Law Enforcement Instructor Recruitment
The Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force’s (ORSATF) Sexual Assault Training Institute
(SATI) is recruiting law enforcement instructors with expertise conducting adolescent and adult
sexual assault investigations. Since its first training in January 2003, the SATI has conducted
basic and advanced law enforcement trainings throughout Oregon and nationwide. Our law
enforcement curricula include basic and advance law enforcement topics including victim
interviewing, evidence collection, suspect interview and interrogation, and more.
The Sexual Assault Training Institute currently has active and sworn law enforcement
officers, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, Prosecutors, and Victim Advocates on its faculty. In
2011, SATI was awarded a Technical Assistance and Training grant from the United States
Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women to conducting law enforcement training
around the nation. We will also being a new cross training project for law enforcement and
prosecutors in Oregon to improve investigations and prosecutions through collaboration.
Instructors will be expected to participate in curriculum development and reviews, instructor
workdays, as well as attend and assist in the delivery of trainings.
Qualified applicants will have:
 a minimum of five years of experience as a sworn law enforcement officer in Oregon;
 a minimum of two years of experience working as a detective or in an investigative capacity; &
 experience investigating adult and adolescent sexual assault cases, above and beyond child
abuse investigation experience.
Preference will be given to applicants who also have experience providing instruction, conducting
training and/or public speaking. Qualified applicants must complete and pass a criminal history
check.
Applications will be reviewed and scored by a hiring committee consisting of a law enforcement
officer, a prosecutor, a victim advocate, the SATI Coordinator, and the ORSATF Executive
Director. One-year contracts will be offered to selected candidates. SATI Instructors receive
$50/hour for instruction time, $25/hour for consultation time, and $20/ hour for travel time in
addition to reimbursement for meals, mileage and lodging for eligible trips. Instructors will be
expected to devote about 100 hours a year for instruction, consultation, and travel time.
Please return applications to Jenna Harper, Training Coordinator for the Oregon Attorney General’s
Sexual Assault Task Force, 3625 River Rd. N., Suite 275, Keizer OR 97303. The position is open
until filled. You may also return completed applications as an email attachment to
jennaharper@oregonsatf.org, or by fax, 503-990-6547.
Please visit our website for information on the Task Force: www.oregonsatf.org
3625 River Rd N, Suite 275, Keizer, OR 97303-5985  Phone: (503) 990-6541  Fax: (503) 990-6547
Email: taskforce@oregonsatf.org  Web: www.oregonsatf.org
Law Enforcement Instructor Application
Please be sure to include all the requested materials and answer all of the short answer and essay
questions. All application materials should be typed. Incomplete applications will not be
considered.
I.
Resume or Curriculum Vitae
1. Please be
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II.
sure that your resume includes:
Full Name
Address, Phone, Email and Fax
Current work contact information
County you work in
Professional references (3-5)
Short Answer
1. How many years of experience do you have as a law enforcement officer? How many
years of experience do you have as a detective?
2. Please estimate the number of adult or adolescent sexual assault cases you have
responded to, noting your role (patrol, investigator, supervisor, etc.).
3. Have you ever conducted training? If yes, please specify the (approximate) date,
audience (composition and number), and topic or title of the training.
4. Please indicate any sexual assault specific training you have attended.
5. Please detail your experience working with responders of sexual assault, i.e.,
prosecutors, advocates, SANEs, sexual assault response teams (SARTs).
6. Please describe what a victim-centered investigation means to you.
3625 River Rd N, Suite 275, Keizer, OR 97303-5985  Phone: (503) 990-6541  Fax: (503) 990-6547
Email: taskforce@oregonsatf.org  Web: www.oregonsatf.org
III.
Essay
1. Please identify any challenges or barriers law enforcement may be faced with
when responding to sexual assault cases (adult and adolescent specifically). How
can law enforcement overcome those challenges or barriers? Limit your response
to 500 words (approximately 2-pages double spaced, 12-point font with standard 1inch margins).
Please return applications to Jenna Harper, Training Coordinator for the Oregon Attorney General’s
Sexual Assault Task Force, 3625 River Rd. N., Suite 275, Keizer OR 97303 97303. The position is
open until it is filled. You may also return completed applications as an email attachment to
jennaharper@oregonsatf.org, or by fax, 503-990-6547.
3625 River Rd N, Suite 275, Keizer, OR 97303-5985  Phone: (503) 990-6541  Fax: (503) 990-6547
Email: taskforce@oregonsatf.org  Web: www.oregonsatf.org