Overview

Survivor Program Manager Job Description

Healing Dialogue and Action (HDA), a fiscally sponsored project of Community Partners, is seeking an individual to serve as a Survivor Program Manager (SPM). The SPM will work with family survivors of homicide, community-based organizations, correctional staff, and the HDA team to develop and lead survivor focused programming inside carceral institutions and the community. The SPM will work diligently to engage new survivor members in HDA’s programs and accompany them on their healing journey. The SPM will work alongside the Spanish Survivor Program Coordinator to ensure that the organization’s programs are implemented following the spirit and guiding principles of HDA. Salary dependent on experience. Starts at $62,500/year with full benefits.

Organization Overview

Based in California, Healing Dialogue and Action is an organization of people directly impacted by violence who create healing spaces for survivors, people who have experienced incarceration, and communities impacted by violence. We advance transformative justice while working towards a world free from violence. HDA accompanies and engages people impacted by violence on their unique path of healing. We co-create mindful spaces grounded in compassionate listening that celebrate the gifts of those who have lived through injustice. We realize that the majority of people who have committed violence have themselves experienced violence personally, and therefore we bring the two together through the practice of restorative justice. When ready, HDA offers a space for individuals and communities to challenge the criminal legal systems through policy change and community organizing.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and facilitate HDA survivor gatherings in English in coordination with Spanish programs. 
  • Prepare and support survivors individually for HDA programs including: Victim Awareness Classes, Victim Offender Dialogues, Symposiums and other speaking and lobbying events.
  • Recruit new HDA survivor members and collaborative partners. 
  • Co-manage the Victim-Offender Dialogue (VOD) Program alongside the Executive Director. 
  • Regularly communicate with OVRS to triage new VOD cases alongside the Executive Director.
  • Develop curriculum and facilitate trainings for new VOD Facilitators as needed.

Qualifications

  • Lived experience as a survivor of violence preferred. 
  • Comfort navigating ambiguity and ability to adapt within a rapidly evolving work environment.
  • Independent time management skills and ability to juggle competing priorities.
  • Demonstrated history of meeting deadlines and remaining accountable to supervisor requests.
  • Compassionate listening and communication skills and knowledge of restorative justice.
  • Familiarity with GSuite products (Gmail, Google Docs, etc.) and Zoom. 
  • 2+ years of experience working with survivors of violence.
  • Bilingual (Spanish and English) strongly preferred.
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