Job details
Salary $70,000 - $80,000 a year job type full-time
Full job description
Program coordinator – community safety and justice (oakland/sf bay area preferred, remote applications accepted)
This professional-level position, available immediately, is an exciting opportunity to join the staff at policylinkPolicylink is a national research and action institute that works to advance
Policies at the federal, state, and local level to achieve racial and economic equityPlease visit our website at: www.policylink.org.
Position overview
The program coordinator will join our community safety and justice team, which works to reduce the harm of policing and prisons and to envision and build a new system of healing and community investmentThis position is full time and can be performed remotely, but candidates based in the san francisco bay area will be given preferred consideration.
The program coordinator will support projects such as the following:
Building beyond policing supports the alignment and infrastructure for a national movement to transform a system focused on surveillance, punishment, and control to one focused on safety, healing, and repair.
The people’s coalition for safety and freedom aims to dismantle and replace racist, harmful, and punitive policies—such as those within the 1994 crime bill—with policies that invest in communities and decarcerate our country, designed and shaped by people most impacted by the criminal-legal system, including currently and formerly incarcerated people.
Cities & counties for fine and fee justice is a national leadership network of local places committed to meaningful fine and fee reform, including the elimination of criminal-legal system fees.
The candidate must have a sophisticated racial analysis, including a passion for racial equityThe ideal candidate will understand criminal-legal system issues and have an abolitionist lensRelevant experience working with directly impacted people and/or grassroots organizations on campaigns to divest from prisons/police and invest in community, campaigns to close jails/prisons, programs that act as alternatives to policing, and/or related projects will be considered favorablyA successful program coordinator will apply this expertise and critical lens to take initiative and demonstrate leadership in their role.
Candidates directly impacted by the criminal-legal system, including people who were formerly incarcerated, are highly encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities
Plan and coordinate meetings and events, including critical notetaking/to-do tracking, agenda preparation, researching and arranging venues/vendors, designing and executing registration processes, liaising with attendees, etc.
Manage operations/administrative tasks for team, including program management (asana), scheduling (outlook/doodle/calendly), facilitating contracts/invoices, coordinating team/external expenses (certify), etc.
Contribute to team and organizational planning, strategy, and evaluation, including participating in/facilitating meetings, tracking programmatic performance measures, and thought partnership, including writing blog/social media posts, etc.
Develop knowledge and analysis on transforming the criminal-legal system.
Skills, abilities, and knowledge required
1-3 years’ experience in a similar role at a racial justice or movement-based organization and/or in a related field.
Desire to meaningfully and actively contribute to an ambitious team/organization with a challenging, full, and often shifting, workplan.
Must be highly proactive, diligent, and organized.
Must employ advanced time management and project tracking skills to support team to meet all deliverables and deadlines across multiple projects.
Comfort with communicating and receiving frequent, open, and honest feedback.
Sophisticated understanding of—and deep-seated drive to achieve—justice and equity.
Outstanding interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively and efficiently with diverse staff and partner organizations.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Skills, abilities, and knowledge preferred
Experience with facilitation, graphic design, network management, and/or research.
Spanish and/or asl language skills.
Advanced degree or equivalent experience.
Position type
Full-time at 100% (non-exempt).
Compensation
The salary range for this position is $70,000.00 - $80,000.00Policylink offers competitive salaries based on the experience and skills of employeesAdditionally, policylink provides an excellent and comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401k match, ancillary benefits, access to flexible spending accounts, commuter expenses, and generous leave benefits.
Please note: no phone calls pleaseOnly those selected to participate in our hiring process will be contacted.
