Job description
THE ORGANIZATION
The Center for Justice Innovation is a community justice organization that centers safety and racial justice. Since our founding in 1996, the Center has partnered with community members, courts, and the people most impacted to create stronger, healthier, more just communities. Our decades of experience in courts and communities, coupled with our field-leading research and practitioner expertise, help us drive justice nationwide in innovative, powerful, and durable ways. For more information on how and where we work, please visit www.innovatingjustice.org.
The Center is a 900-employee, $130 million nonprofit that accomplishes its vision through three pillars of work: creating and scaling operating programs to test new ideas and solve problems, performing original research to determine what works (and what doesn’t), and providing expert assistance and policy guidance to justice reformers around the world.
Operating Programs
The Center’s operating programs, including the award-winning Red Hook Community Justice Center and Midtown Community Justice Center, test new ideas, solve difficult problems, and attempt to achieve systemic change within the justice system. Our projects include community-based violence prevention programs, alternatives to incarceration, reentry initiatives, and court-based initiatives that reduce the use of unnecessary incarceration and promote positive individual and family change. Through this programming, we have produced tangible results like safer streets, reduced incarceration, and improved neighborhood perceptions of justice.
Research
The Center’s research teams are staffed with social scientists, data analysts, and lawyers who are academically-trained or have lived experience and who conduct research in the U.S. and globally on diverse criminal-legal system and justice issues. Their work includes evaluating programs and policies; conducting exploratory, community-based studies; and providing research translation and strategic planning for system actors. The Center has published studies on topics including court and jail reform, intimate partner violence, restorative justice, gun violence, reentry, sixth amendment rights, and progressive prosecution. The research teams strive to make their work meaningful and actionable to the communities they work with, policymakers, and practitioners.
Policy & Expert Assistance
The Center provides hands-on, planning and implementation assistance to a wide range of jurisdictions in areas of reform such as problem-solving courts (e.g., community courts, treatment courts, domestic violence courts), tribal justice, reducing incarceration and the use of fines/fees and reducing crime and violence. Our current expert assistance takes many forms, including help with analyzing data, strategic planning and consultation, policy guidance, and hosting site visits to its operating programs in the New York City area.
Center Support
A dedicated support team within the Center ensures the smooth functioning of operations across various domains, including finance, legal, technology, human resources, fundraising, real estate, and communications. Comprising 15% of the organization’s staff, these teams provide essential infrastructure support and innovative solutions aligned with the Center’s mission and values.
THE OPPORTUNITY
The Office of National Initiatives is seeking an energized, extremely well-organized Temporary Admisitrative Manager. Reporting to the Senior Director of National Initiatives, the Temporary Administrative Manager will aid in its efforts to provide technical assistance to jurisdictions across the United States. This will include providing administrative support across National Initiatives—with expense reporting reconciliation, credit card reconciliation, invoicing, as well as supporting trainings, site visits, and convenings.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Support the administrative needs of the Office of National Initiatives, prioritizing operational needs to support grant deliverables;
- Manage invoicing and contracting for consultants, subject matter experts and project partners, in collaboration with ONI, Legal, Fiscal and Contracting staff;
- Assist in grant compliance such as progress reporting, maintaining records, and conference request forms;
- Assist with credit card reconciliation processes and submit regular expense reports for staff;
- Assist in the scheduling, planning, and coordination of project meetings, trainings, and other events;
- Assist with planning site visits to grantee sites and to the Center’s operational sites and programs;
- Maintain knowledge of relevant administrative and operational policies and communicate expectations with staff;
- Book travel for staff, consultants, and scholarship holders;
- Support staff with resolving technological issues related to email passwords and accessing other accounts/platforms that the Center uses (such as virtual meeting and webinar platforms); and
- Other responsibilities as requested in support of the Center’s technical assistance activities.
Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree with 1-2 years of experience working in an office/human service field. The Center is seeking an energetic, motivated, well-organized professional with top-notch communication skills. The candidate should have excellent time management and problem-solving skills to manage multiple requests and tasks. Candidates should be proficient in Coupa, Vena, Microsoft Suites and Google Suites and open to learning new technology and improving processes. Proficiency in Monday.com is preferred.
Position Type: Temporary full-time position working 35 hours per week. This role is temporary until December 31, 2026.
Position Location: Remote.
Compensation: The compensation range for this position is $32.97 - $38.46 per hour based on a 35-hour work week and is commensurate with experience. The Center for Justice Innovation offers an excellent benefits package including comprehensive healthcare with a national network after 90 days of employment. We prioritize mental health care for our staff and offer services like Talkspace and Ginger through our healthcare plans. We also offer a 403(b) retirement plan with a two-to-one employer contribution up to 5%.
The Center for Justice Innovation is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other category protected by law. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and individuals with prior contact with the criminal justice system. Our goal is to create a supportive and respectful environment where everyone, regardless of background or identity, feels valued and included.
At this time, the Center does not sponsor or support any immigration status, which includes supporting or completing any foreign student training plan. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and throughout the duration of employment.
Candidates are expected to provide accurate and truthful information throughout the hiring process. Any misrepresentation, falsification, or omission of material facts may result in disqualification from consideration, withdrawal of an offer, or termination of employment, regardless of when discovered.
As of February 10, 2023, New York City Executive Order 25 rescinded the COVID-19 vaccination requirement for City workers, new hires, and contracted employees. While the Center does not require vaccination, we strongly recommend that all staff, interns, and volunteers stay up to date.
In compliance with federal law, all hires must verify their identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete the required employment verification form upon hire. Please refer to the job posting for relevant contact information. If contact details are not provided, we kindly ask that you refrain from inquiries via phone or email, as only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
