Senior Program Manager

About Impact Justice

Impact Justice advances safety, justice, and opportunity through boundary-breaking work that honors and empowers people and is changing expectations about what we can accomplish together. We imagine, build, and scale innovations, leverage research and other knowledge to connect the desire for change with informed action, and work to shift the narrative so that decision-makers and the public understand what’s at stake and what’s possible.

About California Justice Leaders

A first-of-its-kind AmeriCorps program that began in 2019, CJL is designed to engage young adults who’ve successfully transitioned back into their communities after having had contact with the justice system.

Through AmeriCorps, CJL employs young adults for a year of service. These AmeriCorps Members will have had prior involvement with the criminal justice system, will likely have experienced confinement and will have demonstrated successful re-entry into their communities. At their AmeriCorps placement site, each Member serves as a navigator for youth and young adults currently in or released from California’s juvenile facilities.

Who You Are

You have an ethos of social justice, racial justice, community, and mutuality. You have an orientation and belief that criminal justice involvement should not be an impediment to employment, career, and personal growth opportunities. You have experience working directly with vulnerable and marginalized populations.

You also have…

• Experience working with system-impacted people and/or vulnerable populations
• Ability to work well independently and with a team
• Highly developed time management skills and acute attention to detail
• Database and/or Google suite experience
• Experience utilizing and updating website platforms
• Ability to work well with remote staff
• Community, interpersonal and intrapersonal skills
• Ability to pass a federal background check
• Active car insurance and continued access to a vehicle with a valid and current driver’s license

What You Will Do

The California Justice Leaders’ Sr. Program Manager will assist in providing direct oversight to the CJL program.

The Sr. Program Manager is a full-time exempt, salaried position. The position will report directly to the Associate Director of Leadership Programs and will be based in Oakland with domestic travel. This position will directly supervise programmatic staff, including but not limited to CJL’s program managers.

The Sr. Program Manager will be responsible for meeting the strategic objectives of CJL and will support with communication between AmeriCorps/California Volunteers and the California Justice Leaders program. In collaboration with the Leadership Program Senior staff, the Senior Program Manager is responsible for the continued development, scale, and outcomes of the CJL project. This includes but is not limited to: developing and securing relationships with county probation departments and other system partners, working with CJL staff to secure and retain placement site organizations for members, ensuring the collection and monitoring of data and progress toward programmatic outcomes, providing support for members and IJ staff, and ensuring compliance to AmeriCorps federal regulations.

The Sr. Program Manager will work closely with the Leadership Programs Senior team and the Impact Justice development team on fundraising efforts. This may include providing program outcome data, galvanizing members and the team to participate in various fundraising campaigns and participating in grant application development. The Sr. Program Manager will participate in external-facing functions when necessary, including attending board meetings when needed and speaking publicly about the CJL. In collaboration with the finance department and program leadership, this position will be responsible for managing project(s) budget and human resource matters as it pertains to direct reports.

This position requires critical thinking, case management experience, program implementation, and data-driven decision-making skills. The position also requires the ability to provide coaching and opportunities for professional development to direct report staff.

The CJL Sr. Program Manager will have a working knowledge of critical race theory, a thorough understanding of the disproportionate impacts of justice system involvement on people of color, and a deep and overt commitment to being and portraying anti-racist behavior in all forms. The Sr.Program Manager will have a critical understanding of and deep commitment to fostering a more humane, responsive, and restorative system of justice in our nation. The position requires a belief in redemption and leads with an ethos of working to see the humanity in all individuals. In this position, the Sr. Program Manager will work with and on behalf of formerly incarcerated individuals, thus this role requires deep knowledge of the re-entry needs of formerly incarcerated people and advocates on their behalf.

Core Job Responsibilities

• People management
• Provide strategic design and resource planning
• Build, manage and implement the CJL program plan
• Program management and implementation
• Maintain Federal and state program compliance
• Produce grant reports
• Participate in fundraising and development efforts
• CJL budget management
• Strategic partner development
• Provide training to members and internal staff as needed
• In collaboration with the RAC and the Director of Innovation programs, participate in CJL process and outcomes evaluation

Required Qualifications

• A critical understanding of and deep commitment to fostering a more humane, responsive, and restorative system of justice in our nation.
• Experience working and managing remote teams and staff
• Knowledge and experience with public and private fundraising
• Able to work with diverse communities and individuals- across, race, ethnicity, sexual preference, ability, age, gender identity, class, criminal legal experience etc.
• Writing and communication skills
• Public speaking skills with experience addressing a wide range of audiences
• Collaborative nature and proven track record of teamwork and generous leadership
• Strong critical thinking skills, resourcefulness, and ability to problem-solve
• Coaching skills based on an ethos of social justice, racial justice, community, and mutuality
• Experience with case management for career and/or education-based programs for participants
• Ability to pass a federal background check

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate degree in public policy, public administration, criminal justice, social work or relevant and substantial job experience is required.

Applying

The position will be paid $100,000-$105,000 per year. Salary offers are based on the candidate's experience and qualifications and our practice of maintaining salary equity within the organization. The benefits that come with working at Impact Justice include medical, dental, and FSA plans, significant vacation and wellness leave, and immediate vesting in our 401K with a generous match. This is a full-time, salaried position.

The candidate should be located near Oakland, CA and will work under a hybrid schedule. Periodic deviations to the regular hybrid schedule may be required due to program needs.

We ARE NOT considering remote staff for this position.

If this all sounds like a good fit for you, please include your resume and a cover letter explaining why you are particularly interested in the role and why we should be particularly interested in you!

We plan on making decisions on a rolling basis, so the earlier you apply the better.

Hiring Process

Elements of the Impact Justice hiring process may include phone screen interviews, candidate exercises (written or presentations), Zoom interviews, in-person interviews, and reference checks. Candidates are welcome to ask for alternative arrangements in the process if needed (for example, conducting an interview via phone rather than Zoom), Impact Justice will do our best to accommodate reasonable requests. Please communicate any alternative arrangements requested via the hiring email listed above.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Impact Justice provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race/ethnicity, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, age, criminal history, or disability.

The benefits that come with working at Impact Justice include medical, dental, and FSA plans, significant vacation and wellness leave, and immediate vesting in our 401K with a generous match. This is a full-time, salaried position.