OTIP is Hiring a Trafficking Program Specialist

May 13, 2024

Excerpted from USAJOBS.gov.

Summary 

The Office on Trafficking in Persons, a program office within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families and headquartered in Washington, DC, is accepting applications for a Trafficking Program Specialist. Those interested can apply through USAJOBS.gov. Applications are due no later than May, 22, 2024.

Duties

As a Trafficking Program Specialist, you will use your knowledge and experience to optimize business results and customer experience by:

  • Analyzes trafficking cases and issues to include methods of recruitment, control, and transport used by traffickers; physical and psychological effects on victims; the implications for victims of criminal investigations and prosecutions; provisions of international and domestic instruments on trafficking; identifying trends in international and domestic trafficking; and, methods and practices to identify and assist victims.
  • Prepares funding solicitations to support awareness, prevention, and delivery of services to individuals who are at-risk or have experience human trafficking.
  • Ensures programs and communications are trauma-informed, person-centered, and culturally and linguistically appropriate for target audiences based on an understanding of federal legislation, regulations, guidelines, and policies pertaining to human trafficking, including immigration laws; assistance and other public benefits and services available to victims of trafficking; and the requirements to request and receive eligibility and certification.
  • Conducts public presentations on federal anti-trafficking efforts, and analyzes grant recipient performance data to identify trends and gaps in service delivery and emerging issues in the anti-trafficking field.
  • Serves as the project officer for trafficking program grants, provides guidance to federal agencies and nongovernmental organizations on the Federal Government's anti-trafficking efforts, and responds to inquiries about anti-trafficking polices and programs from state and local agencies and the general public.

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