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Outreach Coordinator – 2 Canada Summer Jobs Positions

Violence Prevention Avalon East in St. John’s, NL

Start date: July 5th 2021

Location: St Johns NL

Employment Status: 8 Weeks, Full-Time at 35 hours per week, a total of 280 hours each, with flexibility, some evenings/weekends required. ( Onsite is required for theses positions).

Job Summary

The Outreach Coordinator, is responsible for a wide range of support ranging from the coordination of information flow, stat collection, fundraising, community networking, ensuring accurate and timely delivery of outreach services and providing support to our Executive Director, as needed.

Responsibilities

• Makes independent decisions regarding planning, organizing, and scheduling of work.
• Bi-weekly Violence Prevention online presentations.
• Ability to offers virtual workshops sessions around Violence Prevention- with ED’s support. Provides administrative support to the Executive Director and volunteers as required.
• Undertakes special project assignments as required.
• Community outreach.

Training and Experience

• Experience working or volunteering in a non-profit environment is preferred.
• Experience offering presentations an asset.
• Experience working with survivors of violence considered an asset.
• Experience with small fundraisers an asset.

Skills Needed

• Strong aptitude to learn and use computer applications and software as required.
• Excellent knowledge of social media platforms.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to maintain a consistent professional manner and to maintain confidentiality always.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong organizational skills with an ability to prioritize, multi-
  task.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as a team member to achieve desired results, Strong work ethic, reliable and self-directed.
• Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Ability to follow directions appropriately.
• Ability to remain focused and detailed oriented.
• Ability to develop webinars and videos for online.

A current and original copy of a satisfactory Criminal Records Check is required upon the start of your employment.

Rate of pay: $12.50/ hr., paid biweekly.

Applications should include a cover letter, resume and 2 references
which are due no later than 4pm May 24th 2021.

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted, we thank you all for your interest.

*Please Note: Hiring requirement: Canada Summer Jobs Under the requirements of Canada Summer Jobs, to be eligible for this position, youth must be:

• Between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment;
• Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment; and,
• Have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations.

Email your application to violencepreventionae@gmail.com

Job Types: Full-time Temporary
Salary: $12.50 /hour
Experience: Non-profit: 1 year (Preferred)

At Violence Prevention Avalon East, we want to remind people that we are currently completing our workshops virtually during COVID-19.

These workshops have been designed to educate the public on the root causes of violence; they include such topics as: gender inequality; dating violence; elder abuse; bullying, and other related issues.

For more information on the kinds of workshops we provide, click here or contact us.

FOR IMMIDATE RELEASE
November 27, 2020

16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence has begun in our Province; This is a challenging time during Covid-19 to be an anti-violence advocate, given the acceptance of, and recent escalation of, all forms of violence against the most marginalized people in our society, including our family members, friends, and neighbors who are women and girls, seniors, people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, indigenous people, Muslims, immigrants and refugees, and people living with disabilities.

Most survivors who seek our support identify within these groups, and we refer to this as the “intersectionality” of our work to end violence,

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“Through an awareness of intersectionality, we can better acknowledge and ground the differences among us.”-Val Barter “It is not enough that we identify and respond to the physical, emotional, financial and/or sexual abuse victims experienced; to be present with the whole person, we must advocate for that person’s dignity and rights in all realms. “

Executive Director, Valerie Barter

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One of our goals at VP-AE is to build the capacity of our existing prevention work and explore new avenues to engage with the community around these and other issues. In addition to promoting healthy relationships, we must show up and advocate for peace and equality in all settings. We must call for equity in the distribution of resources.

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“We must work toward a vision of a future where our community is healthy, vibrant and free of all forms of violence. It will take all of us to make this happen.”

Executive Director, Valerie Barter

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During the 16 Days of Activism, starting on November 25th, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and running to December 10th Human Rights Day, we are delighted that the Town of Conception Bay South will light the annual Purple Tree, Sunday December 6th 2020 located outside the RNC office, located in the old town hall at 106 Conception Bay Highway.

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“The purple tree in our community of CBS is lit to bring awareness of Domestic and Relationship Violence. It is to remind us of how prevalent this is in society and what changes need to be made. We are the parents of Juliane Hibbs who was murdered in CBS 7 years ago along with her fiancé Vincent Dillon. This tree is in their memory and that of all young girls, women and men who have been murdered because of Domestic and Relationship Violence. We all have a part to play. Maybe you know someone who is suffering violence in their lives, maybe you can reach out to them, maybe you can make a difference in their lives.”

