resource to ensure appropriate prevention of gender-based and sexual violence.
Accountabilities
- Acts as the institutional expert on issues related to Gender-Based and Sexual Violence
- Prepares reports as required to the University and external funders
- Coordinates all external contracts and services entered into by the university to educate on Gender-Based and sexual violence.
- Oversees the Peer Educators Program across campus to support GBSV work and initiatives
- When required, represents the university at the provincial and federal level when speaking to GBSV on campus
- When required, respond to media requests in consultation with other campus partners
- Liaise and consult with other GBSV offices across the province and Canada to explore partnerships and opportunities for learning
- Makes recommendations for change and participates in review of policies as appropriate
- Advises members of the campus community of their rights and responsibilities under the university’s Sexual Violence Policy and relevant legislation
- Serves as a subject matter expert and advisor to departments and groups in the university community who would like to consult on the issue of sexual violence and related topics
- Assists in sexual violence risk assessment and safety planning for all persons impacted by sexual violence, including witnesses and respondents
- Co-leads, supports and responds to staff impacted by SV and Intimate Partner Violence
- Collaborates with various academic and other units to ensure optimal safety coordination
- Following assessment, escalates high risk situations to the Senior Director, Human Rights & Accessibility who will consult with the Response Team and appropriate police services as required and liaises with local and provincial police as necessary including McMaster Campus Safety Services.
- Works collaboratively with key university and community partners to develop tools for program assessment
- Implements an evaluative framework to facilitate the on-going assessment of the supports and services program including data-informed decision making
- Identifies and recognizes emergent needs and creates collaborative plans for safety and wellness for all McMaster community members
- Provide recommendations for the appropriate consideration related to academic and non- academic accommodations
- Represents the university on local committees designed to address GBSV in the broader community context.
- Coordinates and oversees all working groups related to GBSV supports and education
- Supervises the sexual violence staff, and Peer Educators responsible for enacting programming or supports related to GBSV
- Provides support for survivors, respondents and witnesses and develops sustainable support strategies.
- Provides consultation, disclosure, support, safety planning, for all McMaster community members impacted by GBSV
- Receives disclosures of gendered violence
- Conducts needs assessments and provides crisis support and referrals based on the individual needs
- Provides options for reporting and resolution of complaints, and offers navigational support related to any/all internal processes and systems
- Provides information about and facilitates referrals to available support resources on and off campus.
- Oversees the delivery of trauma informed and person centred individual and group programming for those impacted by GBSV
- Provides support in the following areas based on individual needs, including but not limited to: accessing counselling support, requesting academic, residence or workplace accommodations or changes, referral to and personal support in accessing health care and supports from other community agencies, safety planning, support and assistance in reviewing reporting options, potential outcomes of reporting options and decision making related to next steps
- Assists in establishing and maintaining data, record keeping, and reporting systems as outlined in the Discrimination & Harassment Policy and Sexual Violence Policy (Equity & Inclusion Office responsible)
- Acts as a central data collection hub for gathering and reporting statistical information on the incidence of GBSV on campus, and on institutional initiatives related to sexual violence, as required for institutional reporting
- Compiles information from those reporting to the EIO and other community partners regarding the provision of relevant services under the Sexual Violence Policy
- Reports on trends and highlights areas of potential risk for the university as a whole
- Reviews emerging research regarding leading practices and evidence-based models of prevention, awareness, intervention, and restoration
- Maintains an understanding of the legislative reporting requirements and advises members on policy and compliance
- Oversees and reports on the use of Campus Safety Grant funding
- Participates in all internal and external campus audits as required
- Creates and maintains all forms and record-keeping systems to ensure compliance with confidentiality guidelines governing the maintenance, release and sharing of data collected related to GBSV
- Creates and leads campus-wide education on GBSV programs/curriculum
- Create a cost-recovery program within SVPRO
- Assists with coordination of policy-related communication and education, including proactive and sustained prevention-focused education on GBSV
- Provide training in all areas related to GBSV.
- Assists in the development and implementation of appropriate supports and/or programming for respondents
- Grant writing and fundraising support for the Vice Provost, Equity & Inclusion
- Engagement with varied forms of dissemination of scholarly knowledge
Qualifications:
Education:
- Graduate degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience, in a related field, such as Gender-Based Sexual Violence, Critical Race Studies, Law or Administration
Experience
- 5-7 years experience leading complex Gender-Based Sexual Violence Prevention
- Feminist or Critical Race Research, Counselling, Public Policy & Administration, with a minimum of 5 years of related work experience.
- Demonstrated understanding of how to support diverse survivors of gendered and sexual violence from a trauma-informed and intersectional lens perspective
- Significant experience providing mental health support to survivors of trauma
- Relevant experience providing support to survivors of sexual, intimate relationship and/or family violence and other forms of gender-based violence
- Significant experience with crisis intervention, data collection, record keeping, and reporting
- Experience with violence risk assessment tools and interventions
- Demonstrated ability to deal effectively and efficiently with stressful and emergency situations
- Experience navigating police and judicial processes
- Experience coordinating and facilitating gender-based violence training and educational programming
Must pass a criminal reference check
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