Employment

Below are current employment opportunities at AWARE.  If you are interested in applying for the positions below, please send a resume and letter of interest to the staff contact listed.

This page was last updated 08/03/2023.

CURRENT OPENINGS:

Children’s Advocate – Temporary

AWARE is hiring for a temporary full time Children’s Advocate at AWARE’s emergency safe shelter. This position works individually and in groups, with parents and children to provide education and child advocacy emphasizing the whole child, developing socialization, communication, and decision making skills. The Child Advocate works with families living in shelter and in the community. This is a temporary position expected to end December 31, 2023.  

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Advocacy:

• Provide child advocacy emphasizing the whole child, developing self- esteem, communication skills, problem solving techniques, and appropriate expression of feelings.
• Facilitate or co-facilitate weekly Children’s Life Skills and creative play groups with focus on communication, socialization, and decision making skills.
• Work with parents to develop and support parenting and enhance parenting skills.
• Provide ongoing support and visits for children and families who exit AWARE’s emergency safe shelter.
• Provide various activities and childcare to children, which afford the opportunity to participate in fine and gross motor play.
• Apply teachable moments throughout the day, providing child residents with information on body awareness, personal boundaries, safe and unsafe tough, assertiveness skills, awareness of feelings/expressing them appropriately, self-esteem, anger and problem solving, domestic violence, keeping safe at home/support systems, chemical dependency, family, separation and divorce
• Model and teach positive parenting techniques to parents, staff and volunteers
• Monitor and care for children while their parents attend groups or need care for their children
• Assist parents in parenting through positive role modeling, individual advocacy and referrals to community resources.
• Support shelter advocacy shift staff as needed.

Other Tasks:

• Perform record keeping activities associated with program participant contact, or as required for data collection or intra-staff communication
• Outreach to the community re: AWARE children’s services, as needed.
• Provide education emphasizing the whole child, developing self-esteem, communication skills, problem solving techniques, and appropriate expression of feelings.
• Ensure shelter children areas are clean and organized and address any community living/morale issues
• Represent children’s issues as needed in advocacy meetings.
• Meet regularly with your supervisor for supervision and support.

Other Staff Tasks:

• Provide advocacy, answer care lines, and assist with program participant service delivery when necessary and as needed.
• Provide program participants with basic information on DV/SA including: dynamics of battering, sexual assault, chemical dependency, lethality and safety planning.
• Attend advocacy and staff meetings and staff training as scheduled.
• Report cases of suspected abuse or neglect of children or vulnerable adults to the Alaska Office of Children’s Services and/or law enforcement, and Adult Protective Services, as required
• Comply with AWARE Personnel and Administrative Policies.
• Assist in the training of new relief, permanent or volunteers as requested.
• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must pass AWARE background check.
• Must have high school diploma/GED. College level study or experience in child development, parenting support, social work, or related field is desirable.
• Must be 18 years of age or older and hold a valid/current driver’s license.
• Must have or acquire CPR and First Aid Certification.
• Experience with Juneau social services and service to community members helpful.
• Experience working with parents in crisis and parenting issues preferred.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Must possess a working knowledge of child development.
• Must possess a thorough understanding of domestic violence, sexual assault, child sexual assault and the needs of child victims, and be an enthusiastic practitioner of trauma-informed care, or a willingness to deepen current understanding.
• Must have the ability to remain objective and to perform under stressful conditions.
• Must have the ability to understand and communicate with people of diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
• Must maintain confidentiality.
• Must support AWARE’s philosophy: A commitment to providing options and alternatives to survivors of gender based violence and child abuse.

SALARY AND HOURS:

$21.60/hr. DOE

Please send resume and cover letter to jobs@awareak.org. For more information, call (907) 586-6623 or email jobs@awareak.org

Position opened until filled.

Administrative Coordinator

interviewing now – start date October 1

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Answer phones, route calls, and take messages. Answer routine inquiries about AWARE programs and services and/or provide advocacy, as needed.
• Greet visitors, ensure confidentiality, and direct them to appropriate staff.
• Ensure public areas such as foyer, waiting area, conference room, coffee area and basement stays tidy, organized, and inviting for guests and program participants.
• Coordinate facility sanitation, safety and maintenance including responding to staff requests, coordinating local contractors, tracking project status and reporting outcomes.
• Scan, copy or file documents and organize paper flow of office.
• Produce effective, professional correspondence; proofread and format communications and reports, as needed.
• Support management with website and database maintenance.
• Assist management in recruiting and onboarding new staff and maintaining personnel files.
• Assist office team in ordering all program and office supplies and tracking needed supplies.
• Record and write receipts for all incoming in-person donations (in-kind credit and cash). Prepare receipts quarterly in preparation for reporting.
• Assist admin team with AP, AR, audit and other activities as needed.
• Respond to requests from Admin Manager for special projects and support.

