Employment Opportunities

 
Are you ready to make a difference? Whether it’s at CCADV or one of our 18 member organizations, you’ll have an opportunity to be part of an impactful, committed team of professionals working everyday to make the lives of survivors and their children better. Check out current job opportunities & student internships below!

 

CCADV Employment Opportunities

  • Safe Connect Intact Coordinator (Full-time, Bilingual Spanish): As the entry point for domestic violence services in Connecticut, the Safe Connect Intake Coordinator provides crisis intervention, information, and referral at the caller’s initial point of contact via telephone, chat, text messaging or email. This position works in partnership with our eighteen member organizations as the point of triage to assist victims with a seamless transition to services that can be easily accessed based on location. Safe Connect operates 24/7/365. This position requires weekend and holiday shift coverage on all shifts. We are currently hiring for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shifts. Click here to read the complete job description and required qualifications, as well as to apply.

  • Community Coordinator (Full-time): The Community Coordinator will work with the Director of Law Enforcement Services to develop and implement systemic change initiatives across systems in collaboration with various stakeholders. In addition, this position will be responsible for helping to manage, coordinate, and support the Connecticut Domestic Violence Fatality Review Task Force and CCADV’s Survivor Leadership Committee. Click here to read the complete job description and required qualifications, and to apply.

  • Legal Projects Manager (Full-time): The Legal Projects Manager builds relationships, is a strong collaborator, and possesses a basic understanding of the criminal and family justice system, the Family Violence Victim Advocate Program, the role of advocates and the Domestic Violence Alert Notification GPS program (AN/GPS). This position provides support and technical assistance on the AN/GPS program, systems advocacy, ongoing communication and works with FVVAs to support enhanced case management services to survivors participating in the AN/GPS program. This position will also oversee the operation, maintenance, and coordination of the Pro Bono Restraining Order Project and the Legal Consult Project. This includes project development, maintenance, compliance, and management, including but not limited to, recruiting and training volunteer attorneys to provide legal consult and representation at restraining order hearings, referral management, liaison work, and data collection and reporting. Click here to read the complete job description and required qualifications, and to apply.

  • Member Services Manager (Full-time): The Member Services Manager is responsible for the coordination, implementation and delivery of grant project activities and research-based intervention programs impacting children, youth and families impacted by domestic violence. This role will seek to provide training and technical assistance to advocates across the state collaborating with clients both within the domestic violence shelter system and throughout the communities they serve. This position will support member programs related to CCADV standards, contracts, project activities, training, and special initiatives. Click here to read the complete job description and required qualifications, and to apply.

  • Safe Connect Team Manager (Full-time): The Safe Connect Team Manager is responsible for overseeing the successful implementation, coordination, and evaluation of Safe Connects services, ensuring that the intake and referral processes with the eighteen member programs are operating smoothly and effectively. This role involves managing program performance, analyzing service data, and continually improving program delivery based on client, member program feedback and outcome data. The Team Manager works closely with the Director, Team Leads, and Intake Coordinators to ensure the highest level of service for clients. Click here to read the complete job description and required qualifications, and to apply.

 

Member Employment Opportunities

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CCADV Internship Program

CCADV's internship program offers students working towards a Bachelors or graduate degree with the opportunity to combine their academic studies with on-the-job-training and experience.

  • Students interested in an internship opportunity with CCADV should submit a cover letter and resume to Bergen Battiston, Office Manager, at bbattiston@ctcadv.org. The cover letter must address the following:

    • Why are you interested in interning at CCADV?
    • What internship focus area are you interested in?
    • What is your area of study and how does it relate?
    • The beginning and end dates you are requesting for your placement, the amount of hours per week you are requesting, and whether or not you are seeking school credit.

    Placements are available for the fall & spring semesters, as well as for the summer. Cover letters and resumes will be accepted based on the following schedule:

     

    Cover Letter / Resume Accepted

    Start Date (on or about)

    No later than August 1st

    September 1st

    No later than December 1st

    January 1st

    No later than May 1st

    June 1st

     

    A limited number of internship placements are available and will be granted on a rolling basis. Internship requests that are received without the required cover letter and resume, or outside of the schedule noted above, will not be considered.

Internship Focus Areas May Include:

  • Communications/Public Awareness
  • Member Services Coordination
  • Program support, research and community organizing for programs such as: Children’s Advocacy, Diversity & Accessibility, Fatality Review, Law Enforcement Coordination, Legal Advocacy, Primary Prevention & TeamUp CT, Healthcare Advocacy, Housing Advocacy
  • Project Assessment & Evaluation
  • Public Policy
  • Direct service coordination/hotline
  • Development/fundraising/event organization

*Please note that not every project area has internship projects available each semester. Applications and available projects will be decided on a case-by-case basis.