The Role
Lead day-to-day operations of a men's prison academy program at Ware State Prison, delivering curriculum and case management, recruiting participants and volunteers, managing staff and budget, and coordinating with Department of Corrections and stakeholders to ensure program compliance and effectiveness.
Summary Generated by Built In
Want to make a difference? Join an organization committed to sharing the hope of true transformation with those impacted by incarceration for nearly 50 years.
Prison Fellowship® is the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit equipping the Church to serve currently and formerly incarcerated people and their families, and to advocate for justice and human dignity. Prison Fellowship and its church partners encounter Jesus with those behind bars, breaking cycles of crime and prayerfully anticipating a revival of justice, mercy, and hope in our culture.
Prison Fellowship® is an organization committed to the highest standards of conduct, ethics and Christian values. Our conduct is guided by and grounded in the Bible, as reflected in our Statement of Faith below.
What we are looking for:
A driven and mission-focused men’s prison Academy Program Manager to lead the day-to-day operations within the Ware State Prison for men in Waycross, GA. The successful candidate will have 7+ years of program management experience, including budgeting and managing staff; 3+ years’ experience building effective teams; a bachelor’s degree in social science, business, or related field or equivalent relevant experience including:
- Proven ability to deliver a classroom curriculum using transformational teaching techniques and to provide case planning and management for program participants within the prison.
- Experience recruiting, interviewing, and selecting program participants and volunteers to ensure a positive, pro-social environment.
- Strong communication skills to ensure adequate communication, coordination and compliance with the Department of Correction’s policies and procedures. Relational ability to work with wardens and other corrections staff to approve and arrange special program needs.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with volunteers, wardens, corrections staff, and other stakeholders.
- 7+ years of program management experience including budgeting and managing staff
- 3+ years of experience building effective teams
- Significant demonstrated classroom and case management experience
- Bachelor's degree in social science, business, or related field or equivalent relevant experience
- This is a full-time in-prison position in Waycross, GA and the driving aspect of this role is subject to certain driving record and insurance requirements
At Prison Fellowship, our goal is to support the total well-being of all our employees. Our benefit offerings for full-time employees include health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, retirement account funding, flexible spending accounts, paid maternity and parental leave benefits, and more. Our outstanding benefits package includes paid leave starting at 39 days (14 holidays, 15 vacation days, 10 sick days) after one year of employment. Part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits, on a pro-rated basis. In addition, we offer a team-oriented, mission-driven, supportive environment with cutting-edge technology solutions and tremendous opportunity for growth and development.
Salary at Prison Fellowship is determined by a variety of factors. For this position, the salary range is projected to be between X and Y.
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OUR STATEMENT OF FAITH
The Foundation of What We Believe
As a Christian organization, Prison Fellowship believes in the full authority of the Bible as God’s inspired word and the complete tenets of the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed.
We believe in one God, Creator and Lord of the Universe, the co-eternal Trinity; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe that Jesus Christ, God’s Son, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless life, died a substitutionary atoning death on the cross, rose bodily from the dead and ascended to heaven where, as truly God and truly man, He is the only mediator between God and man. We believe that the Bible is God’s authoritative and inspired Word, without error in all its teachings.
How We Are Compelled to Live and to Act
We believe that Christians, both individually and corporately, must submit to the Bible as God’s authoritative, divine and inspired Word, in all matters of belief and conduct.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of program management experience including budgeting and managing staff
- 3+ years of experience building effective teams
- Significant demonstrated classroom and case management experience
- Bachelor's degree in social science, business, or related field or equivalent relevant experience
- Proven ability to deliver classroom curriculum using transformational teaching techniques
- Experience recruiting, interviewing, and selecting program participants and volunteers
- Strong communication skills to coordinate and comply with Department of Correction policies and procedures
- Outstanding interpersonal skills to collaborate with volunteers, wardens, and corrections staff
- Willingness to work full-time in-prison at Ware State Prison in Waycross, GA
- Driving aspect of role subject to driving record and insurance requirements
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The Company
What We Do
Prison Fellowship is the world's largest Christian nonprofit organization dedicated to equipping the Church to serve currently and formerly incarcerated people and their families. It works to bring transformation to prisons, families, and communities through restorative practices and biblically based life principles, aiming to replace criminal thinking and behaviors with renewed purpose, hope, and a commitment to restorative justice across the globe.
