Job Title: Project & Communications Associate
PVN ID: JJ-2305-005590
Category: Research
Location: JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Job Description

General Description

The Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (IIP) provides a collaborative national platform that brings together prosecutors, policy experts, and the communities they serve to promote data-driven strategies, cutting-edge scholarship, and innovative thinking. The IIP is dedicated to criminal justice that promotes community-centered standards of safety, fairness, and dignity. 

The IIP is seeking a Project and Communications Associate to join our team and play an integral part in our efforts to promote criminal justice reform. In this role, you will support the IIP’s various projects, coordinate planning, logistics, and advertising for all IIP events, manage social media accounts and website updates, write newsletters, and assist with outreach to elected prosecutors, law enforcement officials, academics, advocates, and community leaders in the criminal justice field.  

Key Responsibilities: 

Event Planning: 

  • Plan and manage all IIP events, both in-person and virtual
  • Coordinate all logistics for events, including managing RSVPs, tracking travel bookings, coordinating catering, AV, space reservations, etc.
  • Liaise between IIP staff, the Research Foundation at CUNY, and John Jay College on projects and events
  • Conduct scheduling and outreach to organizational partners
  • Develop and maintain relationships with organizational partners and prosecutors’ offices around the country

Administration & Finance:

  • Assist in day-to-day office operations
  • Manage and reconcile organizational finances and expenses

Communications: 

  • Design invitations and graphics for IIP events and announcements using Canva
  • Work with the Executive Director to develop and execute social media plan
  • Increase online engagement and followers on all IIP platforms
  • Draft and post content for Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and website
  • Author newsletters for public dissemination
  • Monitor media and press to keep IIP team informed of the current state of prosecution and criminal justice reform topics

To apply, please submit the following:

  • 1-page resume
  • 1-page cover letter that demonstrates your writing skills, explains your interest in the IIP, and describes any relevant personal or professional experience
  • Optional: submit graphic design examples and/or example social media plan

Other Duties

Ongoing Projects:

  • Research emerging and persistent issues in the field of prosecution and criminal justice more broadly 
  • Contribute to and support the IIP’s ongoing initiatives to support prosecutors and the communities they serve

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Undergraduate degree
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Expressed interest in and knowledge of the criminal justice system 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
  • Excellent team player
  • Excellent relationship building skills
  • Proficiency in Excel 
  • Able to come in to work in our Manhattan office twice a week and as needed

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Event planning experience
  • Video and audio editing experience 
  • Knowledge of the role of the prosecutor, how a prosecutor's office functions, and the prosecution reform movement more generally

Those with personal connections to or experience with the criminal justice system are encouraged to apply.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Institute for Innovation in Prosecution
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$57,000.00 - $63,000.00
Closing Date
Jun 26, 2023 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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