Shelter Advocate Midnight to 8:00 a.m.

TUNDRA WOMEN’S COALITION

SHELTER ADVOCATE JOB DESCRIPTION

Requirements:

• Yup’ik Speaker Preferred

• High School education or GED required; college degree preferred

• Basic understanding of family and sexual violence preferred

• Experience in a residential facility preferred

• Willingness to fly on small airplanes required

• Must obtain or have an Alaska driver license

• Knowledge of substance misuse preferred

• Must be willing to receive training for on-call advocacy and work on-call status

• Must be willing to attend meetings, provide direct –service advocacy, & do minimal public

speaking

• Must become certified in First Aid/CPR

• Must pass background check

Hours: 40 hours per week. Friday to Tuesday 12AM to 8AM. On-call status and overtime required.
Job Type: Full-time, 40 hours per week with on-call and overtime

Pay range: $54,912-$62,858 DOE
Benefits: TWC offers health insurance (Premera), dental insurance (Lincoln), and eye insurance (Alaska

VSP). Coverage is effective after one month of FT employment. TWC offers a retirement plan through

Mutual of America after the first year of employment with a 3% contribution of a person’s gross income

and then matches half of a 2% voluntary contribution. TWC offers 13 holidays in a year, people’s

birthday off and five mental health days a year. PTO leave is accrued at 16 hours a month and is

increased after two years, five years, and seven years.

Responsibilities:

1. Ensure that the shelter is secure and oversee safety needs of residents

2. Screen calls on the crisis line & manage access into/out of secure building

3. Do resident intakes and orient new residents to the shelter

4. Provide crisis intervention services as appropriate

5. Participate in supervision and staff meetings as required

6. Foster a positive community living environment by ensuring that basic shelter guidelines are

observed

7. Arrange and/or provide emergency transportation as needed

8. Maintain accurate data and confidential resident files

9. Maintain cleanliness of shelter

10. Provide peer counseling to residents and record interactions

11. Refer residents to proper community service organizations and assist in utilization of

available resources

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SHELTER ADVOCATE JOB DESCRIPTION

12. Attend training as required and perform other duties as assigned

13. Willingness to model sober and non-violent behavior on and off the job

14. Provide community domestic violence education/support group once per week for residents

15. Perform other duties as required by supervisor(s)

16. Willingness to model sober and non-violent behavior on and off the job

Please email your resume and/or completed application to twc@twcpeace.org

Application is available on our website: tundrapeace.org

TWC is an equal opportunity employer.

Alaska is an “At-Will Employment” State

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