Tribal Victim Services Program Manager

Tier: 1

Department: Social Services

Supervisor: Social Services Administrator

Location: 11400 158th Road Mayetta, KS 66509

Pay Range: $22.55 - $36.85

• Offering rate will vary within the listed hourly range above. *Supported by the Department budget & related experience/education*
• Preference in employment actions exercised in accordance with applicable law. Applicants must provide proof of eligibility for preference.
• Benefits for Full-Time: Weekly pay periods, Holiday pay, paid Birthday leave, Weekly accruals for Vacation & Sick leave, Administrative, Bereavement, and Educational Leave available, Low-Cost & Low-Deductible Benefits Plans & Generous 401(k) matching program.

Questions before applying? 785-966-3060 or HR@pbpnation.org

Role:

The Tribal Victim Services Program Manager plans, organizes implements, directs, and evaluates a culturally based program of support services for victims of crime and performs other work as required to achieve the overarching Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Social Services department goal of safe and healthy tribal individuals and families.

Minimum Requirements:

Driving: Valid Kansas driver's license free of occupational restrictions. Must be insurable with the Nation's insurance carrier.

Experience:

MINIUMUM: Three to four years of direct service to victims of crime. Two years of supervisory experience.

PREFERRED:5 years of direct services to victims of crime. 3 years of supervisory experience.

Education:

MINIUMUM: Bachelor's degree in one of the following fields of study: Social Work, Criminal Justice, Human Services, Psychology, or equivalent experience in providing services to American Indian crime victims.

PREFERRED: Master's degree in one of the following fields of study: Social Work, Criminal Justice, Human Services, Psychology.

Interpersonal Skills: A significant level of trust and diplomacy is required, in addition to normal courtesy and tact. Work involves extensive personal contact with others and/or can be of a personal or sensitive nature. Work may involve motivating or influencing others. Outside contacts become important and fostering sound relationships with other entities (companies and/or individuals) becomes necessary and often requires the ability to influence and/or sell ideas or services to others.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of conflict mediation, crisis intervention, and counseling techniques.
• Knowledge of the impact and effects of trauma.
• Knowledge & understanding of the historical trauma in the context of American Indian populations.
• Awareness of community resources available for social, medical, and economic assistance.
• Knowledge of basic budgeting and grant preparation, including writing grant proposals, reporting, and management.

Skills:

Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively. Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Judgment & Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people. Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.

Learning Strategies - Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.

Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Negotiation - Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

Persuasion - Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Abilities:

Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.

Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

Selective Attention - The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

Supervision and Management - Able to provide leadership and guidance to colleagues and Direct reports

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