Project Director, Brownsville Community Justice Center

THE ORGANIZATION

The Center for Justice Innovation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing community safety and racial justice. Since 1996, we’ve worked alongside communities, courts, and those most directly affected by the justice system to build stronger, healthier, and more equitable neighborhoods. With a team of over 900 staff and an annual budget of $130 million, the Center carries out its mission through three core strategies:

1. Operating Programs that pilot new ideas and address local challenges;
2. Conducting original research to evaluate what works—and what doesn’t; and
3. Providing expert assistance and policy guidance to reformers across the country and beyond.

Backed by decades of on-the-ground experience and nationally recognized expertise, we bring innovative, practical, and lasting solutions to justice systems nationwide.
Learn more about our work at www.innovatingjustice.org.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Brownsville Community Justice Center (also known as the Justice Center) seeks to reengineer how the justice system works in Brownsville, Brooklyn. In particular, the Justice Center is dedicated to building off-ramps for young people who come into contact with the justice system by providing much needed services to young people arrested in Brownsville. The aim is to provide the kind of support that young people need to become law-abiding members of society. The ultimate goal is to reduce crime and the use of incarceration, while at the same time restoring local faith in the justice system. 

The Brownsville Community Justice Center seeks a Project Director to oversee all existing programming and develop new initiatives. Reporting to the Senior Director of Operations of Community Development and Crime Prevention, the Project Director will oversee and manage all aspects of the project, including comprehensive collaboration with stakeholders, hiring and training of staff, development of policy, procedures, and program materials, management of contracting and fiscal reporting, and representation of the Center at local and citywide events, meetings, panels, and community forums.

• Lead the strategic planning and implementation of all Justice Center programming and services;
• Manage fundraising and budget for Justice Center initiatives, in conjunction with development and fiscal departments;
• Ensure all programs are meeting and/or exceeding program deliverables;
• Develop and maintain relationships with funders, government officials, and stakeholders;
• Work with local and city-wide stakeholders to expand on our place-making, workforce development and technology strategies;
• Manage existing partner relationships with the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, NYPD, the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (i.e. Parole), the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, and other community stakeholders;
• Identify community hot spots and work with staff to develop programming that empowers residents, creates civic opportunities for youth, reduces crime and sparks community revitalization;
• Oversee community organizing techniques used to mobilize the community to participate in activities designed to challenge and change local norms;
• Approve, develop, maintain, and track social media and marketing materials;
• Plan and oversee the execution of all Justice Center engagement activities;
• Ensure staff are providing the highest quality case management, education, training, internship, and employment services for Justice Center program participants;
• Participate in regularly scheduled meetings with staff and partnering agencies to ensure proper referrals and case management for Justice Center participants;
• Oversee all administration/management meetings and ensure that meeting proceedings are communicated to other Justice Center staff;
• Supervise senior program staff and develop training and support systems for supervisees and subcontractors while providing support for all staff, interns and volunteers;
• Model and facilitate creative problem solving and youth development strategies for supervisees and subcontractors;
• Prepare grant progress reports and other program reports as needed;
• Organize and participate in regular reviews with Center staff about program progress;
• Actively maintain