We have 2 New Positions that we are currently hiring for:
Operations & Drop-In Coordinator (updated 4/2023)
REPORTS TO: Recovery and Clinical Support Supervisor
LOCATION: Burien, Washington
ABOUT US
The Organization for Prostitution Survivors (OPS) was founded by survivors of commercial sexual exploitation
(CSE) and allies to end the violence of prostitution and change cultural norms around oppression, exploitation,
and violence against women. OPS provides services in three areas: (1) advocacy, harm reduction, and exit
services for survivors, (2) education and training on CSE and changing cultural norms of gender-based violence,
and (3) technical assistance and policy efforts to increase survivor access to social capital and political power,
improve services for survivors, and end CSE. Around 80% of OPS staff are CSE survivors, and we prioritize
elevating and empowering survivors across the organization, movement, and our communities.
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
Helpline & Drop-in Center & Operations Coordination
Job Duties:
● Manage OPS Helpline & waitlist. Log contacts in Apricot. Assess the urgency of the caller’s need.
Add to the waitlist or refer to the appropriate staff. Share updates in weekly Case Consultation.
Provide callers with weekly group information and resources
● Oversee and respond to visitors through the Ring camera.
● Monitor & recharge the RING battery as needed.
● Welcome & orient participants to the drop-in space; provide support and resources to all
participants.
● Safety checks the physical space when you arrive and before leaving at the end of the day (heat,
lights, garbage, doors locked, etc).
● Ensure that the drop-in space is functional and ready for opening (front and back rooms clean
and wiped down, bathrooms, snacks stocked)
● Order and serve dinner to visitors.
● Organize & maintain supplies inventory anticipating needed items; placing and expediting
orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies.
● Research, set up, and coordinate operations related to drop-in, including things like phone
management systems, first aid training, and delivery, or other new initiatives.
● Monitor supplies budget ensuring compliance with budgeted allocations.
● Maintain daily drop-in center service tracking, paperwork filing, and data entry when applicable
via our online system Apricot.
● Coordinate and provide services in the drop-in center in compliance with contracts and grant
awards.
● Support advocates, workshop facilitators, volunteers, and interns in conducting their work in the
drop-in center space.
● Coordinate & schedule maintenance services as needed (property manager, cleaners, etc)
● Work collaboratively with staff to evaluate programming and collect participant feedback.
● Develop relationships with partners and foster meaningful collaboration with supportive services
for the drop-in center (e.g. legal advocacy, medical services, etc), including attending and
facilitating meetings with outside providers outside of drop-in center hours.
● Manage Accounting emails
● Maintain records of financial transactions in Quickbooks.
● Assist direct service staff in supporting participants and modeling appropriate behavior
management skills and interpersonal relationships.
● When needed, aid in participant conflict resolution, crisis intervention, and de-escalation.
● Participate in case consultations and debriefs with the Survivor Services team.
● Other duties, as assigned.
General Program and Staff Responsibilities:
● In coordination with other staff, ensure the drop-in space is a consistent, safe, compassionate,
efficient, welcoming, and interactive environment.
● Participate in community collaborations, trainings, meetings, and partnerships to ensure the
most appropriate and culturally relevant resources and referrals are available for participants.
● Deliver all services and strategies in a manner that is culturally sensitive and centers the
strengths and dignity of the person, and ensure encounters and interactions are respectful and
responsive to the beliefs and practices, sexual orientations, disability statuses, age, gender
identities, cultural preferences, and linguistic needs of all individuals.
● Contribute as an active team player who values transparency and communication.
● Other duties, as assigned.
Qualifications and Skills:
● Strong organizational skills and ability to multitask
● Willingness to take initiative and work both collectively and autonomously
● Experience in utilizing de-escalation skills
● Tech and computer skills (e.g. sending emails and files, fixing a photocopier, troubleshooting
issues with online software and databases, etc.)
● Empathetic and compassionate listener with the ability to problem-solve
● Ability to stay grounded and calm for participants during crisis
● Ability to provide guided self-expression experiences to help clients recover from trauma
● Knowledge of therapeutic and recovery support
● A working understanding of how trauma manifests in the body/mind, and the ability to provide
resources for clients with codependency, addiction, PTSD
● A working knowledge of commercial sexual exploitation, gender-based violence, sexual assault,
domestic violence, homelessness, and/or substance dependence
● Theoretical and/or experiential understanding of complex trauma and systemic oppression
particularly an understanding of sex/gender-based oppression, racism, and poverty.
