Manager Justice Scholars Categorically Funded
Manager Justice Scholars Categorically Funded
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USD 114108 - 114108
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Job Description
Description
Equity and Diversity
The Justice Scholars Program is serves incarcerated formerly incarcerated and other justiceimpacted students by providing credit and noncredit educational opportunities in detention facilities and oncampus support for students who have experienced the criminal justice system. Cerritos College partners with the Los Angeles County Department of Probation and the Los Angeles County Office of Education to build strong pathways from incarceration to higher education.
The District is strongly committed to achieving staff diversity and the principles of equal opportunity employment. The District encourages a diverse pool of applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race color national origin ancestry sex age religion marital status disability or sexual orientation in any of its policies procedures or practices. In fact the college encourages applications from all segments of qualified people.
Closing Date
This position will close on May 14 2025 at 11:59 PM.
College Profile
Cerritos College is ranked 14th among the top 100 schools with the highest Hispanic enrollment in the United States by the United States Department of Education. Cerritos College serves as a comprehensive community college for southeastern Los Angeles County. Communities within the colleges district include Artesia Bellflower Cerritos Downey Hawaiian Gardens La Mirada Norwalk and portions of Bell Gardens Lakewood Long Beach Santa Fe Springs and South Gate. Cerritos College offers degrees and certificates in more than 180 areas of study in nine divisions. Enrollment currently averages 20000 students. Visit Cerritos College online at.
Department Profile
The Rising Scholars Program is part of a network of California Community Colleges committed to serving incarcerated formerly incarcerated and other justiceimpacted students by providing credit and noncredit educational opportunities in detention facilities and oncampus support for students who have experienced the criminal justice system. Cerritos College partners with the Los Angeles County Department of Probation and the Los Angeles County Office of Education to build strong pathways from incarceration to higher education
Summary
Plans organizes manages and coordinates goals and activities supporting strategic processes program development and measurement of performance outcomes of the Rising Scholars Network Juvenile Justice Campus Program; including the coordination communication personnel supervision and required reporting to meet the needs and requirements of the grant.
Distinguishing Career Features
Under direct supervision of the Dean of Student Equity and Success this position manages and directs activities of the Justice Scholars program.Job Duties
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Design and manage the Justice Scholars programming as needed to meet the goals and objectives of the categorical/grant funding requirements.
- Maintain currency in effective advising practices and in multifaceted incarceration and adult reentry issues that affect students educational planning.
- Communicate with student service leadership administrators personnel and outside organizations to exchange information coordinate courses activities meetings and programs and resolve course access issues or concerns.
- Interview select supervise and evaluate the performance of assigned personnel.
- Assist in classroom management of college courses run at the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall.
- Establish and maintain relationships with the Los Angeles County Department of Probation the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall staff and Los Angeles County Office of Education the Rising Scholars Network community leaders various organizations and public agencies to encourage participation stimulate interest and coordinate campus projects with assigned programs and activities.
- Collaborate with the Sr. Director of School Programs for the Los Angeles County Probation Department in order to ensure Cerritos College assigned personnel comply with all facility access and training requirements for compliance purposes with external regulatory agencies.
- Develop and standardize equitable procedures and methods to improve and continuously monitor the efficiency and effectiveness of the assigned program service delivery methods and procedures; assess and monitor workload administrative and support systems and internal reporting relationships; identify opportunities for improvement and make recommendations to the assigned administrator.
- Research and analyze program data; prepare comprehensive technical records and reports; implement corrective action as necessary.
- Prepare review and present report information updates and report on special projects; prepare all required College reports and respond to requests for information from the College administration; advise provide guidance and prepare and deliver presentations on issues pertaining to formerly incarcerated and systemimpacted students.
- Direct and participate in the program/department budget and develops cost effective strategies including exploring available grant funds for maintaining program services.
- Recruit incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students via outreach to the community and business sector and the current Cerritos College student population.
- Collaborate with multiagency and facilities staff to facilitate enrollment in classes inside Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall and the recruitment or continued support of individuals upon release.
