Program Manager, Community Safety

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

The Bronx Community Justice Center, a program of the Center for Justice Innovation, works to create a safer, more equitable Bronx through community-driven safety initiatives, violence prevention, youth opportunity, and economic development efforts. Save Our Streets South Bronx is a replication of the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention’s evidence-based Cure Violence program, a cutting-edge gun violence prevention model that aims to reduce and prevent shootings through the use of public health strategies. 

The Bronx Community Justice Center is seeking a Program Manager, Community Safety. Reporting to the Associate Director of Community Safety, the Program Manager will manage day-to-day operations of the Save Our Streets South Bronx program and support additional violence prevention efforts and new initiatives. 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Manage day-to-day operations of the Save Our Streets Bronx gun violence prevention program including supervision of a team of Outreach Workers and Violence Interrupters;
• Build community support for the program (including faith-based community leaders, residents, businesses, and community organizations that provide services needed by program participants);
• Coordinate, lead, and support regular mobilization and public education activities and organize a minimum of one anti-violence community event in the service area per month that brings residents together and discourages the acceptance of violence as a normal part of life;
• Take a lead role in organizing community responses for all shooting incident and violent incidents (where applicable) that occur in the service area within 72 hours of receipt of notice of the incident;
• Assure systematic recordkeeping on program performance indicators, participant caseload and program highlights;
• Maintain data integrity and accuracy, submitting timely and complete monthly program reports via prescribed tool/mechanism;
• Create internal protocols for reporting staff and participant incidents;
• Manage a team of 26 front-line staff including Outreach Workers, Violence Interrupters, and Hospital Responders including direct supervision of 4 supervisors;
• Manager the hiring process for all SOS staff;
• Document supervision and next steps;
• Attend monthly program manager meetings, monthly calls, and any ad hoc meetings and required trainings;
• Attend community-based meetings in primary service area;
• Serves as a representative of the organization and program, as needed; and
• Additional relevant tasks, as needed.

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and 5 years of relevant experience or equivalent significant lived experience, program management experience and community organizing abilities required. One year of supervisory experience is required. Candidates who are formerly incarcerated or have other experience in the criminal justice system are particularly invited to apply. The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic, energetic self-starter with a passion for preventing gun violence. Knowledge of violence prevention, community engagement and organizing, and youth engagement and support strategies. The candidate should reside in or have an in-depth knowledge of Morrisania or Mott Haven. Experience working with at-risk youth and gang members, and knowledge of the street sets, crews, gangs, and or groups is a must. Candidate must be able to walk 30 blocks or more on a regular basis, a