Part-time Temporary Support

Position Summary: 

The Imagine Justice Project is seeking a temporary Part-time staff member to assist the Team Manager in organizing and executing successful Member Days, trainings, and events. This role will also involve building relationships with and providing mentorship to AmeriCorps members, helping them achieve their goals and term objectives. This position is subject to the AmeriCorps National Service Criminal History Check (NSCHC). While this position is temporary, there is the opportunity to extend if more funding becomes available.

Working Schedule & Conditions: 

Typical hours will be approximately 9:00 AM – 4pm alternating Fridays with rare evenings and weekends. This is a part-time position, with a temporary contract ideally starting on Nov 1, 2024, and ending July 31, 2025. This position will require regular in-person meetings, events, and other activities in the community and the IJP office. As well as some flexibility outside of the planned member days below, an ideal candidate will be able to commit to provide in person support for the following dates:

November 1, 2024,

November 15, 2024

December 13, 2024

January 10, 2025

January 15, 2025

January 24, 2025

February 7, 2025

February 21, 2025

March 7, 2025

March 21, 2025

April 4, 2025

April 18, 2025

May 2, 2025

May 16, 2025

May 30, 2025

June 13, 2025

June 27, 2025

July 11, 2025

Primary Responsibilities: 

General

• Proactively work to create an environment that is welcoming and inclusive of individuals from diverse backgrounds 
• Contribute to a positive work environment through professionalism, accountability, communication, engagement, and fun
• Solicit feedback from others and integrate this with personal reflection to identify personal and professional growth areas. Cultivate a learning and growth mindset.
• Practice establishing and communicating personal and professional boundaries to support wellness and long-term performance. Ask about and respect the boundaries of others.

Role Specific:

• Support bi-weekly Member Development Fridays by assisting with preparing materials, setting up the space, creating agendas, collecting attendance, coordinating with trainers and guests, sending reminders to members, facilitating opening and closing circle, and presenting content as appropriate.
• Build high-trust relationships with individuals who have lived experience and identities that are over-represented in the juvenile justice system.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and commitment to trauma-informed approaches.

Required Qualifications: 

• Proficiency with digital tools including but not limited to Microsoft Office 365 and Zoom.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with shifting priorities 
• Effective oral and written communication skills in the English language 
• Awareness of personal strengths, triggers, and biases. Commitment to continued learning and personal growth.
• High degree of emotional intelligence.
• Experience working with individuals from diverse backgrounds
• Commitment to promoting the values of justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility
• High school diploma AND at least two years of related experience.
• Must consent to the National Service Criminal History Check (NSCHC) process. Individuals who have convictions of murder, and/or are required to be registered on a sexual offender registry will be disqualified from this position

Desired Qualifications: 

• Lived experience in the juvenile justice system, foster care, homelessness, and/or poverty
• A driver's license, clean driving record, and access to a vehicle strongly preferred but not required.
• Experience with AmeriCorps national service, Serve WA
• Knowledge and/or experience in the following: Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), social emotional learning, trauma-informed care, motivational interviewing, positive youth development, adolescent brain development, juvenile re-entry, or project management

Benefits:

Benefits are not included in this temporary part time position. Benefits may change based on the organization’s financial position.

About the Imagine Justice Project:  

Young people often come into contact with the criminal justice system as a result of normal adolescent behavior, such as taking risks and pushing boundaries. Due to institutional racism and implicit bias, this happens more often for Black and Brown youth through the over-policing of communities of color, racial profiling and disproportionate minority sentencing. The isolation and stigma surrounding criminal justice system involvement create additional barriers preventing youth and young adults from achieving their full potential. Protective factors, such as participation in positive youth development programs and connection to caring adults, can create safe and supportive environments for youth that prevent and reduce contact with the criminal justice system.

The Imagine Justice Project is a collaborative Pierce County effort to strengthen youth development and advance equitable, community-centered justice systems. Our mission is to connect and uplift community efforts to transform juvenile justice, with a focus on positive youth development and community-centered healing. One of the primary strategies of Imagine Justice program is to leverage AmeriCorps volunteers to build the capacity of local organizations to provide culturally responsive, trauma-informed positive youth development programs and services.

Our Values:

• Relationships: Relationships are the foundation of the work we do in connecting and uplifting transformative work in the community. We focus on establishing and maintaining high-trust relationships that are rooted in mutual respect and caring. This requires time, intentionality showing up authentically, and holding each other accountable.  
• Collective Power: Collective power is at the core of justice and required to achieve our vision of a just future. We cultivate collective power through centering the voices that have historically been at the margins, including youth and families most impacted by the juvenile justice system. We prioritize voice, choice, partnership, representation, culture, and identity in all the work that we do. 
• Equity & Access: There is no justice without equity and access. We work to shift power dynamics, remove barriers, expand opportunities for individuals and communities who have been most impacted by the justice system. We strive to create spaces where our diverse identities are honored and celebrated. 
• Fun: A just future is a joyful future. Fun is our pathway to engage, heal, and transform. Although our work is difficult and enduring, we make time for play, celebration, imagination, and fun in our work together. 
• Accountability: Our work to disrupt the status quo and drive long-term systems change is challenging, and we will make mistakes. We must hold ourselves accountable to our guiding principles and to the communities we serve in order to achieve our mission and realize a just future. We commit to transparency, learning, and change. 

Disclosure: 

Nothing in this job description restricts the rights of Imagine Justice Project to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.  

Imagine Justice Project and its fiscal sponsor (Tacoma Boat Builders) are equal opportunity employers. All qualified candidates will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Types: Part-time, Temporary

Pay: $18.00 - $20.00 per hour

Expected hours: 4 – 8 per week

Shift:

• Day shift

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Tacoma, WA 98402: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $18 - $20