Women's Advocate
Job Announcement
Job Title: Women’s Advocate
Full-time or Part-time Status: Full-time
Location: Shelter (Confidential)
Schedule: Tuesday-Saturday, 3:00pm-11:30pm
Salary: $20-$23/hour
Who We Are:
Saint Martha’s is a St. Louis nonprofit program that provides shelter, resources, and compassionate care for women and children experiencing domestic violence. Our programs include shelter services, a drop-in center, and community education. As a ministry of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, we are proud to share in their mission, vision, and values.
Position Summary:
Saint Martha’s is currently seeking a full-time women’s advocate in our shelter program, working Tuesday through Saturday from 3:00pm-11:30pm four days per week, 3:00pm -7:00pm one day per week. Due to the residential nature of shelter services, this position is exclusively in-person.
The role of the Women’s Advocate is to work as part of a team of advocates to support and empower women as they work to build a new life, free from violence. Using a trauma-informed lens, this position works directly with women in shelter to provide crisis intervention, community referrals, basic necessities, and help maintain a clean and safe environment for residents. Specific duties include:
- Responding to immediate needs of shelter residents
- Completing intakes, assisting residents with goal progress, providing safety and support to residents healing from domestic violence
- Answering our crisis hotline and providing crisis intervention and referrals to callers and in person
- Assisting with cleaning, organizing, putting away donations, and other necessary tasks
What You Bring: Candidates must have valid driver’s license and insurance, as well as a working vehicle. Successful candidates for this position will be:
- flexible and adaptive,
- empathetic to the adversity and challenges others may be enduring,
- willing to collaborate and make decisions as part of a team,
- good with building rapport with others,
- able to remain calm in crisis situations,
- understand and utilize healthy boundaries for themselves,
- dedicated to a future where domestic violence is no longer a threat,
- knowledgeable of or willing to learn the nature and dynamics of domestic violence.
Please email resume and cover letter to:
Whitney Howland
Shelter Manager
(314) 533-1313