About

The Lotus Children’s Advocacy & Sexual Violence Resource Center has an opening for a Full-Time Outreach & Education Specialist.

Who We Are:

Lotus is Kentucky’s designated Children’s Advocacy and Sexual Violence Resource Center for the Purchase Region. Lotus’s mission is to support survivors, strengthen families, and empower communities. Committed to ending child abuse and sexual violence, Lotus works to cultivate safe, equitable, just communities where all persons thrive.

Lotus so perfectly symbolizes the exceptional courage, strength, and resilience of survivors. We see the goal of recovery as not only surviving trauma but also opening up to the possibilities of hope, healing, and growth. And like the lotus flower, under the right conditions, the possibilities for growth are limitless. We seek to create a safe, nurturing sanctuary where each survivor and family is met with a clear path to the specialized care and holistic resources they need in order to truly heal and reclaim their lives. At Lotus, our shared values of resilience, empowerment, diversity, equity, and inclusion drive all that we do.

Position Purpose:

The Outreach and Education Specialist utilizes Social Behavior Change framework to guide work in developing and implementing prevention and outreach programs aimed at preventing child sexual abuse through enabling changes at individual, community, and societal levels to prevent child abuse and improve health and overall wellbeing of children, families, and the community.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and deliver MBF Child Safety Matters program to K-5th grade.
• Implement D2L Stewards of Children Program to inspire adults to increase awareness of the scope of the issue, take actionable steps towards both preventing and responding to abuse, and create safer environments for children in their life.
• Delivers additional CAN prevention programming: planning, designing, and implementing necessary prevention education programming as requested.
• Provide support at partner-hosted community Parent Cafes to increase protective factors in families.
• Collaborate to ensure effective child abuse prevention messaging and community outreach/engagement campaigns.
• Facilitate and/or participate in community outreach and engagement events.
• Represent Lotus on assigned community partner coalitions and groups.
• Collect and report program service data statistics and conduct process and outcomes evaluation for all programming delivered.

Position Requirements & Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university OR high school diploma and four (4) years of relevant experience required.
• Preferred qualifications include (2) years of experience in community outreach/engagement, program development/implementation, and outcome/impact measurement and evaluation.
• Applicants must possess strong communication and collaboration skills.

Work Schedule:

• 40-hour work week with supervisor-approved schedule to meet position responsibilities, including occasional weekend and evening hours.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

Job Type: Full Time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Paducah, KY 42001: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Work Location: In person