- Work directly with prospective and current students who are currently or formerly incarcerated to connect them to relevant Cerritos College education programs and resources.
- Prepare and maintain records reports and files related to programs courses services students enrollment projects financial activity budgets personnel and assigned duties.
- Refer and collaborate with other Student Affairs departments to provide comprehensive support for Justice Scholars students to cover referrals to campus resources including but not limited to Financial Aid CalWorks/EOPS Student Accessibility Services and basic needs services (Falcons Nest).
- Work with instructional faculty to provide professional development opportunities on strategies and techniques when working with incarcerated students identify and address individual student needs.
- Coordinate credit classes in the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall for currently incarcerated students including class offering expansion for college credit toward an earned degree or certificate from Cerritos Community College District.
- Provide direct support to students to help them be successful in achieving their educational goals and objectives.
- Provide inandoutofclassroom guidance and support to the staff and faculty who will implement the Justice Scholars Program.
- Participate in professional development forums funded through the Rising Scholars Network and grant funding including antiracist professional development and best practices for working with formerly incarcerated students.
- Collaborate with noncredit programming for formerly incarcerated and justiceimpacted students to develop pathways to credit and enhance comprehensive support.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Masters degree from an accredited institution in an area of discipline within the institution and;
- A minimum of one year of leadership formal training or internship or experience reasonably related to this administrative assignment and;
- An understanding of and sensitivity to meeting the needs of the diverse academic socioeconomic cultural disability and ethnic background of the student community and employee population (E.C. 87360a)
Preferred Qualifications- Two 2 years of experience in developing implementing and managing a program for incarcerated individuals (current and/or formerly incarcerated) and system impacted student population and/or leading a program for impacted student populations working with low income first generation or ethnically diverse students.
- Two 2 years of teaching (multisubject or single subject teaching credential authorization) or facilitating programs.
- Counseling or advising students in an educational or clinical setting.
- Education and program operations in juvenile detention facilities. Education programs and services that are designed to support incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students.
- Best practices in serving the unique needs of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students including conditions of probation.
- Supporting facilitating and/or enhancing programs designed to improve the success of incarcerated and/or formerly incarcerated/justiceimpacted students in transfer to fouryear universities and/or degree or certificate completion.
- Local state and federal community college education policies procedures practices laws and regulations.
- Strategic planning in organization and management practices assessment analysis and evaluation of programs policies and administrative needs; excellent oral and written communication and team building skills.
- Educational practices rules processes and procedures relating to credit and noncredit courses grant administration dual enrollment and student success.
- Principles practices and methods of management and program evaluation.
- Outreach and recruitment techniques.
- Proven track record of participating in or implementing or overseeing programs or policies relating to diversity equity inclusion and antiracism.
- Direct working knowledge and experience addressing the unique challenges faced by the population served through the grant (formerly incarcerated/justiceimpacted first generation BIPOC)
- Keen understanding of institutional barriers and ongoing challenges of formerly incarcerated/justiceimpacted populations such as addiction housing insecurity unemployment and mental health.
- Oral and written communication skills in Spanish and English.
- Experience developing implementing and conducting nontraditional outreach activities focused towards incarcerated and/or formerly incarcerated/justiceimpacted individuals.
- Experience working and collaborating with instructional faculty on campus and communitybased resources in support of student success.
- Experience with monitoring budgets goals and objectives of grants and/or other funding sources.
Supplemental Information
Knowledge and Abilities
Knowledge of:- The California Community College system and the needs of students in this system.
- AB 216
- Educational technology software; Operation of a computer and assigned software.
- Principles and strategies regarding English Learners and students with learning impairments.
- Reading intervention support strategies for struggling students.
- Student and partner outreach recruitment and marketing strategies.
- Principles practices procedures and techniques involved in the development and implementation of assigned meetings programs and related activities plans strategies processes projects goals events and objectives.
- Positive Behavior Intervention and Support systems (PBIS)
- MultiTiered Support Systems (MTSS)
- Oral and written communication skills.
- Interpersonal skills using tact patience and courtesy.
