Victim Advocate Specialist

Hiring range: $5,305.73-$5,971.33 monthly.

About the Position

As a Victim Advocate Specialist with the Grand Junction Police Department, you will provide on-scene crisis intervention, support victims of crime through follow-up intervention, provide referrals to various community agencies, offer emotional support and information about the criminal justice system, and act as a liaison between victims and witnesses and law enforcement officers, prosecutors, social services agencies, and officials of the court. You will work in tandem with the volunteers in the Victim Services unit to offer trauma-informed crisis support.

The Grand Junction Police Department's Victim Services Unit serves victims of crime through exemplary customer service. We have a positive relationship with our community and strive to be leaders in our field. We work collaboratively with other law enforcement agencies and non-profit service providers to best meet the needs of those we serve. We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills, a calm demeanor, and a deep passion for victim advocacy.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-scene trauma-informed crisis intervention and support
• Support victims of crime through follow-up and intervention
• Provide referrals to community agencies
• Offer emotional support
• Offer information about the criminal justice system
• Act as a liaison between victims, witnesses, and law enforcement officers, social service agencies, and court officials

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that supports quality work-life balance, including:

• 32 days of paid annual leave for personal and/or sick days
• 11 paid holidays
• Health insurance options
• Employer-matched retirement
• Access to a City employee health clinic
• City employee day care center
• Wellness program
• Employee Assistance Program

We also offer an opportunity to serve the community you love and live in. Our employees find their work rewarding and fulfilling, knowing that their day job makes a positive impact.

Requirements

During the application and hiring process, you will be asked to disclose information about your past activities. The following critical admissions may be cause for disqualification from employment with the Grand Junction Police Department. It is important that you be completely honest and forthright about this history. Discovery of misleading or deceitful information is immediate cause for disqualification.

• Any felony investigation or conviction
• Any conviction for a crime of violence, specifically assaults, domestic violence, etc.
• Any conviction for a "hate crime" such as ethnic intimidation
• Perjury conviction
• Any theft conviction, regardless of value of item
• Theft from current employer or a previous employer
• Drug use (including marijuana) and/or current alcohol abuse
• An alcohol or drug conviction, including but not limited to DUI/DWAI, depending on date
• Hit and run accident conviction
• Being under or having been under driving restraint, cancellation, suspension, or revocation of driving privileges in Colorado or any other state

The listed critical admissions are not the exclusive basis for disqualification. The City reserves the right to disqualify any applicant who may or may not have any one or all of the foregoing admissions.