Overview
Project Assistant, Incarcerated Gender Violence Survivors Initiative/IGVSI Jobs in New York City – New York – USA at Sanctuary for Families
Position: Â Project Assistant, Incarcerated Gender Violence Survivors Initiative (IGVSI)
Description:
ABOUT US
Sanctuary for Families is New York’s leading service provider and advocate for survivors of domestic violence, sex trafficking and related forms of gender violence. Every year, Sanctuary empowers thousands of adults and children to move from fear and abuse to safety and stability, transforming lives through a comprehensive range of services. We provide a range of wrap-around services to help survivors rebuild their lives in the aftermath of abuse, and work to end gender violence through three key strategies: direct services, outreach and training, and systems-change
advocacy
.
Our services are available in 12 locations throughout New York City.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Incarcerated Gender Violence Survivors Initiative (IGVSI or the Initiative) is a
collaboration
among legal and social services organizations, law firms,
advocacy
groups, former judges, formerly incarcerated survivors, and other individuals committed to assisting survivors of gender violence who are incarcerated, or facing incarceration, in New York State. First constituted in early 2017, the Initiative takes a multi-pronged approach to assisting survivors and working to create a racially equitable, trauma-informed justice system, by: (1) providing high-quality legal representation for survivors facing criminal charges or sentencing, or seeking parole, clemency, or re-sentencing under New York’s Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (DVSJA), (2) advocating to improve the criminal justice system’s approach toward abuse survivors;
and (3) training judges, prosecutors, public defenders, parole board members, and others on issues specific to the representation of abuse survivors.
IGVSI is seeking an enthusiastic, motivated, and highly detail-oriented individual for the role of Project Assistant committed to supporting victims of gender-based violence, and passionate about increasing access to justice, to assist the Initiative in all aspects of
project coordination
and administration.
Responsibilities
include administrative tasks, assistance with the management of the Initiative, coordination with Initiative attorneys and outside law firms, and providing support to attorneys and clients working with the Initiative. The Project Assistant will provide critical support to the Initiative and will have the opportunity to work directly with clients, interact with attorneys and staff on a range of issues, and learn about all aspects of Sanctuary’s legal work, while working in an exceptionally
mission-driven
environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Acting as the primary contact and point-person for all IGVSI matters, including communicating with incarcerated clients
• Running case management project for criminalized survivors by guiding their re-entry process or advocating within the facility to provide them proper medical care, dental care, address safety concerns, etc.
• Serving as a primary contact between the Initiative and our outside law firm partners, and providing timely responses to requests for support and technical assistance
• Keeping
up-to-date
on IGVSI cases and the needs of IGVSI clients, taking notes at meetings and on calls, creating and updating case memoranda, and tracking case …
Title: Project Assistant, Incarcerated Gender Violence Survivors Initiative/IGVSI
Company: Sanctuary for Families
Location: New York City – New York – USA
Category: Law/Legal, Administrative/Clerical
