Prevention Specialist
Job Title: Prevention Specialist
Reports to: Prevention Manager
Salary Range: $50,000 and existing benefits at SARA, exempt position
To Apply: Send a cover letter and resume to lindsey@saracville.org
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The Prevention Team:  
The SARA Prevention Team includes 2 full-time Prevention Specialists supervised by the Prevention Manager. This team supports several year-round primary prevention programs that focus on emotional literacy, equity, and fostering healthy social norms for violence prevention. The Prevention Team is committed to understanding and supporting the impacts of intersectional lived experiences and systemic inequity on individuals and communities. We are dedicated to listening, learning, and supporting our community partners and clients through a trauma-informed lens to best meet their current needs, and support their process for creating safe, inclusive environments. 
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Prevention Specialist Job Summary:  
The Prevention Specialists serve on the SARA Prevention Team. Each Prevention Specialist is a collaborative team partner in the development, delivery, and evaluation of the agency’s prevention programs. 
This position supports SARA’s prevention initiatives through program delivery, community engagement, and grant-related responsibilities. The Prevention Specialist will implement evidence-based programs, collaborate with community partners, and contribute to SARA’s mission of preventing sexual violence through education, outreach, and advocacy.
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Preferred Experience Focus:
While this position contributes across all SARA prevention programs, we are especially seeking a candidate with demonstrated experience in coaching, mentorship, and facilitating men’s or male-identified groups. Strong candidates will have a track record of building trust and engagement with male athletes, coaches, or community leaders; designing or leading group discussions around healthy relationships and healthy masculinity; and cultivating inclusive, equity-driven spaces where men and boys can explore their role in violence prevention.
Essential Functions:
Below are best practices (the “how”) and measurable activities that the Prevention Specialist will be expected to use to meet the criteria and outcomes of their work.
 
1. Program Coordination 
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The Prevention Specialist will assist with the development of yearly and short-term programs (as stated above) and will gain access to key stakeholders for each program, engage stakeholders in problem-solving for their unique communities and institutions, build buy-in with key partners, deliver needs assessments, organize program events and components, deliver trainings, and collect post-evaluation data, according to the grant-approved work plans communicated by the Prevention Manager. They will provide advocacy and support during the implementation of program work, which includes responsive communication, reliable scheduling, and access to necessary materials.
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2. Community Member Engagement
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Specific to OVW Funded Grants: The Prevention Specialist will collaborate and conduct outreach with key stakeholders, including athletic directors, coaches, male-identifying leaders, and other community members. This role will recruit, market, and share resources that identify participants of Ten Men and CBIM. The Prevention Specialist will use the social-ecological model as a guide to reach community-level primary prevention, and value the intersections of our communities lived experiences to inform outreach and marketing plans.
Specific to VDH RPE Funded Grants: The Prevention Specialist will seek opportunities to connect with restaurant leaders (GMs, owners, managers) to inform, share, recruit and identify restaurants (or the like) that may best fit with OTF, Restaurant Coalition, Policy Work. Through creative outreach efforts, collaborative projects, and listening sessions, successful community engagement will build our network of participating restaurants to reach grant-approved workplan goals.
 
3. Training & Education
 
The Prevention Specialist will follow all curriculum guidelines and program fidelity as provided by the Prevention Manager. The delivery and facilitation of program trainings (CBIM, Ten Men, and OTF) require ample preparation of materials, scripts, space, and thorough understanding of the program outcomes & deliverables. The Prevention Manager will guide onboarding and training prior to program facilitation. The Prevention Specialist can expect to shadow training and educational opportunities ahead of their first facilitation.
Community Education & Programming: The Prevention Team will develop and deliver other program requests to community members, to engage them in social norms change, bystander intervention, and primary prevention within the industry. 
 
4. Evaluation of Current Practices, Research Emerging Practices, Innovation, and Improvement 
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The Prevention Team will monitor interactions with all community members to qualitatively evaluate the effectiveness of each activity and program. Through this data collection, a Prevention Specialist will be able to identify gaps and collaborate with SARA prevention team and community partners to address needs. The Prevention Specialist will engage with other practitioners to stay informed about efforts elsewhere and maintain status as an expert in the field of sexual violence and violence prevention from a public health perspective. 
 
5. Crisis Intervention 
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The Prevention Team provides crisis intervention, support, and referral services on the hotline and as needed throughout the day, in collaboration with the rest of the staff. The Prevention Specialist will participate in on-call rotation to advocate for crisis clients in the Emergency Department.
 
The Prevention Specialist is identified as a mandated reporter, which adheres to the Virginia State guidelines for reporting disclosures of sexual assault and harm against a child or vulnerable adults. For specific policy and procedures for reporting, the Prevention Specialist should consult with the Prevention Manager & Executive Director.
 
* This position will have occasional evening and weekend hours. Employees will need to have access to transportation to meet with community partners. Employees are required to submit to a criminal and child abuse background check.