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    Senior Director of Policy - Long Island City, United States - FORTUNE SOCIETY INC

    FORTUNE SOCIETY INC
    FORTUNE SOCIETY INC Long Island City, United States

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    Job Location
    Long Island City - Long Island City, NY

    Position Type
    Full-Time Exempt

    Salary Range
    $95, $110,000.00 Salary/year

    Description

    Title: Senior Director of Policy

    Unit: David Rothenberg Center Public Policy (DRCPP)

    Reports to: Policy Counsel

    Salary Range: $95,000 - $110,000

    Status: Full Time; Regular, Exempt

    Location: Long Island City

    Date Prepared: January 12th, 2024

    The Fortune Society's David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy provides the leadership role in Fortune's policy development, advocacy, technical assistance, and community education efforts. DRCPP integrates Fortune's internal expertise - the life experience of our formerly incarcerated staff and participants, and our first-hand experience as a direct service provider - with research to advocate for fairness, racial justice, and humane treatment in our criminal legal system. We promote effective program models and needed supports for people with conviction histories and work to change the counterproductive laws and policies that needlessly detain and incarcerate people and create unfair barriers to the successful reentry of people with convictions into our communities.

    Position Summary:

    The ideal candidate will have strong communication, analytical, writing, and research skills. The candidate will have deep personal commitment to and professional knowledge of the criminal legal system and other corollary policy issues, including but not limited to housing, employment, education and health. The selected candidate will play a key role in supporting the work of the DRCPP through various coalitions; participation in public-facing events; helping to develop and advance the policy agenda of the DRCPP; and in researching and writing about topics to support DRCPP's policy and advocacy agenda (for example: the impact of discrimination on people with conviction histories and the efficacy of alternative to incarceration and reentry services in promoting public safety).

    Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
    • Represent Fortune in advocacy and outreach activities with relevant government agencies, key coalition partners and other organizations, stakeholders, and the general public;
    • Provide testimony on behalf of Fortune at relevant hearings;
    • Represent Fortune on panels, as a moderator, as an individual speaker at rallies and other events, and to media outlets, as approved;
    • Monitor and analyze policy issues around a portfolio of criminal legal system issues at the city, state, and national level, to assist in developing DRCPP's annual legislative and advocacy agenda, as well as to maintain DRCPP's timely knowledge of trends, related developments, and media/popular narratives;
    • Prepare written materials for a wide range of audiences and purposes, including but not limited to policy analyses, testimony, toolkits, and contributions to The Fortune Weekly;
    • Play a range of roles in various community meetings and forums, including leadership as appropriate;
    • Collaborate in maintaining existing, and identifying and developing new, relationships with elected officials; government agency staff and leadership; service providers; advocacy organizations and coalitions; private funders; and other relevant individuals and entities;
    • Assist in facilitating the Policy Center Collective (a group of Fortune staff committed to engaging in advocacy and other activities); and
    • Other duties as assigned.
    Supervisory Responsibilities:

    Does not currently supervise paid staff, but may supervise interns, fellows, and/or volunteers.

    nd participants, and our first-hand experience as a direct service provider - with research to advocate for fairness, racial justice, and humane treatment in our criminal legal system. We promote effective program models and needed supports for people with conviction histories and work to change the counterproductive laws and policies that needlessly detain and incarcerate people and create unfair barriers to the successful reentry of people with convictions into our communities.

    Position Summary:

    The ideal candidate will have strong communication, analytical, writing, and research skills. The candidate will have deep personal commitment to and professional knowledge of the criminal legal system and other corollary policy issues, including but not limited to housing, employment, education and health. The selected candidate will play a key role in supporting the work of the DRCPP through various coalitions; participation in public-facing events; helping to develop and advance the policy agenda of the DRCPP; and in researching and writing about topics to support DRCPP's policy and advocacy agenda (for example: the impact of discrimination on people with conviction histories and the efficacy of alternative to incarceration and reentry services in promoting public safety).

    Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
    • Represent Fortune in advocacy and outreach activities with relevant government agencies, key coalition partners and other organizations, stakeholders, and the general public;
    • Provide testimony on behalf of Fortune at relevant hearings;
    • Represent Fortune on panels, as a moderator, as an individual speaker at rallies and other events, and to media outlets, as approved;
    • Monitor and analyze policy issues around a portfolio of criminal legal system issues at the city, state, and national level, to assist in developing DRCPP's annual legislative and advocacy agenda, as well as to maintain DRCPP's timely knowledge of trends, related developments, and media/popular narratives;
    • Prepare written materials for a wide range of audiences and purposes, including but not limited to policy analyses, testimony, toolkits, and contributions to The Fortune Weekly;
    • Play a range of roles in various community meetings and forums, including leadership as appropriate;
    • Collaborate in maintaining existing, and identifying and developing new, relationships with elected officials; government agency staff and leadership; service providers; advocacy organizations and coalitions; private funders; and other relevant individuals and entities;
    • Assist in facilitating the Policy Center Collective (a group of Fortune staff committed to engaging in advocacy and other activities); and
    • Other duties as assigned.
    Supervisory Responsibilities:

    Does not currently supervise paid staff, but may supervise interns, fellows, and/or volunteers.

    Qualifications

    Qualifications:
    • 5 to 10 years of experience with 1 to 3 years relevant work experience (preferably in a research, direct social service, advocacy or academic setting).
    • Lived experience to speak to the policy and advocacy issues of the Fortune Society a plus
    • Knowledge of criminal legal system issues.
    • Strong skills in research, writing and analysis.
    • Excellent oral communication skills.
    • Strong teamwork ethos and ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues and external partners.
    • Analytic ability including facility in recognizing the implications of social science research findings for public education and policy development; ability to translate research and data into compelling and persuasive, issue-oriented informational materials and/or talking points.
    • Ability to identify top priorities and manage multiple priorities, including ability to pivot quickly and shift priorities in response to emergent political or other situations.
    The Fortune Society encourages individuals to apply who have successfully made the transition from incarceration and/or substance use into a stable, productive lifestyle in the community.

    Travel and Scheduling Requirements - Travel within New York City, to Albany, and possibly elsewhere for meetings and events. Willingness and ability to attend evening and weekend meetings and events, and to work flexible hours as needed.

    Physical Demands:

    To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The responsibilities and requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensing, experience and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

    The Fortune Society is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of conviction history, race, religion/creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, predisposing genetic characteristics, victim of domestic violence status or marital status.

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