Women's Community Development Coordinator

About PASAN

PASAN is a community-based Harm Reduction/HIV/HCV organization that provides support, education, and advocacy to, for, and with individuals who are incarcerated or formerly incarcerated.

Our Mission: PASAN is a place where prisoners’ matter.

Our Vision: We envision an end to prisons, health inequities, and the oppressions that drive criminalization, incarceration, HIV and hepatitis C.

To learn more about us: https://pasan.org/

Description

PASAN’s Community Development Coordinator will focus on the HIV prevention and sexual health needs of women who have experienced incarceration and women who use drugs. The coordinator will work with health and social service providers and women with lived and living experience to identify and address barriers to HIV prevention education, resources and tools. Together, they will respond to emerging needs and develop strategies to strengthen community responses to HIV.

Key Responsibilities

• Build the capacity of service providers to respond to the sexual health, HIV prevention and harm reduction needs of women who use drugs and have experience of incarceration.
• Active participation and engagement in the Women and HIV/AIDS Initiative (WHAI) network to ensure the local program is consistent with the Ontario HIV Strategy
• Develop the local WHAI workplan in alignment with WHAI priorities, PASAN’s mandate and community needs.
• Work collaboratively with BlackCAP to coordinate and strengthen local WHAI activities.
• Build and maintain relationships with community organizations, health care providers, networks, coalitions and other stakeholders.
• Support the development of accessible resources created by and for women living and risk of acquiring HIV, guided by the knowledge and experiences of women who use drugs and have experience of incarceration.
• Develop and facilitate workshops for community members and service providers on sexual health, HIV/STBBI prevention, testing, treatment, harm reduction for cis and Trans women who use drugs and/or have been incarcerated
• Increase awareness of PREP, PEP, HIV and STBBI testing, treatment, and care
• Provide individual education and referrals to sexual and reproductive health, harm reduction and HIV/STBBI services.
• Collaborate with prison-based and community services to address barriers to prevention, testing, treatment and care for cis and Trans women.
• Engage community members in identifying priorities, planning activities and evaluating programs.
• Gather participant feedback, document activities and prepare program reports.

Key Qualifications

• Understanding of the health and social impacts of incarceration and criminalization on women, gender-diverse people and their communities.
• In-depth knowledge of the social determinants of health and how structural, economic, social and political conditions—including racism, poverty, stigma and gender-based violence—affect health and access to services.
• Experience working with women and gender-diverse people, including trans, non-binary and Two-Spirit people, people who use drugs and people who have experienced incarceration.
• Experience in sexual health promotion, HIV and other STBBI prevention, harm reduction or related community work with women.
• Experience developing accessible, targeted educational resources in collaboration with women, particularly Indigenous, Black and trans women.
• Experience developing, facilitating and evaluating educational workshops and training for community members and service providers.
• Experience building service provider capacity and developing community partnerships.
• Demonstrated knowledge and application of harm reduction principles and practices.
• Knowledge of cultural safety and a willingness to work closely with communities overrepresented in the carceral system.
• Commitment to gender-affirming, anti-racist, anti-oppressive and trauma-informed practices.
• Commitment to advancing justice, equity, accessibility and inclusion within the organization and in the development and delivery of programs and services.
• Strong interpersonal, relationship-building, facilitation, and verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong program coordination, organizational, time management and prioritization skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively with other coordinators and team members.
• Proficiency with basic computer applications, including Microsoft Office and email.
• Relevant education or an equivalent combination of work, community and lived experience
• Other duties as required

Assets:

• Prior experience working with formerly incarcerated women and gender diverse folks, Black and Indigenous community members, folks affected by HIV or HCV, and/or houseless community members
• Lived/living experience and/or extensive knowledge of incarceration, HIV/HCV
• Experience in program monitoring, and evaluation
• An ability to communicate in languages other than English

Posting Details

Don’t be too concerned if you don’t tick all of the boxes when it comes to the requirements that we’ve outlined - especially if this role really excites and interests you. We would still love to hear from you.

We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous, Black and Racialized people women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities, a