Program Director Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years Relevant experience in the nonprofit, social service, or higher education sector.
• Knowledge of program administration.
• Experience with budget management and financial record keeping.
• Demonstrated understanding of media and/or organizational communications strategies.
• Strong written and communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills, cultural competency, and problem solving skills.
• Knowledge of budget management and financial recordkeeping and grant reporting skills.
• Experience working in an educational setting, either formal or informal student-facing programming.
• Excellent editing skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Ability to think strategically and analytically about internal and external communications and best practices.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree
• Experience working with adult learners and/or structurally oppressed groups in a community-based or social service-provider organization.
• Knowledge of communications and equitable development principles and practices.
• Familiarity with web communications and design.
• Ability to work with diverse students, staff and faculty, including specifically communities impacted by the criminal-legal system.
• Skilled at disseminating information to different audiences and facilitating popular education opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a lead member of the Prison Education Program (PEP) team.
• Work with faculty and executive directors on long-term strategic planning, program development, and coordination of day-to-day operations across PEP’s three key work areas: college-in-prison degree programs, continuing education, and re-entry support.
• Conceptualize partnership-building programs and strategic development plans.
• Develop and lead communication efforts, including overseeing the maintenance of the program web site, designing newsletters, and organizational assessment and funding reports.
• Lead documentation projects.
• Coordinate student workers for programmatic goals and media representation.
• Create new digital and print content.
• Conceptualize and plan new special events and workshops at Wallkill Correctional Facility and NYU Washington Square.

Benefits

• NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040.