House of Ruth Maryland’s Training Institute is seeking a creative individual to serve as a Community Educator. This person must possess a Bachelor’s degree and have experience giving multi-media presentations to a wide variety of audiences. The job of the Educator is to coordinate training projects and share information to help individuals, professionals, community members, and other stakeholders understand the dynamics of intimate partner violence, services offered by the agency, and healthy and unhealthy intimate relationships. Occasional evening or weekend hours will be required to meet the needs of Training Institute customers. This position is part of the agency’s domestic violence education and prevention initiatives. 

Experience/Requirements:

• Preferred Bachelor’s Degree and two years experience working with individuals with diverse backgrounds. 
• Experience with “creative” approaches to educational work, i.e. using art, music, and/or drama.
• Advocacy and anti-oppression work experience or highly sensitive to and informed about the concepts.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team. 
• Excellent writing skills.

• Collaborative project management experience, especially working with diverse groups

• Creative, flexible and highly independent.

• Presentation content development and public speaking experience.

• Familiarity with Baltimore City.

• Dependable in time management

• Able to travel between multiple locations.

• Experience in training, working with youth and providing direct service to an underserved population, preferably in the African American community and/or LGBTQ+ communities
• Some evening and weekend hours along with travel are required for this position.
• Demonstrates competence with computer systems including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, e-mail and an agency-wide database.
• Knowledge and experience with maintaining active social networking sites.

• Knowledge and understanding of intimate partner violence and systems of oppression 

• Must be violence free in own life