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Discover career-related jobs that welcome formerly incarcerated applicants and see the value in your lived experience. Positions listed below have been sent to us by members and allies who have said formerly incarcerated people are welcomed and valued. If you have additional opportunities to list here, email them using the button below. If you would like to get notifications when positions are added to this page, you can use an RSS reader extension for your browser or app for your phone.
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Associate Director of Workforce/Education Development at Anti-Recidivism Coalition

9/3/2019

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Location
Los Angeles, CA
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Salary
$67,500 - $72,500
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ARC is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Associate Director of Workforce/Education Development (Associate Director) to join its Los Angeles management team. The Associate Director plays an integral role in advancing the mission of the organization by bringing a strategic, high-level perspective to ARC’s vocational and educational needs. This individual will oversee and build upon all aspects of ARC’s Vocational/Educational programming and will work to create new partnerships in the community that will serve as a resource for the needs of ARC’s members.  This position will directly explore new and innovative vocational and educational opportunities for ARC’s membership, will develop new programming that further advances this new and exciting department, and will work with ARC’s policy team to identify and reduce barriers to employment and education faced by the formerly incarcerated.
Reporting to ARC’s Deputy Director, the Associate Director of Workforce/Education Development will further define and develop the departmental infrastructure and systems needed to support the organization’s continued growth over the next 5-10 years. This position will also supervise the Job Developer and and all other positions directly related to this department.
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Justice Fellows Program at Fair and Just Prosecution

7/22/2019

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Location
Remote Position; Preferably DC, LA, or NY
Salary
​Unknown
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FJP is looking for recent college graduates and current undergraduate or graduate students with lived experience with the justice system that are interested in exploring careers in criminal justice centered around justice, fairness, and innovation to participate in our inaugural Justice Fellows Program. A Justice Fellow that has lived experience includes those that have personally spent time in the justice system or currently have or have had family members involved with the system. The Fellow will work directly with staff from FJP to help support our network of reform-minded prosecutors. To apply to be an FJP Justice Fellow please submit a resume and a cover letter describing your interest in criminal justice reform and your qualifications for the Justice Fellows Program to: FJPFellow@fairandjustprosecution.org.
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Prison University Project Director of Student Affairs

6/30/2019

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Location
San Rafael, CA
Salary
$80,000 - $100,000
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​Job Description
The Director of Student Affairs is responsible for developing, improving, and regularly assessing policies and processes aimed at supporting students’ capacity to be active, engaged and successful learners, and citizens in the college setting. This position requires working with multiple stakeholders across the college program and organization and serving as a knowledgeable resource for best practices, college program policies, and accreditation standards. The Director of Student Affairs supports college program efforts in providing a campus climate that fosters diversity, equity, inclusion, student success, personal development, and an integrated co-curricular student learning experience. Finally, the Director of Student Affairs works closely with the Chief Academic Officer and the Academic Program Director to lead the college program in providing  high quality, inclusive, and accessible education. 
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Project Rebound Coordinator, Student Academic Support Services at CSU San Marcos

1/31/2019

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Location
San Marcos, CA
Salary
$55,000 - $78,000
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​The Project Rebound Coordinator provides and collaboratively coordinates retention services such as academic and personal guidance by providing specialized coaching and referrals. These retention services will focus on the unique needs of formerly incarcerated and system-impacted students at CSUSM, therefore requiring detailed understanding of the needs of a specialized student population. Develops and implements intervention and support system strategies for students experiencing life circumstances resulting from their backgrounds. Develops new strategies/systems to be used campus-wide to provide ongoing student support. Independently assesses student needs using personal interviews and designs appropriate interventions. Works with Personalized Academic Success Services as well as other departments on campus, such as Admissions, Counseling Services, Student Outreach and Referral Services, the CARE Manager, and the Career Center to provide support for students. Coordinates special activities as needed.
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Program Analyst, CSC at Vera

1/25/2019

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Location
New York, NY or Los Angeles, CA
Salary
$40,000 - $45,000
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​Vera’s Center on Sentencing and Corrections seeks a Program Analyst to work across two projects: Opening Doors to Public Housing Initiative – a national project to expand access to public housing for people with conviction histories, and Unlocking Potential: Postsecondary Education as a Disrupter of Mass Incarceration. For more about the Opening Doors work, see https://www.vera.org/projects/opening-doors-to-public-housing. For more about the Unlocking Potential work, see https://www.vera.org/projects/college-in-prison.

