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 .
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.
THE OPPORTUNITY
The Center's Gender and Family Justice (GFJ) team is seeking Facilitators to facilitate in the Respect First program. Respect First is a trauma-informed and culturally-responsive accountability program for young people ages 13 - 21 who have exhibited abusive behavior toward their intimate partners or family members. The facilitators will facilitate this class online and in person in any of New York City's five boroughs.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Facilitate groups for young adults;
- Communicate with staff on participant completion;
- Assist with data collection for reporting including attendance and participation;
- Participate in peer and group supervision;
- Participate in individual supervision;
- Review, revise, and assist in the development of curricula;
- Provide on-site support and training to staff as needed;
- Attend and facilitate workshops and conferences as needed;
- Provide program outreach by attending community and stakeholder events and meetings to talk about and distribute materials about the program;
- Perform other administrative and program support functions, as needed;
- Additional relevant tasks, as needed.
Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have a bachelor's degree or 2-3 years of group facilitation experience, preferably with court-involved population. Previous experience facilitating restorative justice-based programming, and/or a familiarity with principles of restorative justice, preferred. The ideal candidate will also have:
- Bilingual Spanish/English fluency required;
- Experience facilitating group work in-person and online;
- Experience working with underserved and underrepresented populations;
- Strong oral and written communication skills;
- Strong organizational skills;
- Ability to function independently and work in a team;
- Ability to work days, evenings and weekends;
- Ability to travel to any of New York City's five boroughs;
- Minimum of 1-3 years work experience providing domestic violence prevention and intervention services in a community-based or criminal legal setting is preferred;
- Experience of working with adults who have caused harm in their relationships preferred;
- Training and experience in working with survivors of domestic violence in trauma-informed settings is preferred.
Position Type: Full-time (occasional weekends, evenings, and holidays).
Position Location: Midtown, Manhattan, with travel throughout the five boroughs.
Compensation: The compensation range for this position is $52,000 - $59,500 and is commensurate with experience. The Center for Justice Innovation offers an excellent benefits package including comprehensive healthcare with a national network, free basic dental coverage, vision insurance, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, and flexible spending accounts including commuter FSA.
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.
