Program Manager

THE ORGANIZATION

The Center for Justice Innovation is a community justice organization that centers safety and racial justice. Since our founding in 1996, the Center has partnered with community members, courts, and the people most impacted to create stronger, healthier, more just communities. Our decades of experience in courts and communities, coupled with our field-leading research and practitioner expertise, help us drive justice nationwide in innovative, powerful, and durable ways. For more information on how and where we work, please visit www.innovatingjustice.org.  

The Center is a 900-employee, $100 million nonprofit that accomplishes its vision through three pillars of work: creating and scaling operating programs to test new ideas and solve problems, performing original research to determine what works (and what doesn’t), and providing expert assistance and policy guidance to justice reformers around the world.

Operating Programs

The Center’s operating programs, including the award-winning Red Hook Community Justice Center and Midtown Community Justice Center, test new ideas, solve difficult problems, and attempt to achieve systemic change within the justice system. Our projects include community-based violence prevention programs, alternatives to incarceration, reentry initiatives, and court-based initiatives that reduce the use of unnecessary incarceration and promote positive individual and family change. Through this programming, we have produced tangible results like safer streets, reduced incarceration, and improved neighborhood perceptions of justice.

Research

The Center's research teams are staffed with social scientists, data analysts, and lawyers who are academically-trained or have lived experience and who conduct research in the U.S. and globally on diverse criminal-legal system and justice issues. Their work includes evaluating programs and policies; conducting exploratory, community-based studies; and providing research translation and strategic planning for system actors. The Center has published studies on topics including court and jail reform, intimate partner violence, restorative justice, gun violence, reentry, sixth amendment rights, and progressive prosecution. The research teams strive to make their work meaningful and actionable to the communities they work with, policymakers, and practitioners.

Policy & Expert Assistance

The Center provides hands-on, planning and implementation assistance to a wide range of jurisdictions in areas of reform such as problem-solving courts (e.g., community courts, treatment courts, domestic violence courts), tribal justice, reducing incarceration and the use of fines/fees and reducing crime and violence. Our current expert assistance takes many forms, including help with analyzing data, strategic planning and consultation, policy guidance, and hosting site visits to its operating programs in the New York City area. 

Center Support

A dedicated support team within the Center ensures the smooth functioning of operations across various domains, including finance, legal, technology, human resources, fundraising, real estate, and communications. Comprising 15% of the organization's staff, these teams provide essential infrastructure support and innovative solutions aligned with the Center's mission and values. 

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Gender and Family Justice Team is seeking a part time Program Manager on a temporary basis to work primarily on two projects under the Office on Violence Against Women’s Training and Technical Assistance Initiative, as well as support other projects as needed and as assigned. Reporting to the Director of Judicial Education and Leadership, the Program Manager will lead these targeted training and technical assistance (TTA) projects focused on how to provide effective training to courts (referred to as the Train-the Trainer Project) and Institute for Improving Court Education and Approaches on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (Institute) to court staff. The Program Manager will be expected to take on significant responsibility developing and maintaining both asynchronous and synchronous training content, creating new publications, delivering onsite and remote TTA to grantees across the country, and nurturing partner relationships. 

• Coordinate the administration of the Train-the-Trainer and the Institute by tracking progress and performance and fulfilling project deliverables on time; 
• Develop training modules, slide decks, and other training materials for court-based staff; 
• Provide expert assistance, both remote and onsite, to courts and legal system partners seeking to plan, implement, or enhance training efforts to courts and related stakeholders; 
• Plan and develop local, regional, and large-scale, multi-day national training events;  
• Develop strong and collaborative relationships with funders, TTA providers, national experts, and other important partners in the field; 
• Assist with development of practitioner monographs, toolkits, guidance documents, website features, and other written as well as online content geared for grantees; 
• Develop and deliver presentations at conferences and training events;  
• Support the Senior Program Managers, Associate Directors, and Directors on a wide range of remote and onsite TA projects; and
• Additional relevant tasks, as needed. 

Qualifications:  Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of 5 years of experience required or equivalent lived experience in a related area, preferably as a criminal justice practitioner. Excellent written skills are a must. Candidate must be skilled communicator able to work in multi-disciplinary setting and maintain strong relationships with multiple agencies and organizations both onsite and in the community.

Position Type: Temporary until March 31, 2025. Part-time position of 20 hours per week. Candidate must have the ability to work between the hours of 7:00am - 8:00pm, Monday - Friday.

Position Location: Remote.

Compensation: The compensation range for this position is $36.53 - $43.97 per hour based on a 35-hour work week and is commensurate with experience. The Center for Justice Innovation offers a403(b) retirement plan with a two-to-one employer contribution up to 5%. We prioritize mental health care for our staff and offer services like Talkspace and Ginger through our healthcare plans.

The Center for Justice Innovation is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace, and as such, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other category protected by law. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from women, people of color, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities, as well as individuals with prior contact with the criminal justice system. Our aim is to create a supportive and respectful environment where every individual, irrespective of their background or identity, feels valued and included.

As of February 10, 2023, New York City Executive Order 25 rescinded the requirement of the COVID-19 vaccination for City workers, new hires, and contracted employees. Accordingly, the Center does not require all new hires be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus; however, the Center recommends all staff, interns, and volunteers stay up-to-date on the vaccination.

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