Senior Resource Coordinator - Night Shift

THE ORGANIZATION

The Center for Justice Innovation (formerly the Center for Court Innovation) is a non-profit organization that works with communities and justice systems to advance equity, increase safety, and help individuals and communities thrive. The Center's goal is to identify and resolve as early as possible the challenges that bring people into the criminal and civil legal systems. It does this in a number of ways—by developing and running programs that reduce the need for incarceration and enhance economic opportunity, conducting original research to identify what works, and sharing what we learn from our programming and research with those seeking to transform the justice system around the world.

The Center is an 800-employee, $100 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 Court, 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. 

THE OPPORTUNITY

Brooklyn Justice Initiatives (BJI), a program of the Center for Justice Innovation, seeks to reengineer the experience of criminal court in Brooklyn, New York by providing judges and attorneys meaningful alternatives to bail, fines, and jail sentences. Operating out of Kings County Criminal Court, Brooklyn Justice Initiatives is a team of social service providers, court-based resource coordinators, and others who seek to improve the quality of justice. By providing meaningful pre-trial supervised release and post-conviction sentencing options, Brooklyn Justice Initiatives seeks to use an arrest as a window of opportunity to change the direction of a participant’s life and avoid the harmful effects of incarceration.  

Reporting to the Director of Court Operations, the Night Senior Resource Coordinator will oversee all Alternative to Detention screenings, the referral process, and work closely with Alternative to Detention staff.  This role will oversee staff that are responsible for reviewing all available information about each potentially eligible case to determine eligibility for all BJI programming. Once participants are enrolled in the program, the Senior Resource Coordinator will assure that written and verbal compliance updates to the court including defense attorneys, assistant district attorneys, and judges on a regular basis. The Senior Resource Coordinator is also responsible for providing court coverage to various Criminal and Supreme Court parts, including specialized court initiatives, and conducting screenings and assessments for alternative to incarceration cases.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provide weekly supervision to a team of Resource Coordinators;
• Collaborate with court operations managers to hold regularly scheduled team meetings for the night team;
• Assist Director of Court Operations with judicial engagement and trainings;
• Collaborate with other court operations management in the creation of Resource Coordinator schedules;
• Work closely with defense attorneys to identify participants who will likely have bail set at arraignments;
• Work closely with defense attorneys to identify individuals who may avoid jail time by engaging in ATI programming at arraignment;
• Communicate with prosecutors, defense attorneys, and other court staff about eligible participants’ suitability for programs;
• Advocate for pretrial release of potential program participants;
• Ensure defendants who are released to pretrial supervision are connected with necessary program contact information;
• Complete intakes and screening for individuals mandated to ATI services;
• Assist with scheduling and rescheduling mandated defendants for both on and offsite groups and community service;
• Provide written and verbal case updates to the court and other court staff, as needed, including compliance reporting; 
• Facilitate the tracking of re-arrests, and warranted participants, and collaborate with the compliance department and clinical team to assure accurate and timely reporting to the court;
• Serve as a liaison in the Brooklyn arraignment court parts, and all other court parts, to determine eligibility for all operating programs;
• Maintain appropriate client information in electronic databases and hard files, including court assessment, screening, and outcome information;
• Assist senior staff with the development and implementation of new programs, protocols, initiatives, and/or interventions;
• Assist with data collection and management;
• Collaborate with the Compliance Department to ensure accurate reporting of participant program status;
• Attend all required staff meetings and trainings;
• Provide weekend day and night arraignment coverage on a rotating basis, as needed;
• Collaborate with the Center’s Research department to conduct program evaluations and continuously refine data collection processes and protocols;
• Be available for on-call rotations on nights and weekends for case conferencing;
• Attend Brooklyn Justice Initiatives’ events after hours, as needed; and 
• Additional relevant tasks, as needed.

Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have: 

• Bachelor’s degree + two years of experience required, preferably in a criminal court setting and/or human service field; Master's degree preferred;
• Must be able to work nights and weekends;
• Supervisory experience strongly preferred;
• Candidates must be willing and able to work collaboratively with a variety of court personnel and partner agencies in a high-pressure/fast paced work environment;
• This is an incredibly unique and demanding area of practice, and candidates must be open to constructive engagement with differing and, at times, competing perspectives;
• Ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds in a culturally-responsive manner;
• Professional demeanor and ability to communicate appropriately with judges and other court personnel;
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal, communication and writing skills required; and 
• Bilingual (English-Spanish) preferred.

Position Type: Full-time, Rotating schedule of night (5:00pm-1:00am) and swing (2:00pm-10:00pm), shifts, some weekends and holidays.

Position Location: Brooklyn, NY 

Compensation: The compensation range for this position is $56,500 - $75,500. The Center for Justice Innovation offers an excellent benefits package including comprehensive healthcare with a national network, free basic dental coverage, vision insurance, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, and flexible spending accounts including commuter FSA. We prioritize mental health care for our staff and offer services like Talkspace and Ginger through our healthcare plans. We 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. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace, and as such, we do not discriminate on the basis of 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 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities, as well as individuals with prior contact with the criminal justice system. Our aim is to create a supportive and respectful environment where every individual, irrespective of their background or identity, feels valued and included.

As of February 10, 2023, New York City Executive Order 25 rescinded the requirement of the COVID-19 vaccination for City workers, new hires, and contracted employees. Accordingly, the Center does not require all new hires be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus; however, the Center recommends all staff, interns, and volunteers stay up-to-date on the vaccination.

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