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About the Role

Make the Road New York (MRNY) seeks a full-time Restorative Justice Coordinator to support and implement restorative justice practices within the School Based Team at Bushwick Campus Community School. This role involves partnering with four high schools to foster a culture of community, trust, and accountability, utilizing restorative justice as an integral part of the community school strategy to build relationships and support social-emotional growth.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with school administration, youth, and MRNY staff to create and maintain a vision for restorative school climate and culture.
Partner with the Community School Director and the Campus Restorative Justice Action team to develop campus-wide and individual school plans for implementing restorative approaches.
Facilitate ongoing restorative justice trainings for key school stakeholders (youth, staff, and families).
Conduct a yearly school climate needs assessment to inform the school vision.
Support the development of a cohort of RJ Youth Leaders to implement RJ practices.
Lead an action team of school stakeholders, youth, parents, and/or school staff responsible for implementing and sustaining the restorative justice implementation plan.
Coordinate and collaborate with the Community School team to implement community building circles, events, and workshops in restorative justice approaches.
Serve as the point person for out-of-classroom interventions and support teachers with in-classroom interventions.
Track and report data on all student interventions.
Participate in monthly community school team meetings.
Ensure restorative justice practices are integrated with a racial justice lens.
Undertake special projects as assigned.

Requirements

Eligible to work in the U.S.
Experience using restorative justice practices such as restorative circles and conferences for community building, accountability, in response to harm and conflict, and for re-integration.
Experience working in school-based settings, with knowledge of youth development theories.
Expertise in skills and knowledge of restorative practices and restorative justice including: philosophy, principles, models, interventions, forms, and techniques with a focus on communities of color.
Commitment to social and racial justice and knowledge of community organizations.
Strong outreach, interpersonal, writing, and communication skills.
Strong ability to work with a team as well as independently.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with a variety of stakeholders including youth, educators, families, and communities from a wide range of cultural, social, and economic backgrounds.
Ability to communicate in Spanish is a plus.

Skills

Restorative justice practices (circles, conferences)
Youth development theories
Restorative practices philosophy, principles, models, interventions, forms, and techniques
Community organizing
Outreach
Interpersonal skills
Writing skills
Communication skills
Teamwork
Independent work
Organizational skills
Attention to detail
Relationship building
Spanish communication
Spreadsheets
Microsoft Office suite
Database usage (Salesforce preferred)
Reporting

Location

Bushwick, Brooklyn

Work Type

Full-time
In-person
Flexible schedule
Occasional evenings and weekends required
Potential for 1 day remote work per week

Salary/Compensations

$59,250.00 - $61,350.00

Benefits

Health insurance
401K
Generous paid vacation
Sick days
Personal days

About the Company

Make the Road New York (MRNY) builds the power of immigrant and working-class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival services.
MRNY operates community centers in Bushwick, Brooklyn; Jackson Heights, Queens; Port Richmond, Staten Island; Brentwood, Long Island and White Plains, Westchester County.
With a membership of 30,000, MRNY tackles critical issues including workplace justice, tenants’ rights, immigrant rights and civil rights, TGNCIQ justice, public education, health care access, and immigration reform.
MRNY is a multi-service organization where member-led organizing committees implement strategies to combat shared problems and develop leadership and civic participation capacity.
The organization provides high-quality bilingual services: ESOL, citizenship preparation, and youth programs.
MRNY has a robust legal program offering direct representation and impact litigation.
The health program offers facilitated enrollment into health insurance and SNAP benefits, a community health worker home visit program, nutrition education, emergency food pantries, and health care navigation.
MRNY is a newly unionized workplace.

Equal Opportunity

Make the Road believes that social change is best achieved through grassroots community-based organizing that flows directly from and engages the community demanding the change.
As a membership-based organization, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, criminal history, or Veteran status.
We strongly encourage those from historically excluded groups to apply.