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Assistant Professor in Social Work, University of Southern Mississippi

Application Deadline: August 1, 2025

Location: Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA

The School of Social Work at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) invites applicants for two, full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor positions, beginning August 2025. Both positions will serve the Hattiesburg campus with teaching duties that may require travel to the Gulf Park campus.  In addition to teaching in the BSW and MSW programs, faculty are expected to engage in an active research/scholarship agenda and pursue external funding to support their scholarship. Faculty are expected to participate in school, university, professional, and community service.

Analyst I, Child Victim Identification Program (CVIP), National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Location: Multiple Locations in USA - Austin, Texas; Rochester, New York; Alexandria, Virginia; Lake Park, Florida

The Analyst I position is responsible for reviewing data pertaining to identified victims of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) series to assist in all matters relevant to identifying unknown victims depicted in pornographic images/videos of children in child sexual abuse material content submitted to NCMEC by law enforcement and electronic service providers.  Additionally, the position is responsible for assisting law enforcement and prosecutors in support of their investigations and prosecutions of CSAM offenses. 

Director of Global Anti-Child Exploitation Impact, Training & Operations, Tim Tebow Foundation

Location: Jacksonville, Florida, USA

This position reports to the VP of Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation and will be responsible for developing relationships globally with international law enforcement partners and executing on global strategies to support international law enforcement child exploitation and victim identification efforts. This role will design and coordinate multiple high-level, multi-nation, multi-agency collaborative operations around the globe. The right candidate for this role must demonstrate cultural competence, subject matter expertise in child exploitation or victim identification, have experience operating in high-level diplomatic environments, have expert knowledge of the law, and maintain the highest ethical character.

Director of Youth Suicidal Behaviors Research, NYU McSilver Institute

Location: New York, New York, USA

The NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research is committed to creating new knowledge about the root causes of poverty, developing evidence-based interventions to address its consequences, and rapidly translating research findings into action through policy and best practices. We are looking to hire a talented and motivated individual to serve as the Director of Youth Suicidal Behaviors Research with our Artificial Intelligence Hub (AI Hub). The AI Hub at NYU McSilver Institute addresses how AI can impact the lives of people in marginalized communities.

Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault/Human Trafficking Victim Advocate, REACH of Macon County, Inc.

Location: Franklin, North Carolina, USA

This position will provide direct client services including intakes, supportive counseling, accessing needs, information and referrals, goal setting, case management, and some transportation as needed, among other job responsibilities.

Human Trafficking Counselor, Avalon Healing Center

Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Main duties include: Provide comprehensive trauma-informed care to adult survivors of sexual assault including secondary supportive loved ones - both individual and group; including healing arts and counseling for special populations; Engage adult and youth survivors in identifying and addressing the emotional impact of Human Trafficking and Sexual Assault, using client-centered and trauma-informed counseling skills and modalities; Provide screening and risk assessment to individuals referred to Human Trafficking Program for high risk, suspected or confirmed trafficking histories; and others.

Humboldt Research Fellowship

Location: Germany

The Humboldt Research Fellowship for researchers of all nationalities and research areas: We support you with your research in Germany. Through the Humboldt Research Fellowship, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation sponsors researchers with above-average qualifications from across the globe. As a fellow, you will benefit from individual support from the Humboldt Foundation and our diverse sponsorship portfolio.

Postdoctoral Fellow- Sex Trafficking, Women’s College Hospital

Location: Toronto, Canada

This position at Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, will provide a post-doctoral fellow with the opportunity to contribute to the under-researched, under-reported and frequently misunderstood issue that is sex trafficking. The position will be supervised by Drs. Janice Du Mont and Robin Mason, co-founders and current directors of the novel program of research, Addressing Sex Trafficking through Education and Research (ASTER). Sex trafficking is a growing concern in Canada–a billion-dollar industry that involves recruiting, harbouring, holding or transporting victims, usually girls or women, to exploit them for sexual purposes.

Supervisor, Child Sex Trafficking Team (CSTT), National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Location: Alexandria, Virginia, USA

Responsible for providing oversight of Child Sex Trafficking Team (CSTT) staff functions during rotating shift-work and for performing CSTT analyst duties as required. The position is directly responsible for coordinating the workload of CSTT analysts and managing the day-to-day operational functions of all CSTT staff. The CSTT workload consists of any and all reports received pertaining to child sex trafficking received through the CyberTipline, Call Center, NCMEC Case Managers, Recovery Services

Support Specialist (Notice Tracking), National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Location: Multiple locations

Position is responsible for providing overall support to the Notice Tracking program within the Exploited Children Division including some analytical work determining the actionable steps on public and Electronic Service Providers (ESP) reported URLs.  The Support Specialist is the primary person responsible for support of the notice tracking program, including the triage of reports related to Notice Tracking and victim/survivor reports as well as victim database management and quality assurance.  In many circumstances, cases may contain pornographic content or links to pornographic content online.  This content may depict minors and/or adults.  Such assistance requires an employee that can handle exposure to sensitive content, utilizing a victim-centric approach with all communications, demonstrating empathy and support for survivors and their families.  Critical skills include high level of accuracy and thoroughness in work product, managing a fast-paced work environment, multi-tasking and time management.  The Support Specialist is also responsible for various additional tasks and projects.