Co-Director of The Educational Justice Institute (TEJI)

Posting Description

CO-DIRECTOR The Educational Justice Institute (TEJI) within MITs Experimental Study Group advances educational opportunity for incarcerated individuals while engaging MIT students in learning about the criminal legal system. The Co-Director for Operations and Development partners with TEJIs Director for strategy operations finance and student-centered program leadership. The role leads strategic planning; develops funding strategies; identifies prospective funders; prepares grant proposals and reports; and cultivates relationships with MIT correctional community and external partners. Leads communications marketing web and social media. The Co-Director oversees academic administration for classes tutoring and other prison-based educational activities including required permissions. With ESGs Program Manager supports undergraduates and mentors TEJI students. A central responsibility is robust financial stewardship: managing TEJI accounts reconciliations budgets forecasts payroll internal controls financial reporting and compliance; monitoring spending and ensuring sound use of program resources. The role serves as TEJIs primary finance liaison to ESG and GUE Finance. It is expected to provide oversight and over time supervise finance/administrative staff supporting TEJI.

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: Masters degree or equivalent combination of education and experience; a minimum of three years of progressively responsible management operations finance or administrative experience; demonstrated ability to manage budgets reconciliations forecasting and financial reporting with sound judgment and attention to detail; strong project-management organizational interpersonal and written and oral communication skills; and ability to independently prioritize competing work build collaborative relationships and learn MIT administrative and financial systems; commitment to educational justice and social justice. PREFERRED: Experience with incarcerated populations grant development student advising higher education and/or technology or AI.

10/15/2026