The position can be based in Los Angeles or New York and is full time.
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Director of Campaigns & Advocacy at Essie Justice Group

1/19/2019

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Location
Oakland, CA
Salary
​$90,000 - $95,000
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​The Director of Campaigns and Advocacy is a visionary campaigner-at-heart and an experienced leader of people and teams. The work that this Director architects and helps oversee at Essie will bring life to the demands published in our groundbreaking report, Because She’s Powerful: The Political Isolation and Resistance of Women with Incarcerated Loved Ones. In 2019, this Director will lead our staff and members in developing a statewide campaign to help manifest the demands published in this report, as well as oversee select national advocacy initiatives.

As a senior leader at the organization, the Director of Campaigns and Advocacy will help shape our present and future—contributing to strategic decision making in the present while helping architect Essie’s growth in alignment with our values. At Essie, how we win is as important as what we achieve and our ideal Director of Campaigns and Advocacy approaches organizational culture and campaign goals with equal rigor and commitment.
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Director of Membership & Organizing at Essie Justice Group

1/19/2019

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Location
Oakland, CA
Salary
$90,000 - $95,000
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​The person filling this new senior-level position will be responsible for creating a membership structure and adapting our existing Healing to Advocacy Program to engage women with incarcerated loved ones across the United States. The Director of Membership and Organizing, like all organizers at Essie, knows the power of interpersonal organizing. But, what makes the Director of Membership and Organizing special is that they passionately obsess over the development of participatory systems, structures, and programming that allow what’s working locally to be available to hundreds of thousands of women across the country. As distinct from the day-to-day work of campaigns or policy, the ideal candidate finds their movement energy in program development, political education, curricula building, and deep work with members.

As a senior leader at the organization, the Director of Membership and Organizing will help shape our present and future—contributing to strategic decision making in the present while helping architect Essie’s growth in alignment with our values. At Essie, how we win is as important as what we achieve and our ideal Director of Membership and Organizing approaches organizational culture and community organizing goals with equal rigor and commitment.
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Workforce Development Program Manager at Miguel Contreras Foundation

1/14/2019

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Location
Los Angeles, CA
Salary
​At least $70,000
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The Workforce Development Program Manager supports the Workforce Development team through program development, planned activities and evaluations. This is a new position within a dynamic and growing organization.
  • Works with the Workforce Development Director to assist with program development and planning to support MCF’s Workforce Development Program team
  • Develops and implement program objectives
  • Oversees program implementation and evaluation
  • Engages in research on issues related to MCF’s workforce opportunity programs
  • Assists with managing program staff, providing work plan and budget support, and ongoing feedback, and ensuring deliverables are being met on a timely basis
  • Works with the Workforce Development Program team to develop content for website, social media, materials, and electronic mailers
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Classroom Facilitator at The Last Mile

1/10/2019

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Location
Chino, CA
Salary
​Unknown
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​The Classroom Facilitator works on-site with state prison inmates who are enrolled in the TLM software
training program. This role combines teaching, mentoring and supervisory tasks to insure a positive and
supportive learning environment.
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Policy Analyst or Staff Attorney, Work Equity & Social Insurance at NELP

1/8/2019

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Location
​Berkeley, CA or Washington D.C
Salary
$58,100 - $75,200
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The National Employment Law Project (NELP) seeks a dynamic and skilled advocate to join our Work Equity and Social Insurance teams to advance NELP’s programs and policy campaigns. We are seeking someone with 3-5 years’ experience in promoting work and racial equity, working in partnership with Black-led organizations, and with an understanding of social insurance policies. The policy analyst or staff attorney will support NELP’s racial equity priorities, which will include advocacy related to the employment rights of people with records, as well as our social insurance reform priorities.
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Program Coordinator at Solano Community College

12/14/2018

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Location
​Vallejo, CA
Salary
​$25.00/hr.
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​The Program Coordinator must facilitate the enrollment of all formerly incarcerated students who qualify for the program based on program criteria. The Coordinator will assess each student's unique academic needs and familiarize them with all Solano Community College (SCC) resources and relevant services in the community that will aid them in applying, matriculating, and successfully graduating from Solano Community College. The Coordinator acts as a liaison and will develop and maintain strong relationships and partnerships with faculty, staff, and administrators in various departments on campus (e.g., Admissions, Financial Aid, Transfer Center, Career Center) and key stakeholders and partners in the external community (e.g., reentry organizations, probation, parole, corrections) that promote the success of the support center. The Coordinator will conduct workshops for prospective students at correctional facilities and community organizations, and will assist those prospective students in understanding the process of applying to and succeeding at the community college.
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