Coordinator, Community Engagement

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:

• Operating Programs that pilot new ideas and address local challenges;
• Conducting original research to evaluate what works—and what doesn’t; and
• 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 ovatingjustice.org.

Neighbors in Action (NIA), formerly known as the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center, provides anti-violence programs, youth programs, and resource links to community residents in the Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bed‑Stuy) neighborhoods of Brooklyn. Its mission is to encourage communication and understanding, prevent future conflicts, and help foster stronger, healthier neighborhoods. The organization also houses two Cure Violence sites in partnership with the NYC Mayor’s Office:
Save Our Streets (S.O.S.) Crown Heights and S.O.S. Bed‑Stuy, collectively known as Save Our Streets Brooklyn.

Neighbors in Action Bed‑Stuy is seeking a Community Engagement Coordinator. Reporting to the Associate Director, Community Safety, the Coordinator will work to increase community activation opportunities to promote neighborhood safety; create and maintain bonds between residents and third‑party organizations for service referrals and support, manage NIA’s volunteer recruitment and management, serve as point‑person for all the organization’s community initiatives including event planning and special projects, and perform constant outreach activities to community stakeholders, local organizations, and businesses.

• Develop and retain a comprehensive engagement plan, with a clear strategy, benchmarks, and outcomes, to create partnerships and gain a solid understanding of key community priorities;
• Capture community and resident insights and engage experts to create meeting and action agendas that introduce residents to a variety of interventions strategies and/or frameworks for community organizing and problem‑solving;
• Develop and maintain a Client Relations Management (CRM) database inclusive of contact information for elected officials, local community‑based organizations (CBOs), businesses, schools, faith‑based organizations, government agencies (including NYPD), and other community stakeholders;
• Strategize and implement activation programming and community based initiatives for S.O.S. participants, community‑members, and clients;
• Draft regular correspondence to community stakeholders about available activities and opportunities, including NIA events and accomplishments, via email, website, and text;
• Update outreach materials, talking points and presentation materials for Neighbors in Action and S.O.S. Bed‑Stuy programs;
• Implement a volunteer management strategy, including utilizing appropriate technology for the maintenance of volunteer contact info, touch points, tracking, and appreciation;
• Represent NIA at community meetings, presentations, trainings, and conferences that are pertinent to the successful work of the organization;
• Discover new funding opportunities for NIA, including programming‑specific grants that are geared towards therapeutic services, education and career opportunities for S.O.S. participants; and
• Additional relevant tasks, as necessary.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 2-3 years of experience in a related area, preferably community engagement, organizing, and/or community development. Candidates should be passionate, skilled, and experienced in working with communities to promote health and safety. Candidates who are formerly incarcerated or have…