LISC Safety & Justice

For over 25 years, LISC Safety & Justice has been providing support to our local offices, nonprofit partners and collaborators to leverage neighborhood development as a tool for creating safer spaces and empowered residents. We bring together partners that view local crime challenges with their own unique perspectives as safety alliances committed to equitable responses and long-term solutions. As we search nationally for new strategies to create both safety and justice, LISC is a crucial partner for effective and transformational approaches at neighborhood, municipal, county, and national levels. This includes supporting community violence intervention efforts in addition to comprehensive community approaches that include elements of prevention and local direction.

Our team members are passionate about and committed to community-driven and community-led approaches. We provide customized Training & Technical Assistance (TTA) across the country to stakeholders enhancing community justice through alternatives to incarceration, promoting healthy and equitable community development, and addressing the impacts of trauma. We provide financial and skill building resources for programs to keep young people from getting ensnared in the criminal legal system and initiatives to support people returning from incarceration. We help create safe spaces through place-based strategies that build community while increasing safety. Safety & Justice team members work directly with small- and medium-sized nonprofits, with local governments, and lead technical assistance efforts for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative for Law Enforcement and Comprehensive School-Based Approach to Youth Violence and Victimization program, with several Community Violence Intervention and Prevention TTA programs being added to our portfolio in the coming months.

Job Description

This role offers an exciting opportunity to join a talented team of dedicated experts working to support communities across the country in advancing equitable public safety and community development initiatives. LISC Safety & Justice is seeking a Program Officer to support multiple projects and increase the team’s internal efficiency. This Program Officer will work under the guidance of the Vice President, Safety & Justice, to support several existing and newly awarded (public and private) projects that include a diverse network of LISC grantees as well as U.S. Department of Justice funded sites. The ideal candidate will possess a clear understanding of the unique challenges facing marginalized communities and communities of color and should demonstrate a commitment to advancing social justice, reducing community violence, and promoting racial equity. They will also have experience supporting training and technical assistance efforts as well as with grant making and consultant engagement and oversight.

Key Responsibilities

• Support local community safety efforts through programmatic coordination, grant management and support for training and technical assistance efforts
• Provide continual communications and support to local LISC offices engaged in public safety project implementation related to Safety & Justice programs
• Provide training and technical assistance to grantees and partners on topics related to community violence intervention and prevention, place-based crime strategies and community-driven efforts to address crime and safety challenges
• Support Safety & Justice colleagues in developing partnerships with subject matter experts, including individual consultants and organizations. Activities will include negotiating work agreements, drafting/managing consultant agreements, and monitoring grantees’ programmatic and financial performance
• Work with Safety & Justice colleagues and internal LISC divisions to disseminate best practices via social media, internal LISC communication platforms, and identify tools and resources to support programming
• Keep abreast of best practices and evidence-informed strategies and policies associated with community violence interventions, place-based and neighborhood-based safety efforts
• Support continual DEIJ learning and adoption of anti-racist values and actions consistent with LISC’s internal and external DEIJ priorities
• Support the fostering of new and deepened relationships with community stakeholders, national partners, and funders to support new LISC community safety programming
• Support Safety & Justice colleagues in stewarding relationships with external funders and policymakers, including maintaining regular communication about program strategy, delivery and results
• Contribute to overall program planning and ongoing performance monitoring and improvement for Safety & Justice technical assistance delivery as well as internal efficiencies and processes
• Contribute to trainings, webinars, small group web dialogues, online tutorials, and other “distance learning” products, including developing and delivering presentations
• Support proposal response efforts, including response writing and meeting submission requirements for public and private funding opportunities, assist team members in response development and submission
• Contribute to reports and update dashboards/monitoring sheets designed to track programmatic inputs, outputs, and outcomes
• When safe, periodic domestic travel for peer learning, site visits, training and national LISC activities, about 5% - 10% annually
• Perform additional duties as assigned by the Vice President

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university preferred, however, relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• Minimum three (3) years' experience in community development, community-based public safety, public policy experience or relevant lived experience
• Interest in and commitment to the community development mission of LISC
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Capacity to work simultaneously on multiple tasks and projects, set priorities for a challenging workload, and be a positive, solution-oriented professional
• Ability to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with co-workers and a diverse range of individuals and organizations, including grassroots nonprofit organizations
• Experience with developing grant agreements and monitoring grantee performance preferred
• Well-organized and meticulous attention to detail

Compensation

LISC offers a competitive salary ($69,300- $86,600; salary commensurate with experience and location) and excellent fringe benefits.