Victim Advocate Assistant

Title: Victim Advocate Assistant

State Role Title: Victim Advocate Assistant 

Hiring Range: Commensurate with Experience, Up to $51,500

Pay Band: UG

Agency: Attorney General & Dept of Law

Location: Office of the Attorney General

Agency Website: https://www.oag.state.va.us/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Victim Advocate Assistant at the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of Virginia is responsible for providing victim advocacy support and notification to victims of crime with cases going through an appeal or a sexually violent predator civil commitment process. The Victim Advocate Assistant will also be responsible for providing administrative assistance to the Address Confidentiality Program, which provides a confidential address to survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, human trafficking, stalking, and child abduction. This position requires occasional statewide travel for court accompaniment purposes, training, and community events. Professional duties include victim advocacy support, court accompaniment, connecting victims with community services and support, administrative responsibilities, casefile management, communicating with victims in a trauma-informed manner, providing training to community stakeholders on victim services offered by the Office of the Attorney General, and supporting victim-focused events.

Minimum Qualifications

• At least one year of experience working with crime victims.
• Ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality and victim advocacy support.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed victim advocacy and the criminal justice system is required.
• Must be capable of communicating effectively both verbally and written and be able to maintain organized casefiles in the Victim Services Database.
• Must be comfortable with public speaking.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• The position requires flexibility as court dates change frequently.

Additional Considerations

A bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, Psychology, Social Work, or related field; or equivalent experience.

Special Instructions

Kindly utilize the Virginia Jobs website (https://www.jobs.virginia.gov) to submit your application. Applications sent to the Recruitment email address will not be reviewed for the hiring process. We do not entertain phone calls or emails inquiring about application status; instead, please login to the PageUp/RMS system for updates on your application's status.

Contact Information

• Name: OAG Recruitment
• Phone: 804-786-1795
• Email: recruitment@oag.state.va.us

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.