NSRJ is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to broadening staff diversity with authentic inclusion. We encourage applications from all genders, Indigenous and racialized peoples, persons with disabilities and/or neurodiversity, various socioeconomic contexts, and persons from the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. As we work to achieve equity within our organization, we also acknowledge Kimberlé Crenshaw’s (1989) concept of intersectionality of all applicants and their interconnected identities that impact their access to privilege and power.

Position offer is subject to satisfactory completion of references and police criminal record checks.

Position:         Program Manager: Restorative Justice in Education Initiative

Status:             Full-time employee with benefits

Location:         Hybrid (home and on-site in North and West Vancouver)

Salary:             $60,000-$70,000

Reports to:      Director of Programs and Operations

Supervises:     RJEI Facilitators

NSRJ is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to broadening staff diversity with authentic inclusion. We encourage applications from all genders, Indigenous and racialized peoples, persons with disabilities and/or neurodiversity, different socioeconomic standing, and persons from the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

The Organization:
NSRJ is a registered nonprofit that has been responding to crime and conflict on the North Shore since 1997. Using principles of restorative justice (RJ), NSRJ works to strengthen our communities by providing case facilitation, circle processes, community dialogue, youth engagement programs, and training. NSRJ is one of the largest community-based RJ organizations in British Columbia.

NSRJ’s Dream: We dream of just and equitable communities where our response to harm centres responsibility, healing and transformation.

NSRJ’s Mission: To realize our dream, we co-create compassionate, anti-oppressive, and just restorative practices grounded in a commitment to prevent violence and heal harm.

The Program and Role: 

NSRJ’s Restorative Justice in Education Initiative (RJEI) provides and promotes restorative approaches to conflict and harm while proactively supporting youth, schools, and communities in developing just and equitable spaces for learning and living. The RJEI Program Manager will oversee the delivery and guide development of all programs under the RJEI umbrella.

Primary Responsibilities

Program Development

  • Provide strategic planning and visioning for the Restorative Justice in Education Initiative. Develop goals, objectives, and strategies.
  • Ensure that program materials and curriculum reflect current theory, cultural safety and relevance, uses appropriate educational technologies and current best practices.
  • Assist with grant writing as needed to build and maintain RJEI financial sustainability.

Program Management:

  • Ensure effective delivery of all RJEI programs, which are: Circles in Schools, Restorative Engagement in Schools, Justice Labs, Youth Action Council, Speaker Series, and professional development offerings to schools and other organizations.
  • Oversee the monitoring and evaluation of all RJEI programs, including development of data assessment tools and analyzing data to ensure that the Initiative is meeting its goals and objectives.
  • Draft reports, including annual summary, board reports, grant reporting, etc.

Staff Management:

  • Manage RJEI staff team. Empower staff to do their best possible work and maintain a work environment that embodies NSRJ’s values of respect, trust, collaboration, inclusivity, humility, compassion and forgiveness.
  • Implement effective HR practices for hiring, onboarding, scheduling, supervision and training of RJEI staff.

Stakeholder Relations:

  • Maintain positive relationships with external stakeholders, such as School District staff, administrators, teachers, Indigenous Nations, professional associations, and youth-serving organizations on the North Shore. This includes delivering presentations, scheduling and facilitating meetings, and engaging in informal communication.
  • Work with the Director of Programs and Operations to develop collaborative strategic partnerships that are aligned with, and strengthen, the values and vision of the Restorative Justice in Education Initiative.
  • Represent the organization at community events and attend relevant community meetings

Other:

  • Attend and support related NSRJ committees which includes following up on committee decisions and actions items. Committee meetings may be held in the evenings or otherwise outside of regular working hours.

Qualifications*:

  • Familiarity with restorative processes and the principles and values of restorative justice
  • Strong background and commitment to anti-oppression, anti-racism, and/or decolonization
  • Experience working with children and youth, preferably in a school setting.
  • Knowledge of child/youth development and key aspects of social-emotional learning
  • Demonstrated abilities in program management, building healthy teams, and administration
  • Strong communication skills, written and verbal
  • Integrity, independence, and diverse lived experience
  • Experience with group facilitation in Circle or Dialogue process would be an asset

*We do not expect all applicants to embody all of the above qualifications. Please consider applying if you think you would be well suited for this position, regardless of your specific background.

Compensation and Benefits: 

  • Salary: $60,000 to $70,000 per annum commensurate with qualifications and experience
  • Group extended health benefits package
  • 3 weeks vacation including fixed days off during office-wide closure Dec 24-Jan 1
  • 10 paid sick days plus 3 paid flex days

Additional Requirements: 

  • Travel to North Vancouver and/or West Vancouver
  • Availability to attend occasional meetings (mostly remote) and events during evenings or weekends including board meetings, committee meetings, and community events
  • Position offer is subject to satisfactory completion of references and police criminal record checks.

NSRJ is aware that systemic injustice can prevent many people from gaining work experience in traditional categories. We encourage applications from people with community, family and other frameworks of labour. NSRJ is open to being flexible with applicants for whom the interview process is a barrier to application due to other work and caregiving obligations.

How to Apply:
Please send resume with cover letter in one combined PDF document to info@nsrj.ca by end of day on August 12, 2024 with the subject line Program Manager Application. Name the document your Full Name. We accommodate people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process. Please indicate your need for accommodation in your application.

NSRJ honours the Elders and Knowledge Holders, past, present and future, and acknowledges with gratitude that our work takes place in communities situated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Skwxwú7mesh Uxwumixw (Squamish), Səlílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nations.