Tucson Victim Services Intern/Volunteer- Fall 2024

ATTORNEY GENERAL (DEPT OF LAW)

TUCSON VICTIM SERVICES INTERN/VOLUNTEER- FALL 2024

Job Location:

Address: 400 W CONGRESS, TUCSON, AZ 85701

Posting Details:

Salary: UNPAID

Grade: 01

Closing Date: April 19, 2024

Job Summary:

The Arizona Attorney General's Office, Criminal Division, Office of Victim Services Section is currently accepting applications for volunteers and unpaid interns to serve as Volunteer Victim Advocates, in the Tucson office, for the fall semester, July through December 2024, with 6 months total commitment for 9-12 hours/week.

The mission of the Office of Victim Services is to promote justice and healing for crime victims. Our staff is small relative to the number of victims we serve. Our success, therefore, depends on mature, responsible, caring volunteers and interns.

Please submit a cover letter in the same document upload as your resume. In the cover letter please explain your motivation for wanting to be involved with this program, a little about yourself, and your goals for the future.

Job Duties:

Advocates act as liaisons between victims and members of the criminal justice system, including attorneys, courts, probation departments, and custodial agencies. Advocates in the Attorney General's Office of Victim Services do real, meaningful work for and with victims.

This is not a clerical internship, although as with most jobs, there are clerical responsibilities. Advocates explain the legal rights of victims in layperson's terms, accompany victims to court, offer reassurance and empathetic listening, identify, victims' needs resulting from the crime and more. Training is provided.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

• Minimum junior status for bachelor's degree students preferred

• Minimum of second year status for associate's degree students preferred

• Recent graduates permitted

• Minimum cumulative GPA 2.75

• Pass a security background check

• Possess a valid driver's license or state picture I.D.

• Ability to work effectively with people in sensitive areas

• Good writing, communication, and computer skills

Selective Preference(s):

Past interns have come from the departments of political science, psychology, communications, sociology, pre-law, criminal justice and the International College. An ideal candidate will submit a cover letter explaining their interest in an internship in human or victim services.

Pre-Employment Requirements:

If this internship interests you, speak with your department's internship advisor then submit your resume and cover letter to this intern job posting on www.azstatejobs.gov .

Contact Christine Cervantez or Dina Carranza in Tucson at 520-628-6456 for more information. All applications are due April 19, 2024.

All applicants under serious consideration for internships/hire with the Attorney General's Office are required to be fingerprinted by the Office and complete a criminal background check through State and Federal agencies. An internship offer cannot be tendered until the candidate has successfully passed the initial background check.

Your record does not automatically constitute a bar to employment. Factors such as, but not limited to, age at time of offense and age of offense, as well as the relationship between the offense and the job for which you apply will be taken into account.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver's License Requirements.

Benefits:

Does not apply to internships.

For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

Retirement:

Does not apply to internships.

Contact Us:

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Human Resources at (602) 542-8056 or email us at humanresources@azag.gov.

During all phases of the selection process, people with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting the AG's Human Resources Office at (602) 542-8056 or via e-mail at HumanResources@azag.gov. The Arizona Office of the Attorney General does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age in its programs, activities or in its hiring and employment practices.

The following division has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Operations Division, 2005 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004, Phone: (602) 542-8056, Fax: (602) 542-8000.