Program Coordinator (SMFPP)

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:

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

$24.03 - $26.44 per hour; 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.

A Typical Day in the Life…

A typical day as MNCASA’s Program Coordinator provides an opportunity to carry out MNCASA’s role in improving forensic medical exam access statewide, and will include the following:

Grants/Project Coordination

• In collaboration with the Advocacy, Medical Forensic, and Prevention Programs Director, and the Medical Forensic Exam Project Coordinator, monitor and manage program budgets, and oversee the development and delivery of all activities under local, state, and federal grants related to Medical Forensic programming.
• Assist in and coordinate the preparation of related grant applications and reporting materials.
• Collaborate with the Training and Technical Assistance Director and the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner consultant on all aspects of the project.

Multi-Disciplinary Team Coordination and Support

• Manage statewide workgroups and subcommittees related to changes in medical forensic policy.
• Ensure that all facilitation approaches and processes are victim-centered, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed.
• Attend Statewide Sexual Assault Initiative (SAKI) MDT meetings.

Training and Technical Assistance

• Develop and/or provide trainings on issues related to medical forensic policy.
• Facilitate trainings for sexual assault nurse examiners.
• Field inquiries about medical forensic policy including technical assistance requests from health care providers, law enforcement, prosecutors, advocates, and others.
• Coordinate technical assistance on medical forensic policy with other MNCASA staff.
• Provide training and technical assistance on the MDT process in coordination with the Sexual Violence Justice Institute (SVJI) at MNCASA.
• Provide trainings to criminal justice and allied professionals, as needed.

Policy

• Participate in developing and addressing legislative proposals in coordination with supervisor.
• Provide testimony for advancing legislative system change.
• Monitor similar activities in Minnesota and around the country for best practices.

Who You Are

• You hold a bachelor’s degree in a related field, or you bring a meaningful combination of professional and lived experience that aligns with this work.
• You may have a master’s degree—if so, that’s a plus, but not a requirement.
• You have at least three years of experience supporting survivors of sexual assault, ideally with a focus on medical forensic advocacy or a related discipline.
• You may come from an allied field such as healthcare, criminal justice, or social services—what matters most is your commitment to trauma-informed, survivor-centered advocacy.
• 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.

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.

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.