SBI Academic Program Manager
Listed: 03-06-23
Employer: McCormick Theological Seminary | 5460 S. University Ave, Chicago, IL 60615 | 773-947-6300
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Position: Contract
Website: www.sbimccormick.org
Contact: Ashley Woodfaulk
Organization Overview
For 190 years, we have been a progressive leader within the Reformed tradition committed to fostering a community of Christian leadership that serve diverse ministries and congregations in a challenging and complex world. Through academic excellence, critical reflection, and transforming witness, McCormick Theological Seminary uniquely equips excellent Church leaders for faithful, inclusive, and liberating ministries in God’s world.
The Solidarity Building Initiative seeks to mitigate the numerous material, social, and political barriers system impacted individuals experience while incarcerated and upon release. We envision that liberative carceral education provides resources for intellectual and spiritual growth and flourishing for incarcerated learners and create communities of belonging and advocacy.
Position Summary
The SBI Academic Program Manager (SBI APM) supports both in person and virtual academic programs offered at the Cook County Department of Corrections (CCDOC) through McCormick's Solidarity Building Initiative for Liberative Carceral Education. This position reports to the SBI Director.
The primary responsibility of this position is serving as the secondary liaison managing student academic processes and records, including the admissions process, course scheduling and coordinating logistics to offer a program of liberative carceral education at the CCDOC, includes but is not limited to offering courses, extracurricular workshops, faculty training, and all related activities to the academic program. This position develops and maintains policies, procedures and systems to ensure efficient workflow and service delivery related to student, faculty, and curriculum support. The SBI APM is responsible for coordinating services, operational support, and communication to students and faculty, including tracking, scheduling, trainings and compliance with policy. The SBI APM regularly interprets and communicates program, operational, and institutional policies, procedures, and rules.
The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, experienced project manager with excellent administrative skills, works well on pilot initiatives, can work independently and on a team, strong problem-solving skills, experience with building and managing relationships across multiple demographics, and demonstrates commitments to social justice and equity.
Education and/or Experience
BA degree in any field
Minimum of two years’ experience as a teacher, trainer, advisor, or similar role
Minimum of one year’s experience in a supervisory role in an educational setting or similar (e.g. advising, counseling, instructional/learning environment)
Demonstrated experience developing new systems or programs in which all details are not always clearly defined
Experience working with diverse populations
Preferred Qualifications
Graduate degree in a related field, e.g. Education, Counseling Psychology, Program Administration, Social Services
Experience providing professional support to college instructors
Have been part of a prison education program
Prison experience, or experience in similar institutions (e.g. reentry facility, juvenile detention center, immigrant detention center)
Type of work environment associated with the job
Indoor, office setting
Remote and virtual
Travel to Cook County Department of Corrections is required. Travel reimbursement is provided.
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