Training and Technical Assistance Director

Who We Are

The Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MNCASA) provides leadership and resources for sexual assault programs and allies to prevent sexual violence while promoting a comprehensive, socially just response for all victims/survivors. We support, convene, and collaborate with sexual assault programs, advocates, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers to promote a more victim-centered response to sexual violence, and increase effective criminal justice. Our prevention programs take action before someone is harmed, and we work with policy makers and elected officials for laws and programs that fight sexual violence. MNCASA provides:

1. Victim and Survivor Support by helping partner programs and medical personnel, law enforcement, and legal and social service providers deliver state of the art victim advocacy and support.
2. Prevention Support by developing the capacity of partner programs and others to design and implement effective community-level primary prevention strategies.
3. Policy Reforms through public policy education and advocacy.
4. Systems Change by developing capacity in medical, criminal justice, social service, and judicial systems to incorporate a coordinated and victim-centered approach into their responses.

Why You'll Love Working Here

MNCASA is a statewide coalition driving transformative culture change to address sexual violence through advocacy, prevention, racial justice, and systems change. We envision a world free of sexual violence in which all human beings are treated with dignity and respect and communities are transformed through safety, healing, and partnerships.

Wages & Benefits

$65,000 - $73,000 annual salary; Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) starting at five weeks per year, plus nine paid holidays and two floating holidays; competitive health insurance with 80% of premiums covered by employer, employer-paid premiums for dental insurance for employees, and vision insurance; Health Savings Account (HSA) with $600 of employer contribution, and options for Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA). There is employer paid basic life insurance with the option for additional coverage paid by the employee. The employer pays for Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D), and short- and long-term disability insurance. MNCASA sponsors a retirement plan with 4% employer match and immediate vesting.

Schedule

This position works in an office building in St. Paul with strategic flexibility to work hybrid. The schedule for this role is within normal business hours and may include occasional evening and/or weekend hours.

A Typical Day in the Life...

MNCASA's Training and Technical Assistance Director provides an opportunity to oversee daily training and technical assistance programming, with a focus on medical forensics and other key service areas, while serving on the leadership team and supporting the Executive Director in advancing the organization's mission and vision. Responsibilities will include the following:

Grants Management

• Overseeing the development and delivery of activities under local, state, and federal grants across multiple programming areas.
• Directing and managing grant spending, budgets, contractors, and sub-grantee processes.
• Preparing, writing, and submitting all necessary grant applications and reports.

Program Management

• Providing leadership in program planning and creating work plans.
• Leading the implementation and development of trainings and technical assistance.
• Developing new materials and resources in alignment with grant deliverables.

Strategic Leadership

• Participating in Leadership Team activities, including strategic planning, budgeting, and organizing organizational events and meetings.
• Representing MNCASA at conferences and public speaking engagements.
• Contributing to the development and advocacy of legislative proposals and agendas.
• Providing testimony to support legislative system change.
• Delivering media statements and participating in interviews in partnership with the Executive Director.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Managing employee and team performance by providing training, communicating expectations, coaching, and supporting professional development.
• Investigating complaints and performance concerns and implementing disciplinary action in consultation with MACC Human Resource Services.
• Leading the hiring process, developing and updating job descriptions, setting performance expectations, assigning work schedules, and ensuring compliance with hiring procedures.
• Fostering a respectful, inclusive, and safe work environment through effective communication and conflict resolution.
• Accepting resignations, initiating terminations, and carrying out layoff actions according to established protocols.
• Reviewing and approving leave and overtime requests, and ensuring timely, accurate timecard submissions.
• Ensuring timely and accurate entry of personnel changes into the Human Resources Management System.

Who You Are

• You have a bachelor's degree in Sociology, Public Health, or a related field - or you bring at least six years of comparable work experience.
• You've spent a minimum of three years working in sexual assault advocacy, sex trafficking, or a closely related field.
• You have at least three years of experience managing programs and providing technical assistance.
• You're comfortable leading teams, with three or more years of staff supervision and management experience.
• You've successfully managed grants and understand the responsibilities that come with funding oversight.
• Preferably, you have a valid driver's license and access to reliable transportation. Please note that if the license was not issued in the state of Minnesota, you have 60 days after becoming a Minnesota resident in which to apply for your Minnesota driver's license or permit (not applicable for new hires living out of state).

Diversity and open expression are fundamental to the work of MNCASA. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment where everyone can belong. Every member of our team enriches our work by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design, and deliver solutions. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in our sector: individuals who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQI+ and gender fluid or gender nonconforming, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), veterans, people of any age or family status. We encourage you to apply even if you feel like you don't fit 100% of the technical requirements.

Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, disability, marital status, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, genetic information or a protected veteran's status.

Our organization has a partnership with Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities (MACC) to provide administrative services including management of the hiring process. If you apply for this position, you may see references to MACC in some online materials.

MNCASA participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. See E-Verify's official poster at https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf. See E-Verify's Right to Work poster at https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RightToWorkPoster%20Eng_Es.pdf.

MNCASA will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. If you believe that you have experienced discrimination contact OFCCP by calling 1.800.397.6251 / TTY 1.877.889.5627, or online at www.dol.gov/ofccp.