Philip and Debbie Hibbs

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Media Contact:
Val Barter, Executive Director
Violence Prevention-Avalon East

For Immediate Release, November 24th, 2020

Violence Prevention Newfoundland & Labrador hosts its annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaigns throughout the Province.

#WakeUpNL #EndViolenceNL

Members of Violence Prevention NL will be kicking off the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign by launching the first card from its WakeUpNL postcard campaign via social media on November 24th, as well as holding many training sessions, giveaways and community engagement sessions throughout the 16 days of Activism.

We hope that you will all join us in creating healthy discussions on violence against women and girls and how we can work together to end this in our Province during the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-Based Violence!

The campaign takes place from November 25th, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, through to December 10th, Human Rights Day. It is a time for us all to come together as a community to call for an end to violence against women and girls in our province and around the world.

“We need to continue to bring awareness to this issue locally, nationally and internationally,” says Val Barter, Executive Director of VP-AE. “When we know that 1 out of 2 women in NL over the age of 15 will experience some form of physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, we have to come together as a community and raise our voices to say, “This is NOT OKAY”. It is essential that we do something about it. We must educate everyone, by shouting WAKE UP NL – It happens here”

If we work together collaboratively to advocate for change then and only then, will we see meaningful changes taking place.

Violence Prevention NL has 10 offices throughout NL, dedicated to violence prevention in our homes and communities by increasing awareness, engaging the public and media and advocating on behalf of victims of violence in partnership with the Violence Prevention Initiative, Government of NL.

Media Contact:
Val Barter Executive Director Violence Prevention Avalon East
Email: violencepreventionae@gmail.com Tel: 709-757-0137

For more information in your area please reach out to your Violence Prevention NL office: Burin Peninsula Voice Against Violence (BPVAV), Communities Against Violence, Violence Prevention Gander & Area, Violence Prevention East, Violence Prevention Southwest, Violence Prevention Labrador, Violence Prevention Northern Peninsula, Violence Prevention South & Central, Violence Prevention West.

After the success of Unsafe at Home during the height of the pandemic’s first wave, we want to take this resource one step further.

Some people respond better to a visual medium than printed word. Therefore, Violence Prevention Avalon East is now taking the next step of converting its resources into videos. “If you’re in an abusive relationship, it’s easier to watch a 3- or 4-minute clip saying this is where support is, this is what red flags look like, here’s what you can do.”

The Canadian Red Cross has generously provided us with funding to help us take the Unsafe at Home platform to the next level.

Click here to read the full interview.

One video of the 10 they hope to produce is already up on the website, introducing viewers to Violence Prevention Avalon East. To ensure a wider audience is being reached some finishing touches are still required such as translating all the videos into three Indigenous languages, as well as providing sign language translation. They’ll also be disseminated among approximately 100 service providers across Newfoundland and Labrador.

“While we serve the Eastern Avalon region of the province, by sharing these resources with our community partners, we are essentially reaching the entire province,” says Barter.

The Pixel Project recently interviewed Violence Prevention Avalon East’s Executive Director, Valerie Barter. Valerie (Val) Barter was born and raised in Petty Harbour, NL. Over the past twenty years, Val has worked in the non-profit sector of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Interview Part One

Interview Part Two

Val is a strong feminist, intimate partner violence survivor, and long-time advocate and supporter for abused women and children & IPV survivors of all genders. Val is dedicated to anti-violence organizations and is currently the Executive Director of Violence Prevention Avalon East, supporting all individuals in our province who have experienced violence and/or are looking for support and guidance in violence prevention. 

The Pixel Project is a complete volunteer-led global nonprofit organisation whose mission is to raise awareness, funds and volunteer power for the cause to end violence against women through campaigns, initiatives, projects, and programmes at the intersection of social media, new technologies, and popular culture/the Arts.

The Pixel Project is a worldwide coalition of grassroots activists and volunteers who strongly believe that men and women must take a stand together for the right of women and girls to live a life free of gender-based violence. They work to generate conversation by tearing down taboos and creating safe online spaces to generate discussion about VAW among both men and women. They also run virtual campaigns and projects that challenge expectations and inspire activism by getting the global community actively involved with the cause using social media, pop culture and the Arts.