● Flexible, self-starter, and a team player
● Effective written and verbal communication
● Passion to create social systems change including the active dismantling of patriarchy,
heterosexism, and classism
● Open to new ideas and communicating across differences
● Energetic optimist with a commitment to the mission of OPS
● Commits to remaining clean and sober at all times while on OPS premises
Preferred Skills:
● Understanding of CSE through lived experience and/or work/education history
● A combination of work experience lived experience, and education comparable to a BA in a
social service or social science discipline
● 1 year experience with program coordination
● Knowledge of and experience utilizing relevant local referral services systems, and resources
● Experience partnering and networking with agencies on behalf of CSE or related issues
Transportation and Physical Requirements:
This role requires access to reliable transportation and an ability to perform moderate physical work.
Schedule:
36-hour work week completed Monday through Friday, with the occasional evening or Saturday shift.
Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
Compensation and Benefits:
● $25- $27 per hour
● OPS considers 1 FTE as 36 hours a week.
● OPS provides vacation, paid holidays (including a winter break), and sick leave after the
successful completion of the introductory period.
● OPS provides full employer-covered medical, dental, STD/LTD insurance, and other employee
benefits
To Apply:
● In one document, send a resume and cover letter to leadership@seattleops.org
● Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
OPS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
SURVIVORS OF COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, WOMEN, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY
OPS supports inclusion and diversity in all its forms. We strive to create a safe and open atmosphere. We
commit to listening to, representing, and embracing diverse perspectives and experiences in all we do.
OPS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We seek to provide equal opportunity for all persons without
regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military
status, national origin, or any other characteristic protected under the law. People of color and members
of the LGBTQ community are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to cultivating a diverse
workforce that serves and reflects our community.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
CSE Survivor Advocate (updated 4/2023)
TITLE: CSE Survivor Advocate
REPORTS TO: Director of Survivor Services
LOCATION: Burien, Washington
ABOUT US:
The Organization for Prostitution Survivors (OPS) was founded by survivors of Commercial Sexual
Exploitation (CSE) and allies, to end the violence of prostitution and change cultural norms around oppression,
exploitation, and violence against women. OPS provides services in three areas: (1) advocacy, harm reduction,
and exit services for survivors, (2) education and training on CSE and changing cultural norms of gender-based
violence, and (3) technical assistance and policy efforts to increase survivor access to social capital and political
power, improve services for survivors, and end CSE. Around 80% of OPS staff are CSE survivors, and we prioritize
elevating and empowering survivors across the organization, movement, and our communities.
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:
The Organization for Prostitution Survivors will sustain and expand upon its services by
adding a full-time CSE SURVIVOR ADVOCATE. The CSE Advocate will assist in the creation and facilitation of
survivor-centered/ -led, trauma-informed, and culturally specific holistic services for survivors of sexual
exploitation. This position requires an empathetic, resilient, and passionate individual who is comfortable
providing assistance to those in crisis and developing healing relationships with members of the OPS community.
We are looking for an individual with lived or professional experience in CSE and a deep understanding of the sex
trade. OPS values passionate self-starters with the ability to utilize best practices in holistic care. This position will
be responsible for managing a typical caseload of 25 active adult participants.
Job Duties:
● Participate in creating a healing community for all participants including ongoing and one-time crisis
intervention or recovery services utilizing low-barrier therapeutic interventions
● Interface and build relationships with survivors of complex trauma with the intention of stabilization and
referral to long-term therapeutic resources
● Liaises with the Seattle City Attorney’s Office, Seattle Police Department, and Probation to identify and
provide outreach to individuals currently facing arrest through pre-filing for Prostitution offenses
● Works with participants experiencing one of the above systems to fulfill Seattle municipal code
requirements for diversion and report to Seattle City Attorney’s Office, Probation, and Seattle Municipal
Court on completion of diversion requirements
● Attend the ASC Direct Service monthly meetings and other community meetings as necessary
● Deliver all services and strategies in a manner that is culturally sensitive and centers the strengths and
dignity of the person.
