JOB DESCRIPTION:

Primary Responsibilities:

System Partnerships and Participant Engagement:

Build and maintain partnerships in District Attorney's offices and with the Defense Bar;
Advocate on behalf of the program and potential participants to stakeholders as appropriate;
Liaise with external stakeholders/partners; Develop and maintain community partnerships in assigned borough for referrals;
Identify and evaluate potential cases for our trauma support services and alternative to incarceration program;
Manage and assess case referrals;
Conduct outreach to harmed parties (survivors); Conduct intakes and assessments including community visits with responsible parties (defendants);
Prepare and organize all documents for intakes and pleas;
Responsible for representing Common Justice as needed at regular court appearances; pre-plea and including plea;
Conduct CLEs and other presentations to outside partners;

Restorative Justice Circle Facilitation:

Coordinate and facilitate restorative justice accountability circles; manage all scheduling, planning and preparation of circle attendees.
Serve as a thought partner for the Direct Service team in addressing any challenges that arise surrounding circle;
Contribute to the management and training of the circle surrogate pool as needed;
Provide as needed support for staff who facilitate welcome circles;
Facilitate welcome circles as needed;

Team and Projects:

Generate and execute creative pathways for case referrals;
Assist with the development and maintenance of training materials for system partners;
Assist with facilitating training & development and case conference meetings for direct service staff;
Interface with system partners and represent Common Justice publicly as needed;
Assist the Director of Outreach with setting goals and priorities for the department;
Contribute to grant reporting and management;
Manage data entry and audits;
Collaborate and communicate effectively across all teams and departments;
Supervise interns/externs as needed;
Provide coverage cross-borough as needed;

Work schedule

Qualifications

Advanced degree (e.g., M.A., M.S., J.D.) with 2+ years of experience working with system-involved youth and/or adults and/or within the criminal legal system, or a bachelor’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent professional, community-based, or lived experience, strongly preferred
Spanish language skills are preferred but not required
Experience working with survivors of trauma and delivering trauma-informed care preferred;
Excellent communication skills;
Restorative justice circle facilitation skills preferred;
Ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently;
Excellent organizational skills and practiced attention to detail;
Strong written communication skills and experience with a program database for case management;
Serious commitment to social justice;
Formerly incarcerated people strongly encouraged to apply

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