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Assistant Director: Prison Education Program

Salt Lake Community College · Taylorsville, UT · 1 wk ago
OTHRFull-time

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. All employees are expected to maintain a permanent residence within the State of Utah as a condition of employment. New employees must provide a valid Utah residential address within 30 days of their start date.

About the Role

The Assistant Director of the Prison Education Program will engage with SLCC administrators, staff and faculty, Department of Corrections personnel, incarcerated students, community partners, and other stakeholders to develop and deliver SLCC classes/programs to incarcerated individuals in the Utah prison system. The emphasis of this position is on academics and curricula. The Assistant Director will contribute to regional and national conversations about educational equity, poverty, and incarceration and post-incarceration success. This is an at-will position.

The Assistant Director will split their time between the prison and the SLCC campus and will often need to work non-traditional hours. Given the job responsibilities, the ability to obtain and maintain clearance at the prisons will be a necessary condition of employment.

Responsibilities

  • Create an effective educational program for incarcerated students.
  • Supervise staff and manage budgets and college-owned resources.
  • Engage with stakeholders on and off campus, including serving on college and community committees.
  • Complete projects in a timely manner.
  • Oversee course scheduling, faculty recruitment, training, and support.
  • Provide student advising and ensure course assessment and quality control.
  • Develop curricular agreements with other colleges.
  • Manage educational technology for the program.

Skills & Qualifications

  • Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with a broad group of stakeholders.
  • Strong communication and cross-cultural skills.
  • Knowledge pertaining to prison programs and educational systems.
  • Experience in a variety of pedagogical practices that can be employed inside a correctional facility.
  • Detail-oriented with strong project-management skills.
  • Proficiency with computers, including Microsoft Office applications, spreadsheets, and databases.
  • Experience in writing and ascertaining grant funding.
  • Ability to successfully supervise others.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of people with a variety of abilities and backgrounds.
  • Ability to work with all groups from a variety of academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, including community college students, faculty, and staff, as well as those with disabilities.
  • Ability to work comfortably with incarcerated students in a supportive and non-judgmental fashion.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a discipline taught in SLCC’s General Education program.
  • At least 1 year of part- or full-time experience working in a jail, prison, or post-incarceration setting.
  • At least 2 years of successful part- or full-time teaching experience in higher education.
  • Valid driver’s license.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in a discipline taught in SLCC’s General Education program.
  • At least 1 year of successful higher education teaching in a corrections setting.
  • At least 2 years of successful non-teaching work in a corrections or rehabilitation setting.
  • Experience conducting quantitative or qualitative research.

About SLCC

Salt Lake Community College is Utah’s largest open-access college in the state. We proudly educate 45,000+ students pursuing degrees in 100+ programs across 8 areas of study, and Utah’s fastest growing industries and four-year baccalaureate programs consistently welcome SLCC graduates. Every SLCC employee has a hand in transforming students’ lives to strengthen its surrounding communities.

SLCC employees work at 8 locations across the valley and capital city of Salt Lake with easy access to the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, world-class outdoor recreation, sporting events, museums, history, and arts and entertainment. Salt Lake Community College seeks and values contributions from each community member and welcomes new perspectives. A respectful work environment is its top priority; academic excellence and lasting transformation occurs when we can collaborate freely.

As an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution, SLCC leads the state with the highest enrollment of students from the Latinx/a/o community. SLCC is committed to serving students and being a model for inclusive and transformative education.

This position is subject to a successful completion of a criminal background check.

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