● Provide 1:1 and group recovery services for a typical caseload of 25 active clients
● Create a healing path and plan for participants including, in-takes, case management, safety/service
plans, referrals, and clinical strategies that move toward individualized health goals
● Participate in crisis interventions, case consultations, and debriefs with the Survivor Services Team ●
Connect participants to relevant in-house and partner services that supply healing-centered service
provisions that utilize the following interventions: motivational interviewing, trauma-informed care, CBT,
DBT, ACT, somatic/yoga therapy, therapeutic art, mutual aid groups, harm reduction, and low barrier services
● Complete intakes, provide long-term case management and support participants in identifying and
documenting case management goals
● Engage participants in a manner that is culturally sensitive and centers the strengths and dignity of the
person
● Participate in the programming of other services; such as drop-ins, support groups, outreach events, and
activities
● Participate in community collaborations and partnerships to ensure the most appropriate and culturally
relevant resources and referrals are available for participants
● Assist with coordination and engage in street-based outreach events
● Participate in supervision & team meetings as directed by the supervisor and/or director
● Other duties, as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS REQUIRED:
● Empathetic and compassionate listener with the ability to problem-solve
● Ability to stay grounded and calm for participants during the crisis
● Group facilitation skills and an ability to engage participants who are therapy/service-adverse
● Ability to provide guided self-expression experiences to help clients recover from trauma
● Knowledge of therapeutic and recovery support
● Understanding and experience with empowerment-based advocacy
● A working understanding of how trauma manifests in the body/mind. Ability to provide resources for
clients with codependency, addiction, creating healthy boundaries, and PTSD
● Working knowledge of Commercial Sexual Exploitation, gender-based violence, sexual assault, domestic
violence, homelessness, and/or substance dependence
● Theoretical and experiential understanding of complex trauma and systemic oppression particularly an
understanding of sex/gender-based oppression, racism, and poverty
● Passionate about using art as a healing modality for recovering from trauma
● Creativity, imagination, and enthusiasm for using art as a medium for personal healing
● Reliable, flexible, self-starter, and a team player
● Effective written and verbal communication
● Passion for creating social systems change including the active dismantling of patriarchy, heterosexism,
and classism
● Open to new ideas and skilled in breaking silos
● Energetic optimist with a commitment to the mission of OPS and women’s liberation
Preferred Skills:
● Understanding of CSE through lived experience and/or work/education history
● Understanding of incarceration, reentry, and criminal justice systems through lived
experience and/or work/education history
● Knowledge and experience with local social service systems and resources
● Confidence and experience in utilizing general tech and computer skills (OPS primarily uses
GSuite and Apricot Social Solutions)
● Experience partnering and networking with agencies
● Proven ability to make sound, proactive decisions in potentially emotionally charged situations
and/or in the absence of complete clarity; comfortable utilizing de-escalation skills
● Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion
TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENT
● This role requires access to reliable transportation.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT
● Ability to perform moderate physical work
SCHEDULE
● 36-hour work week completed Monday through Friday, with the occasional evening or weekend shift. OPS
staff can flex their schedules as needed, but standard work hours are between 10 am-6 pm. OPS employees are
currently working a mixture of remote and in-person shifts. In-person work will include duties at our Burien
office and outreach/partner meetings in Seattle.
Compensation and Benefits
● $22- $25 per hour DOE
● OPS considers 1 FTE as 36 hours a week
● OPS provides vacation, paid holidays (including a winter break and two floating holidays), unlimited
sick leave, wellness and self-care days, and bereavement leave
● OPS provides fully employer-covered medical, dental, STD/LTD insurance, retirement plan, and other
employee benefits
TO APPLY
Send a resume and cover letter to leadership@seattleops.org. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling
basis until the position is filled, priority will be given to applications submitted by April 30, 2024
OPS supports inclusion and diversity in all its forms. We strive to create a safe and open atmosphere. We
commit to listening to, representing, and embracing diverse perspectives and experiences in all we do.
OPS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We seek to provide equal opportunity for all persons regardless
of race, age, color, religion, gender, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military status,
national origin, or any other characteristic protected under the law. People of color and members of the
LGBTQ+ community are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to cultivating a diverse
workforce that serves and reflects our community. All your information will be kept confidential
according to EEO guidelines.