Advocacy & All-Staff Tasks:

• Meet regularly with supervisor for supervision and support.
• Provide advocacy, answer crisis line, and assist with program participant service delivery when necessary and as needed.
• Provide program participants with basic information on DV/SA including: dynamics of battering, sexual assault, chemical dependency, lethality and safety planning.
• Attend staff meetings and trainings as scheduled.
• Report cases of suspected abuse or neglect of children or vulnerable adults to the Alaska Office of Children’s Services or Adult Protective Services, and the Juneau Police Department as required.
• Comply with AWARE Personnel and Administrative Policies.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Must pass AWARE background check.
• Must maintain a valid driver’s license
• Have or be willing to obtain CPR and First Aid Certification.
• Knowledge, skills and experience with personal computers and various software including spreadsheets and word processing, filing systems, and office practices.
• Prior experience in an office or administrative capacity (1yr+), preferred.
• Experience with home improvement and basic home repair projects preferred.
• Must have a thorough understanding of domestic violence, sexual assault and the needs of victims or the willingness to learn.
• Must have the ability to remain objective and to perform under stressful conditions.
• Must have the ability to understand and communicate with people of different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
• Must maintain confidentiality.
• Must support AWARE’s mission and philosophy.

SALARY AND HOURS:

30 hours per week.

$21.60/hr DOE plus benefits

Please send resume and cover letter to jobs@awareak.org. For more information, contact Janna Auger at (907) 586-6623 or JannaA@awareak.org

Position opened until filled.

SSP Regional Healing Catalyst

Haa Tóoch Lichéesh Coalition

40 hours per week

Salary/Wage/Benefits: $60,000/DOE plus benefits

POSITION DESCRIPTION: This position is funded jointly by Sustainable Southeast Partnership (SSP) and Haa Tóoch Lichéesh Coalition (HTL). The Sustainable Southeast Partnership is a dynamic collective uniting diverse skills and perspectives to strengthen cultural, ecological, and economic resilience across Southeast Alaska. The person chosen for this role will work to support HTL Coalition and our community partners in our shared mission of preventing systemic violence and addressing widespread inter-generational trauma through culturally relevant and place-based programs which promote and facilitate equity and healing across communities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
● Oversee Collective Impact regional workgroups and collaborative projects to support regional healing opportunities, including overseeing regional Needs and Resource Assessment to inform the HTL Strategic Plan.
● Work with key partners to ensure culturally relevant and trauma informed programs that promote healing with a regional scope.
● Provide culturally relevant and place-based programs for Haa Tóoch Lichéesh Coalition member organizations and across the spectrum of services.
● Responsible for the oversight and reporting of grant responsibilities associated with programs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
● Must pass a background check.
● 3+ year experience in this or related field.
● Supervision experience.
● Lived experience within Alaska Native worldviews, cultures and communities is required.
● Must have or acquire CPR and First Aid Certification.
● COVID vaccination required (exemptions possible).

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
● Must have a thorough understanding of domestic violence, sexual assault and the needs of
victims or the willingness to learn.
● Must have experience in community work that addresses equity, anti-oppression, violence
prevention, and/or community organizing.
● Must maintain confidentiality.
● Must support AWARE’s Philosophy: A commitment to providing options and alternatives to
victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
● Must demonstrate keen attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.
● Experience with grants management and grant writing is desirable.

Send resume/cover letter to AWARE, Inc. by July 15, 2023 either by email to Ati Nasiah at
atin@awareak.org, via fax to (907) 586-2479, or mail to PO Box 20809, Juneau, AK 99802.

For more information call (907) 586-6623 or e-mail Ati Nasiah.

Position is open until filled.

Shelter Relief Advocate

AWARE is hiring part-time relief advocates for our emergency shelter. Shelter Relief Advocates serve survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. This is an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, crisis-oriented agency with a commitment to collaborative, supportive services. We are very willing to train the right applicant with a strong customer service background who is wanting to transition to social services.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be able to work shift-based schedule (Evening: 4pm-12am/Day 8am-4pm/Swing 12pm- 8pm/Overnight 12am-8am).

**Priority will be given to applicants who can work evenings and weekends.**

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must be willing to acquire a CPR/First Aide Certificate
• Must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to first day of work, or submit request for a federal allowable exclusion to the mandate.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with social services
• 1+ years of customer/client service experience

 REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Must have a thorough understanding of domestic violence, sexual assault and the needs of victims or the willingness to learn.
• Must have the ability to understand and communicate with people of different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
• Must maintain confidentiality.
• Must support AWARE’s Philosophy: A commitment to providing options and alternatives to women and child victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, etc.

SALARY & HOURS:

$19.44/hour |  part-time/relief position.

Please e-mail resume/cover letter to Christina Patterson at jobs@awareak.org.  For more information call (907) 586-6623

At AWARE, Inc. we have a clear vision: to be the place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, to stay, and do their best work. We are focused on equity and we honor race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all other fascinating characteristics that make us unique. AWARE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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