Careers with Resilience

We are looking to add new and diverse professionals to our team in Chicago, Illinois. Established in 1974, Resilience reaches thousands of survivors of sexual violence, their loved ones, and communities through our advocacy, trauma therapy, and prevention services across the city. Resilience works to address sexual violence through intersectional approaches that center the social justice frameworks of racial equity, reproductive justice, disability inclusion, economic justice, bodily autonomy, and LGBTQ+ issues. If these values and ideals are important to you, help advance our work to empower survivors and end sexual violence by becoming a part of our team!

To apply to the open positions listed below, please submit your resume and cover letter to our Hiring Team at jobs@ourresilience.org. No phone calls, please. Include the title of the position and your last name in the subject line.

Click on the titles below to view the full job posting.

Communications Manager

Legal & Medical Advocate (Austin, Bilingual)

Advocacy Volunteer Supervisor

Resilience offers generous personal, sick, and vacation time. Additional wellness time is provided to full-time staff who are on-call as part of our crisis response. We offer holidays, free medical care (HMO, dental, vision), family leave up to five weeks after one year of employment, summer schedules, a hybrid workplace, self-care and professional development opportunities, and much more.

Persons of color and LGBTQ+ persons are encouraged to apply. Resilience is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, sex, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability in its procedures and policies.

Internships with Resilience

We are excited to begin accepting application for intern placement for the 2024-2025 academic year in our trauma therapy program.

Please find instructions for applying and job descriptions here.

If you are interested in our Legal Advocacy Internship program, please find instructions for applying here.

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