Job Description
Job DescriptionSalary: $67,000 - 80,000
This is a temporary, part-time position September through December 2025,
Monday through Friday | 8:00 AM - 2:45 PM PST | 33.75 hours per week
Schedule is subject to regular state holidays
Overview:
The Last Mile, a San Francisco, CA-based non-profit, is the first prison program in the U.S. to provide in-prison software engineering training. Our mission is to provide opportunities for personal and professional growth for justice-involved individuals through education and technology training. By joining The Last Mile, you will be part of a mission-driven team focused on transforming lives and creating opportunities for justice-impacted individuals.
The Last Mile (TLM) Joint Venture (JV) Facilitator works on-site at the California Institution for Women (CIW) to supervise projects and manage the daily operations of the program. This role is a direct point of contact for the incarcerated individuals (referred to as "interns" in the original description, but "Adult Offenders" or "II's" in the contract ) who are working in the Joint Venture (JVP). The facilitator is responsible for ensuring a productive and constructive work environment. While the interns handle the web and digital interface design projects on their computers, the facilitator manages the operational and administrative aspects of the JVP.
This position reports to the ProOps Manager and is an onsite role. The salary range is based on the employee's geographic location and experience.
Responsibilities:
Joint Venture Operations
- Create and maintain a healthy, professional, and constructive workplace culture among incarcerated individuals.
- Provide vocational training and develop job skills for incarcerated individuals in a real work setting.
- Facilitate remote meetings for incarcerated individuals.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for the incarcerated individuals, providing feedback and insight into their experience to the JVP and executive staff.
- Empower incarcerated individuals to set and work towards individual goals, including building personal plans and self-advocacy.
- Report all acts of misconduct by incarcerated individuals that violate laws, regulations, or rules to the CIW Contact(s) for custody or institution issues or designee.
- Cooperate with and defer to the institution's custody staff in emergency situations.
Administrative & Logistical
- Manage schedules and all necessary paperwork for incarcerated individuals, including completing quarterly performance evaluations.
- Maintain records of any issues with incarcerated individuals or equipment.
- Provide and safeguard time-keeping documentation (CDCR 1697).
- Maintain equipment, coordinate software installations and maintenance, and manage logistics for video remote sessions.
- Coordinate with the institution staff to obtain gate clearances for vendors, which requires a minimum of ten business days' notice.
- Ensure all necessary notices required by the contract, law, or court order are provided to new employees and posted in a prominent location.
Essential Skills:
- Demonstrated experience in a leadership position, working with diverse groups.
- Comfortable working with technology, computers, and navigating websites. The role focuses on projects utilizing skills in web development, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Excellent communication skills, including empathetic listening, and the ability to speak to groups of various sizes in a teaching situation.
- Excellent situational awareness and the ability to remain calm under stress.
- Maintain a positive and supportive attitude at all times.
- Provide honest and constructive feedback and appropriate encouragement to incarcerated individuals.
- Knowledge of project management and experience with Figma, Apache, and Gitlab are preferred.
Compliance & Requirements
- Ability to satisfy the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) background investigation and gate clearance requirements, which include a California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) check.
- Must be able to comply with all rules and regulations of the institution, including those regarding contraband, conduct, and clothing restrictions.
- Required to be examined and tested for Tuberculosis (TB) by a licensed healthcare provider before starting work and annually thereafter.
- Must not be a former state employee who engaged in negotiation or policy-making for this agreement within a specific timeframe after leaving state employment.
- Must comply with the Prison Rape Elimination Policy (PREA) and complete a criminal background check.
- Must not bring electronic and communicative devices such as pagers, cell phones, and cameras onto the institution's grounds.
Note: The contract explicitly states that the Lessee (Turn 2 U, Inc. dba The Last Mile) shall be the sole employer for all incarcerated individuals participating in the program, and under no circumstances will the State, CDCR, CALPIA, CIW, DGS, or any other state agency be considered the employer in connection with this JVP.
The Last Mile is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in our organization. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other protected class. Additionally, we are a Fair Chance Employer, meaning we do not discriminate against justice-impacted individuals or perform background checks. We openly encourage justice-impacted individuals to apply for employment.