Mobile Flexible Advocate, Gender Base Violence

Why work with YWCA Seattle King Snohomish

YWCA SKS is the region’s largest non‑profit organization with a 120+ year legacy, focused on the needs of women, with programs serving 7,000 people each year. When you work with YWCA, you make a difference. We’re women and BIPOC‑led, family‑centered, and supportive of employees. As a full‑time YWCA employee (30+ hours), you’ll enjoy a benefits package including medical insurance, generous vacation, holiday, sick leave plans, and an outstanding retirement plan. Put your passion for racial equity and social justice to work.

Responsibilities

• Provide services within the NEXT STEP HOTEL Program, offering housing, food, intake, and other essential supports to survivors of domestic violence fleeing intimate danger.
• Support adult survivors in gaining stability around housing, employment, food, and similar core needs using trauma‑informed, strength‑based advocacy, safety planning, and flexible client assistance including hotel/motel vouchers.
• Process hotel invoices and build relationships with community hotels.
• Advocate for victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and/or commercial sexual exploitation and their children, providing crisis intervention, assessment, and ongoing case management.
• Respond to referrals and calls within required time frames.
• Conduct intakes with new clients, including eligibility screening and determination of support needs.
• Collect and complete reporting and quarterly narratives using data and statistical information.
• Develop and maintain relationships with community partners and attend community meetings.
• Facilitate and create presentations relevant to partners and offered services.
• Engage in community networking activities to increase access to services for survivors, especially Black and African American survivors.
• Maintain 20 hours of continued education on advocacy‑based domestic violence.

Requirements

• Demonstrated understanding of the intersection of racism and poverty and a commitment to diversity and social‑justice advocacy, especially for African American and other women of color.
• At least 1 year of experience with housing/shelter work serving survivors of gender‑based violence, sexual assault, domestic/intimate partner violence, or commercial sexual exploitation.
• Valid Washington driver’s license and ability to travel independently between multiple work sites within a day.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Calendar, Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and virtual meeting technology such as Zoom.
• Strong orientation toward advocacy with ability to navigate multiple systems (human services, health, law enforcement, etc.).
• Core competencies: discernment/judgment, professional boundaries, organizational understanding, strong oral and written communication.
• Knowledge of community resources and confidence to handle complicated situations.
• Ability and willingness to work independently and as part of a team.
• Commitment to maintaining 20 hours of continued education on advocacy‑based domestic violence.

Physical Demands

• Continuously exchange information through listening and talking with clients, agency staff, employers, community representatives, and others.
• Frequent standing, walking, sitting, and climbing while performing duties in the workspace and in the community.
• Continuous use of telephones, computers, fax machines, and other office equipment.
• Occasional access to personal living spaces within multi‑level apartment complexes.
• Frequent travel (up to 50% of the time) by personal vehicle; continuous travel >80% of the time, frequent 20‑80%, occasional <20%.

Pay & Benefits

• Hourly rate: $28.00 per hour.
• Excellent benefits package including medical insurance, retirement plan, generous vacation, holiday, and sick leave plans.
• At hire, voluntary enrollment in Fidelity 403(b) Plan; after two years, eligibility for YWCA Retirement Fund.