About this role
Overview
The salary range for this position is $36.00 per hour and is non-negotiable.
Prison Arts Collective (PAC) works to expand access to the transformative power of the arts through collaboration and mutual learning that supports the development of self-expression, reflection, communication, and empathy by providing multidisciplinary arts programming in correctional institutions. PAC has provided weekly multidisciplinary arts programming and facilitator training in up to 18 CA state prisons. prisons. PAC is currently based at San Diego State University Research Foundation. The core PAC team is composed of 5 administrative staff members and 8 to 16 teaching staff members and works in partnership with state correctional institutions to provide programming across the state of California.
Under the general direction of PAC Leadership, the PAC Regional Lead manages the implementation of Prison Arts Collective programming within the Southern region, providing leadership for program operations, teaching teams, and regional partnerships. The Southern Region currently includes the California Institute for Men (CIM), the California Institution for Women (CIW), Centinela State Prison (CEN), Ironwood State Prison (ISP) and Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (RJD), with the goal of expansion to include all state correctional institutions in Southern California. The primary responsibilities include overseeing PAC programming in correctional institutions in the region; building and sustaining relationships with correctional, university, and community partners; supervising and mentoring teaching artists, peer facilitators, interns, and volunteers; teaching workshops and trainings for participants and teaching team as relevant; , ensuring efficient collection and timely reporting of all required documentation, including mentor notes, evaluation forms, grant reporting, etc; and aligning coordination of regional logistics and communication in alignment with PAC's mission, model, and core values.
Responsibilities
The Southern Regional Lead is responsible for but not limited to:
Regional Oversight [30%]
● Oversee and manage PAC programming in the Southern region, including weekly PAC classes and the Facilitator Training program at 5 program sites.
● Manage and support the mentors, teaching artists, interns, volunteers, and peer facilitators in implementing and leading PAC programming in alignment with the PAC model, mission, and core values.
● Collaborate with Community Resource Managers and other correctional staff at partner sites and with the PAC team to share ideas, build program support, and help innovate solutions to programmatic questions.
● Cultivate connections in the local community, including networking with local artists, nonprofit organizations, and universities to develop regional projects (exhibitions, murals, etc).
● Coordinate and supervise local teaching team, interns, and volunteers to support PAC peer facilitators, participants and programs.
● Work with PAC leadership to ensure the Southern region is meeting programmatic and organizational goals. Contribute to planning discussions to help grow and strengthen program sites.
● Regularly meet with other regional leads to provide feedback and support, and help ensure consistency across all PAC programs.
Teaching & Mentoring [35%]
● Provide guidance and mentorship to teaching artists, interns and incarcerated peer facilitators
● Collaborate with teaching teams and participants to co-create a calm, focused, positive, and supportive learning environment for all.
● Collect and maintain participant rosters from each site at the beginning and end of each term. Collaborate with the teaching artists and mentors to obtain these.
● Attend all PAC graduations within the region to support the team and participants and build rapport with correctional staff.
● Serve as the lead teaching artist or mentor for at least one class or workshop series in the region for each full 16-week session.
● Substitute for teaching artists, as needed, to ensure consistent programming at all institutions.
● Organize and facilitate the dissemination and collection of research and evaluation forms.
Administration [30%]
● Support guest artists by clearing them at the institutions, leading their one day visit training and ensuring that they are accompanied by a PAC lead or teaching artist guide inside the institutions.
● Attend and participate in monthly regional lead meetings with PAC Leadership to share successes, challenges, and recommendations for improvements to the program
● Prepare for and lead monthly meetings with the regional team.
● Coordinate logistics for printing/delivering packets and purchasing materials for participants, as needed
● Complete monthly, quarterly, and annual data reports including instruction hours, attendance numbers, and narrative reflections, and provide accurate and timely program information to the budget officer for grant reporting
● Ensure all team members maintain clearance at correctional partner sites and attend in-person and online CDCR volunteer and PAC training.
● Maintain clear records of supplies and supply needs
● Maintain supply budgets for all regional program sites and identify new program supply needs, in alignment with PAC and CDCR budget guidelines.
● Submit supply requests to the Program Assistant or other SDSU personnel for ordering.
● Ensure that classes are reflected on the PAC Programming calendar and up to date, in collaboration with the Program Assistant or other SDSU personnel
Other duties as assigned [5%]
Qualifications
MINIMUM EDUCATION
- Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in appropriate field related to program/project, or additional experience may be substituted for the required education on a year for year basis
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE
- Two years of progressively responsible experience in technical or administrative assignments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, and ability to collaborate and work effectively with a team.
- Desired qualities include someone who is a creative problem-solver, empathetic, detail-oriented, responsive, and passionate about the PAC mission.
- Highly organized with experience overseeing a complex program or project with different deadlines and deliverables.
- Demonstrated ability to provide mentorship and successfully motivate a team.
- Attention to detail required, as well as the ability to keep many moving pieces on track.
- Experience facilitating programming within correctional settings.
- Experience teaching in correctional settings.
ADDITIONAL APPLICANT INFORMATION
- Regional Lead will be required to successfully complete the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Background Investigation in order to obtain clearance to visit prisons. Employees required to visit California prisons are expected to submit clearance applications as needed within two weeks of their official start date.
- Candidate must reside in California and live within a commutable distance from SDSU at time of hire.
- Job offer is contingent upon satisfactory clearance based on background check results (including a criminal record check).
- San Diego State University Research Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with California law and federal civil rights laws, SDSU Research Foundation provides equal opportunity in employment without unlawful discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin or any other categories protected by federal or state law.
- Employment decisions are based on an individual’s qualifications as they relate to the job under consideration. Our commitment to equal opportunity means ensuring that every employee has equal access to resources and support.
- SDSU Research Foundation complies with Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the California Equity in Higher Education Act, California’s Proposition 209 (Art. I, Section 31 of the California Constitution), and other applicable state and federal anti-discrimination laws including grant or contract terms and conditions related to funded program activities. Further the SDSU Research Foundation maintains a Nondiscrimination Policy that prohibits discriminatory preferential treatment, segregation based on race or any other protected status, and all forms of unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in all programs, policies, and practices.
- SDSU Research Foundation makes all employment decisions including, but not limited to, applicant screening, hiring, promotion, demotion, compensation, benefits, disciplinary actions, and terminations on the basis of merit.