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Victim Advocate/Prevention Educator, GS-0101-09 (Open to All U.S. Citizens)

Department of Transportation
Maritime Administration
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Summary

This position is located in the Immediate Office of the Superintendent, United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), Maritime Administration (MARAD).

This position is established to assist the Sexual Assault Prevention/Response Coordinator (SARC) develop, implement and support campus efforts to address power-based personal violence on campus and during sea year. The Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) program provides guidance for policy development, prevention education1 emergency response, intervention, and support services to Midshipmen victims/survivors of sexual assault, sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking.

The ideal candidate is a mid-level professional possessing the knowledge of the dynamics of domestic violence and sexual assault prevention. The individual must be customer service oriented, with unique skills to assist with coordination with internal and external stakeholders.

PLEASE NOTE: This vacancy may be used to fill similar positions within 60 days for these locations.

Overview

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Open & closing dates
01/12/2018 to 01/22/2018
Salary
$57,948 - $75,334 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 09
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Kings Point, NY
1 vacancy
Travel Required
Not required
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time - Full Time
Service
Promotion potential
09
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
No
Announcement number
MARAD.MMA-2018-0009
Control number
488440400

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Duties

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As an Victim Advocate/Prevention Educator, you will:

  • Coordinate and present multidisciplinary sexual assault education and prevention programming with a specific focus on sexual assault, sexual harassment, dating and domestic violence, stalking, and bystander intervention.
  • Assist with continual training and technical assistance. Provide direct assistance to victims and consider their needs and connects them with appropriate resources, including medical care, mental health care, legal advice and spiritual support.
  • Assist the Sexual Assault Prevention/Response Coordinator in planning, developing, and implementing education training and outreach effort around engagement topics such as gender equity, bystander intervention, sexual assault, healthy relationships, and related topics for students, staff, and faculty group.
  • Assist with the peer education program that focuses on sexual assault, sexual harassment, relationship violence, stalking, bystander intervention, healthy relationships, and a healthy campus climate.
  • Provide information on principles, practices, and techniques of interviewing clients sufficient to evaluate clients’ needs; develop a plan of action which will facilitate health and reduce dysfunctional behavior.
  • Provides direct assistant to victims. Considers needs and connects them with appropriate resources, including medical care, mental health care, legal advice and spiritual support.
  • Upon request of the victim, attends court/administrative proceedings, medical appointments, civilian and/or federal law enforcement interviews, or other events as necessary to support the victim, providing support in securing medical treatment for injuries; safe shelter; federal and/or civilian protective orders; support before, during, and after trial/administrative hearings; appointments; educational services; transportation; and any other services deemed necessary.
NOTE: Due to the nature of work in this position, the employee may serve in an "on call" duty status outside of normal work hours that includes but is not limited to: regularly checking email to respond to crises, and as needed respond outside of duty hours to perform duties outlined above.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • You must be a U.S. citizen and meet specialized experience or education.
  • Submit application and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.
  • Review Required Documents Section as documents are required by closing date
  • Telework is Not authorized for this positon.
  • Empoyee may serve in an "on call" duty status outside of normal work hours.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

  • SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.
  • DEU REQUIREMENTS: Applicants selected under delegated examining procedures may be required to successfully complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet either the education or experience qualifications for the grade at which you are requesting consideration.

TO QUALIFY FOR THE GS-9:

On Education, you must have:

  • Two years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Master's degree or
  • Master's or equivalent graduate degree.
On Experience, you must have at least one full year of specialized equal or equivalent experience. It must include:
  • Experience providing guidance for policy development, prevention education, emergency response, intervention, and support services to victims and survivors of sexual assault, sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking.
You can also qualify on a combination of higher level graduate education and matching experience.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Applications can be accepted from students who expect to complete qualifying education within 60 days from the date of application. For additional information: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-policies/#url=e4

Applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Additional information

Displaced employees may be eligible for ICTAP or CTAP priority consideration. For more information, please review the OPM Employee's Guide to Career Transition.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE: PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume/ application does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make a qualification determination. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level.

If you meet the qualification requirements, your application will be placed in one of four categories: Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze, which is based upon your responses to the vacancy questions. Within these categories, applicants eligible for veteran's preference that have provided supporting documents will receive selection priority over non-veterans. The top-rated applications will be reviewed for the quality of your experience, education and training relevant to the position.

Your application will be rated on the extent and quality of your experience, education and training relevant to the position. The answers you select in the on-line process must be substantiated in your application package. If upon review, it is determined that your described work history, competencies, and/or supporting documents do not support your answer choices, your application may be updated or you may not be referred to the selecting official. Please ensure that your work history provides enough details to support your answers. The Automated Staffing Office is ultimately responsible for determining your final rating.
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Maritime Administration

Agency contact information

Automated Staffing Office
Phone
000-000-0000
Fax
000-000-0000
Email
TRANSJOBS@dot.gov
Address
DOT, MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
Submit Application and Documents Online
1200 New Jersey Ave SE / HAHR - 50
Washington, District of Columbia 20590
United States

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