Applications Open: SAPAC Care Collective Facilitator for 2026-2027!
See below for information about the role and how to apply! Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
Position Details
Application Due: Looking to fill as soon as possible. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Application Form: SAPAC Care Collective Facilitator Application (FY 2026-2027)
Position: Care Collective Facilitator (Student Employee - Undergraduate Position Only)
Program: SAPAC Care Collective
Commitment: Approximately 10 hrs/week
Timeline: August 2026 - May 2027
Start Date: August 2026
Required Training: Opportunity to attend SAPAC Student Staff Retreat in-person (Monday, August 24 - Thursday, August 27, 2026 from 9 am - 5 pm) if hired and available before then. Must complete student onboarding and review SAPAC Student Staff Retreat materials. Must be available for virtual monthly professional development.
Supervisor: Shai Ybarra, LLMSW, Program Manager for Group-Based Interventions & Peer Support
Compensation: $15 per hour
Job Description
SAPAC’s Care Collective is a new initiative focused on developing, implementing, promoting, and facilitating drop-in, confidential, community spaces for UM students who identify as survivors of sexual violence, intimate partner violence, sexual harassment, stalking, and/or other forms of harm. These community spaces include various connection opportunities for students, including but not limited to study days, book clubs, creative arts, one-time events or workshops, and regularly offered drop-in meetings. The goal of this program is to provide a safe space for survivors to be in community with one another, foster empowerment, resilience, and reconnection with others, while offering a low-commitment opportunity for students to engage with SAPAC support services.
Facilitators are expected to support program initiatives from creation through evaluation, provide and facilitate a safe space for survivors to participate in various facilitator-designed connection opportunities (examples include study days, book clubs, creative arts, one-time events, and regularly offered meetings), and collaborate with their co-facilitator and supervisor for program expansion. Overall, the purpose of this program is to foster a supportive, understanding community that welcomes UM student survivors of all ages, genders, and identities. The location of meetings and events will vary based on programming needs and campus collaborations.
Care Collective Facilitator Responsibilities:
- Design, promote, facilitate, and evaluate a variety of unstructured and semi-structured community support events, programs, and activities specific to survivors of sexual violence, intimate partner violence, sexual harassment, and stalking.
- Help to foster a safe, supportive, and confidential community-based environment in which members can access connection, healing, and self-care practices.
- Support collaborative development of Community Agreements for recurring meeting spaces to help create a supportive atmosphere.
- Coordinate and facilitate activities and events that provide opportunities for connection around healing, coping strategies, and self-care routines.
- Refer members to and connect them with appropriate resources if a higher level of care is desired.
- Market and promote community support events, programs, and activities, including sending weekly meeting reminders and distributing flyers around campus.
- Attend at least one Student Life campus partner event per semester.
- Table for SAPAC and/or Community Support Programs at least once per semester.
- Manage and respond to emails, phone calls, and other requests of the campus community.
- Demonstrate awareness of long-term impacts of sexual violence, intimate partner violence, sexual harassment, and stalking on college-age survivors and the process of reconnection in healing.
- Practice empathetic listening and affirm participants’ experiences and feelings.
- Lead and manage student organization responsibilities, including but not limited to Maize Pages, SOAS Accounts, etc.
- Oversee and manage program budget, Google Drive, email lists, and other program logistics.
- Participate in semesterly performance reviews and provide ongoing feedback on position experiences.
- Have a working knowledge of other SAPAC programming, with a focus on group and peer-led programs.
- Create and implement additional programming, as desired.
- Attend individual and group supervision, as well as monthly professional development.
- Maintain professional, supportive, and communicative relationships with your co-facilitator(s) and supervisor.
- Support with general program administrative/logistical tasks, including but not limited to Coordinator Handbook creation, reserving spaces for events/meetings, documenting attendance and participation numbers, etc.
- Other tasks as needed to support overall team functioning.
Leadership and Professional Development
- Attend Student Staff Retreat (Monday, August 24 - Thursday, August 27, 2026 from 9 am - 5 pm) if hired before then
- Attend individual supervision meetings biweekly
- Attend group supervision meetings weekly
- Attend professional development meetings monthly. Date and time to be determined.
- Commitment to personal and professional growth and development
Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:
- Demonstrated ability to provide inclusive and equitable support to all participants across their individualized and intersecting social identities.
- Experience with anti-racism and/or anti-violence work.
- Experience with peer support.
- Familiarity with issues surrounding sexual violence and social justice work.
- Demonstrated ability to navigate highly sensitive matters and/or strong commitment to learning.
- High level of self-awareness and well-developed coping and self-care skills.
- Prior experience and/or interest in program development, implementation, promotion, and evaluation.
- Highly organized, self-motivated, creative, and responsible.
- Demonstrated understanding of confidentiality and privacy and/or a strong desire to learn.
- Desire to support student survivors in accessing community support, relational and coping skills, and self-care.
- Passion for fostering safe, inclusive, and welcoming environments for students of all identities.
- Openness and receptiveness to learning from participants, respecting their understanding of their own experiences, their own needs, and their own healing journey.
Ideal Candidate Commitments:
- Commitment to personal and community learning. Utilization of a growth mindset, curiosity around personal values, social identities, and opportunities for dialogue across communities.
- Commitment to using an intersectional approach in all programming efforts, acknowledging that every individual has their own unique experience of identity and oppression.
- Commitment to creating a program culture that actively seeks to engage in cultural humility, social justice accountability, and equitable support of all community members.
- Commitment to creating inclusive spaces and instilling a sense of mattering and belonging for students with marginalized identities.
- Commitment to intentional and consistent outreach and recruitment efforts to create a community with survivors.
- Commitment to directly addressing harm when it occurs by utilizing empathy, active listening, conflict resolution, restorative practice skills, and through engaging the identity-based power imbalances, which can be the root cause of these harms.
- Commitment to self-awareness, showing up as our authentic selves, and recognizing our own identities, biases, and how we show up in the work.
- Commitment to the dismantling of systems of power, oppression, white supremacy, and violence.
- Commitment to continued evaluation and feedback for the improvement of SAPAC programming and services.
Questions? Reach out to Shai Ybarra at [email protected]