The Center for Justice at Columbia, Rikers Education Program: Men’s Program Manager
The Rikers Education Program (REP) is seeking to fill the position of program manager of the men’s programming due to a vacancy left due to the the current program manager relocating to California to enter a doctoral program. This is a full time position starting February 13, 2017. The program manager will report to the Director of Operations and Evaluation.
The role of the program manager is to develop, facilitate, and aid in the evaluation of mini workshops at Rikers Island Jail’s facilities for men aged 16-17 and 18-21. The workshops utilize a social justice framework and restorative justice practices. Two workshops occur each week, one on Wednesday evening and one on Saturday morning for 4-5 hours for approximately 48 weeks out of the year. In addition to the 5-15 Rikers participants in the workshop, 2-5 participants from Columbia attend as well as 1-2 facilitators from Columbia and/or the surrounding community in order to foster a collaboration with the university, general community, and incarcerated individuals. Additional responsibilities of the program manager include identifying Columbia student participants and facilitators; coordinating logistical aspects of the programs with the Department of Corrections; assisting the Director of Operations and Evaluations with monitoring program expenses, fundraising efforts, and student tracking; maintaining the program’s Twitter account; and supervising two student interns. Due to sensitive nature of working with incarcerated individuals, particularly incarcerated youth aged 16 to 21, this position requires a candidate with a master’s degree in social work, public health or a comparable degree, two years experience in the criminal justice field, and experience in social justice education and restorative justice practices. …show more content…
The only person in the organization with such experience leads the women’s programs for REP, which occur on the same days and at the same times as the men’s programs and thus she is unable to work with the men’s programs. Evaluations to date have shown that participants in the men’s REP programs feel more confident, encouraged, aware of their feelings, educated on matters of social justice, and more prepared to think about their future educational goals after attending the programs, proving the impact and necessity of the workshops for incarcerated men at Rikers Island. The Center for Justice’s mission includes the focus of utilizing the university system in tandem with community members and organizations to transform the criminal justice system from a system of punishment, isolation and retribution towards a system that focuses on healing, prevention, and addressing systematic factors of criminal involvement. …show more content…
Providing quality education for individuals that are incarcerated is a one of the three pillars supporting the mission. By not filling the men’s REP program manager position, the Center for Justice (CFJ) would be compromising the quality of services offered by failing to provide educational opportunities for men at the largest jail in New York City. This is especially important considering the lack of high quality, social-justice informed education and social emotional support available for incarcerated individuals at Rikers Island. Furthermore, failing to provide the opportunity for Columbia students and community members to participate in these workshops hinders the CFJ’s focus of bringing together university affiliated individuals, community members, and incarcerated individuals to transform the criminal justice system. The new program manager will be funded through the same channels as the previous program manager: funds granted annually from Columbia University’s Arts & Sciences, specifically funneled through the Psychology Department. Salary will be $50,000-$56,000 based upon the expertise and experience of the chosen candidate. The job posting will be distributed via established list serves, partner organizations such as JustLeadershipUSA, the Columbia University job posting web portal, and the job boards of The National Association of Social Workers and the American Public Health Association. Position: Rikers Education Program Men’s Program Manager Location: New York City, NY Salary: $50,000-$56,000 upon experience Start Date: February 13, 2017 The Center for Justice (CFJ) at Columbia University (CU) is seeking a reliable and resourceful program manager for the Rikers Education Program men’s programming initiatives. CFJ promotes alternative interventions to the convention American criminal justice (CJ) system and aims to ease the nation’s dependence on incarceration. The Center’s mission is to transform the system from one of punishment, isolation,
The Rikers Education Program (REP) is seeking to fill the position of program manager of the men’s programming due to a vacancy left due to the the current program manager relocating to California to enter a doctoral program. This is a full time position starting February 13, 2017. The program manager will report to the Director of Operations and Evaluation.
The role of the program manager is to develop, facilitate, and aid in the evaluation of mini workshops at Rikers Island Jail’s facilities for men aged 16-17 and 18-21. The workshops utilize a social justice framework and restorative justice practices. Two workshops occur each week, one on Wednesday evening and one on Saturday morning for 4-5 hours for approximately 48 weeks out of the year. In addition to the 5-15 Rikers participants in the workshop, 2-5 participants from Columbia attend as well as 1-2 facilitators from Columbia and/or the surrounding community in order to foster a collaboration with the university, general community, and incarcerated individuals. Additional responsibilities of the program manager include identifying Columbia student participants and facilitators; coordinating logistical aspects of the programs with the Department of Corrections; assisting the Director of Operations and Evaluations with monitoring program expenses, fundraising efforts, and student tracking; maintaining the program’s Twitter account; and supervising two student interns. Due to sensitive nature of working with incarcerated individuals, particularly incarcerated youth aged 16 to 21, this position requires a candidate with a master’s degree in social work, public health or a comparable degree, two years experience in the criminal justice field, and experience in social justice education and restorative justice practices. …show more content…
The only person in the organization with such experience leads the women’s programs for REP, which occur on the same days and at the same times as the men’s programs and thus she is unable to work with the men’s programs. Evaluations to date have shown that participants in the men’s REP programs feel more confident, encouraged, aware of their feelings, educated on matters of social justice, and more prepared to think about their future educational goals after attending the programs, proving the impact and necessity of the workshops for incarcerated men at Rikers Island. The Center for Justice’s mission includes the focus of utilizing the university system in tandem with community members and organizations to transform the criminal justice system from a system of punishment, isolation and retribution towards a system that focuses on healing, prevention, and addressing systematic factors of criminal involvement. …show more content…
Providing quality education for individuals that are incarcerated is a one of the three pillars supporting the mission. By not filling the men’s REP program manager position, the Center for Justice (CFJ) would be compromising the quality of services offered by failing to provide educational opportunities for men at the largest jail in New York City. This is especially important considering the lack of high quality, social-justice informed education and social emotional support available for incarcerated individuals at Rikers Island. Furthermore, failing to provide the opportunity for Columbia students and community members to participate in these workshops hinders the CFJ’s focus of bringing together university affiliated individuals, community members, and incarcerated individuals to transform the criminal justice system. The new program manager will be funded through the same channels as the previous program manager: funds granted annually from Columbia University’s Arts & Sciences, specifically funneled through the Psychology Department. Salary will be $50,000-$56,000 based upon the expertise and experience of the chosen candidate. The job posting will be distributed via established list serves, partner organizations such as JustLeadershipUSA, the Columbia University job posting web portal, and the job boards of The National Association of Social Workers and the American Public Health Association. Position: Rikers Education Program Men’s Program Manager Location: New York City, NY Salary: $50,000-$56,000 upon experience Start Date: February 13, 2017 The Center for Justice (CFJ) at Columbia University (CU) is seeking a reliable and resourceful program manager for the Rikers Education Program men’s programming initiatives. CFJ promotes alternative interventions to the convention American criminal justice (CJ) system and aims to ease the nation’s dependence on incarceration. The Center’s mission is to transform the system from one of punishment, isolation,