Family and Women's Advocate

Job Summary: The Family and Women’s Advocate is responsible for assessing needs, coordinating action plans, and advocating for services for program participants to meet the needs and goals of their families. The Advocate provides extensive support to participants in crisis and leads the Women Empowerment Group within the Strong Families Program. The Advocate works with Latina women to increase knowledge and skills to become leaders and facilitates educational workshops in a safe space conducive to learning, self-expression, and higher self-esteem. The advocate also helps survivors of crime overcome trauma.

About ¡HICA!: This Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama, ¡HICA!, is one of the most successful social impact organizations in Alabama and has been the major catalyst for the empowerment and economic progress of the Latino community for over 20 years. ¡HICA! is a non-profit organization with a successful track record of providing over 5,000 residents annually with quality services while advocating to local and state leaders for policies that improve the quality of life of all residents. ¡HICA! achieves its goals with its staff of 24 full time employees and works collaboratively with community partners and government agencies. ¡HICA! operates community programming in the areas of women’s leadership development and civic engagement, college and career readiness, and financial literacy and economic development. ¡HICA! is located in Birmingham, AL and has a $2.25 million operating budget