Director of Prevention - Rape Treatment Center

Utilize your expertise while making a difference in the community and join our compassionate and highly skilled team as a Director of Prevention and Community Education. The UCLA Health Rape Treatment Center (RTC) provides specialized services for child and adult victims of sexual assault and abuse and conducts prevention, education, and professional training designed to reduce sexual violence and strengthen community response. Prevention programming includes education for youth and other community audiences, training and consultation for schools and partner organizations, and collaboration with community and professional systems.

The Director of Prevention and Community Education will report to the Rape Treatment Center Senior Director and provides leadership for RTC’s prevention and community education programs. The Director will play a key role in strengthening existing initiatives, expanding the reach and impact of prevention efforts, developing innovative programming, and building partnerships to advance RTC's mission.

Key duties include:

• Provides clinical and administrative supervision and directs day-to-day program operations and staff
• Establishes program priorities and quality standards
• Oversees prevention initiatives, professional trainings, curriculum development, data, and evaluation
• Builds partnerships with schools, law enforcement agencies, and community organizations
• Represents the RTC/UCLA Health in community and professional settings
• Participates in department leadership, program development, quality improvement, grant activities, and resource development
• Ensures that prevention services meet professional, institutional, legal, and funding requirements
• Working evenings and weekends on occasion for workshops, trainings, meetings, and community events

UCLA Health is a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and dozens of primary care practices, specialty practices, urgent care centers and other ancillary locations throughout metro Los Angeles. We are also home to the David Geffen School of Medicine, an internationally respected leader in medical education and research. Through the efforts of our outstanding people, we have become Los Angeles’ trusted provider of exceptional, compassionate patient care.

The University of California, Los Angeles is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience. The full salary range for this position is $119,700.00 - $272,700.00 Annual.

We are seeking a dedicated, compassionate, and highly effective leader with:

• Master’s or doctoral degree in social work, psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy, or a closely related behavioral health field from an accredited institution.
• 3 years of supervisory experience, including responsibility for both clinical and administrative supervision.
• 5 years of progressively responsible experience in prevention, community education, behavioral health, sexual violence/child abuse, or a closely related field.
• Current California license as a mental health professional (e.g., LCSW, LMFT, LPCC, Licensed Psychologist), with eligibility to provide clinical supervision as applicable.
• Ability to clear a Live Scan Fingerprint screening, Criminal Record, Sex Offender Registry, and Child Abuse Index Clearance; per funding agency requirements, and alliances, all staff must complete background checks at least every five years that includes, sex offender registry check, State or FBI criminal history check, including fingerprint check, child abuse and neglect state registry check if available in the state of California.
• Demonstrated ability to provide effective clinical and administrative supervision, develop staff, establish clear expectations, address performance concerns, maintain accountability, and foster professional growth.
• Knowledge of sexual violence and child sexual abuse prevention, trauma-informed practice, and the needs and experiences of survivors of sexual assault and abuse, including an understanding of the broader social, institutional, and cultural factors that influence prevention response.
• Knowledge of prevention science, community education, curriculum development, and adult and youth learning, with the ability to translate evidence and best practices into engaging developmentally appropriate, culturally responsive programming for diverse audiences.
• Exceptional interpersonal judgement and diplomacy.
• Demonstrated ability to provide strategic and creative leadership for a developing program, including identifying opportunities for expansion, designing new initiatives, building sustainable systems and partnerships, and moving ideas from concept through implementation.