Program Director-

Amity Foundation, an internationally acclaimed Teaching, and Therapeutic Community is seeking compassionate and enthusiastic individuals with a desire to teach, learn and join our community as a Project Director This groundbreaking opportunity will allow you to work with our prison and re-entry programs helping the community and will also enhance your training and experience in the field.

About Amity:

Amity Foundation is a safe place where people can change in an environment that fosters trust; where new values can be formed; responsibility developed, and lasting relationships built. Amity is dedicated to the inclusion and habilitation of people marginalized by addiction, homelessness, trauma, criminality, incarceration, poverty, racism, sexism, and violence. Amity is committed to research, development implementation, and dissemination of information regarding community building.

Remembrance, Resolution, Reconciliation, Restoration, Renewal

About the Position:

The Project Director is responsible for the planning, organization, direct, and coordination of all aspects of the program. This position develops, interprets, administers policies and procedures governing the project, and administers appropriate strategies for recruitment, selection, and retention of faculty.  This management-level position oversees the delivery of services, ensures contract compliance with Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) policies, procedures and fiscal regulations pertaining to the Adult Reentry and Warm Hand Off Project (ARG/WHO).  This position acts as the operations manager overall project faculty, and is the primary point of contact for BSCC and External Evaluation staff. 

• Ensures compliance with the contract and BSCC policy expectations of contract employees.
• Oversees the implementation and timely reporting for all data collection systems.
• Ensures timely responses to BSCC requests for statistics, reports and data.
• Develops quality control procedures to ensure high-quality service.
• Ensures the provision of client-centered services that are aligned with contract objectives.
• Responsible for overall supervision and oversight of all contract staff to ensure service delivery meets organizational standards and contractual obligations.
• Possesses strong working knowledge of programmatic process, including evaluation design and data collection.
• Monitors the casework of project staff.
• Addresses the operational needs associated with ARG/WHO project.
• Provides in-service training and on the job training for new staff, as needed.
• Implements appropriate strategies for recruitment, selection, training, and retention of staff.
• Responsible for fiscal monitoring of expenditures.
• Ensures contract staff compliance with BSCC policies and procedures; and
• Works collaboratively with BSCC, Evaluation team, and Community Partners.
• May serve as Community Advocate role in addition to job as requested by Community Leadership.        
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Highly competent in organizational leadership and contract compliance;
• Ability to integrate, disseminate, and implement requirements, reporting timeframes and/or procedure changes as indicated by BSCC.
• Ability to effectively supervise and train a multi-disciplinary team; and,
• Excellent interpersonal, written communications and typing skills.

• Education and Experience:
• Required:
• Five (5) years of supervisory experience within a criminal justice-involved populations project; OR
• Four-year degree from an accredited college or university in psychology, sociology, criminal justice or other related field AND three (3) years of documented experience of operational responsibility in a reentry project and setting.
• Preferred:
• Lived Experience (formerly incarcerated or justice involved) with demonstrated ability to live productive and law-abiding lives considered an asset for this position.

• Medical, Dental, Vision.
• Paid vacation, sick time, & holidays.
• 401K, HSA, & Life insurance programs.
• Organization committed to community action.
• Community oriented workplace.