- Budget preparation and control.
- Humanized online practices for providing support for students at a distance.
- Applicable laws codes regulations policies and procedures including the California Education Code Penal Code and Welfare and Institutions Code.
Ability to:- Interpret apply and explain rules regulations policies and procedures
- Display positive leadership supervision and evaluation
- Effectively lead teams with a collaborative style in a collegial environment
- Network with local and state agencies
- Be a fairminded and ethical leader with excellent interpersonal and communication skills both oral and written form
- Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action
- Develop implement and evaluate programs and services
- Utilize data and assessment to make improvements for programs and services
- Develop and monitor budgets and effectively utilize resources
- Effectively manage priorities in large complex and diverse operational units
- Use independent judgment in the interpretation and application of rules regulations policies and procedures
- Plan and work independently with little direction and meet schedules and timelines
- Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others
- Plan and organize work involving multiple stakeholders
- Maintain confidential information and accurate records
- Deliver formal and influential presentations toward goal achievement
Physical Demands:
This position requires the physical ability to:- Functioninanofficeenvironmentperformingworkofprimarilyasedentarynature with some requirement to move about campus and to offcampus locales.
- The person in this position frequently communicates with members of the campus community through various modalities. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
- Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery such as a calculator copy machine and computer printer.
- Must be able to recognize printed material (printed or online) for more than 50 of the expected work time.
- Requires the ability to lift push and pull objects of medium weight (less than 30 lbs. on an occasional basis with or without accommodation.
- Work a flexible schedule which may include evenings weekends and split schedules
Environmental Elements
Incumbents work in an office environment with moderate noise levels controlled temperature conditions and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Incumbents may interact with staff students and/or the public in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
Licenses and Certificates
Requires a valid drivers license.
Salary/Fringe BenefitsGrade 26 on District Management Salary Schedule $9509.00 /month).
Health and welfare benefits include District contribution for medical/dental/vision benefits and employee life insurance $50000. (Cash in lieu option available on medical insurance.
Participation in the Public Employees Retirement System that is also integrated with Social Security or State Teachers Retirement System
22 days annual vacation.
An annual stipend of $4023 shall be provided to management employees with an earned doctorate degree.
Selection Procedure
After the application closing date a search committee will review and invite the most qualified applicants for an interview. As these are highly competitive positions meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee an interview.If you have questions or would like to followup regarding your application please contact Human Resources at as search committee members are unable to discuss specific recruitments.
Conditions of EmploymentThis fulltime 12month categorically funded classified manager position will be effective as soon as possible after the selection process. The Justice Scholars Manager will work on site at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall with a common schedule of 3 days at the Juvenile Hall and 2 days at Cerritos College campus depending on campus needs. This position is completely funded by the Rising Scholars Network Juvenile Justice Impacted Students Grant. NOTE: Continuance of this position is contingent upon continued Rising Scholars Network Juvenile Justice Impacted Students Grant funding.
Individual who is offered employment shall be required to obtain fingerprints for a criminal history clearance through the State Department of Justice and remit the required fee for processing the fingerprints Federal Bureau of Investigation (no fee if obtained at Cerritos College Campus Police Station) produce an original social security card and submit negative TB test results (must be within the past four years or within the last 60 days if not previously employed in a school district in California) before employment.
Proof of eligibility to work in the United States and signing of loyalty oath per Government Codes.
Candidates must be available to work on site and be able to provide proof of California residency prior to employment.** Please note the District does not provide for immigration sponsorships such as H1B Visas.
Application Procedures
Application materials must be submitted by the closing date. Applicants who need special services or facilities due to disability in order to apply or interview for this position must notify Human Resources at the time of application or at least 72 hours prior to the closing date or date of a scheduled interview.It is the applicants responsibility to provide copies of all transcript(s) verifying all educational degree(s) and/or coursework required for the position. Transcripts must be from regionally accredited institutions. A foreign transcript must be evaluated by a NACES certified agency. The website address is .
Required Documents- Cover Letter
- Resume/CV
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
