This position is budgeted for $33.00 per hour and is non-negotiable.

Prison Arts Collective (PAC) works to expand access to the transformative power of the arts through collaboration and mutual learning that supports the development of self-expression, reflection, communication, and empathy through providing multidisciplinary arts programming in correctional institutions. PAC is based at San Diego State University and facilitates weekly multidisciplinary arts programming and art facilitator training (AFT) programs in 14 prisons throughout California.  

The PAC Regional Lead is responsible for overseeing the smooth implementation of PAC programming across the Inland region, including mentoring teaching assistants and peer facilitators, cultivating creative community within the local team and participants, and acting as the key liaison between PAC and the Community Resource Manager for each correctional institution in the region they oversee. They report directly to the Executive Director and work closely with teaching and administrative staff.

This position is a leadership role within Prison Arts Collective. Regional Leads are responsible for the smooth and effective implementation of PAC programming in a given region. 

Regional Oversight 30%

• Oversee the PAC scope of work in the designated region. 
• Support the teaching team including the mentors, teaching artists, and peer facilitators in implementing PAC programming in alignment with PAC’s 4-part model and core values. 
• Maintain communication with all teaching team members for support, including questions about classes, reviewing all post-class reports, and supporting the team with any issues or questions that arise. Lead PAC communication in the region and maintain collaborative partnership with Community Resource Managers and CDCR staff at designated sites, including PAC leadership on emails and informing them about updates or issues in a timely manner. 
• Maintain clear and consistent communication with PAC leadership team to share updates, requests, ideas, and help innovate solutions to programmatic questions, 
• Identify and assess opportunities for new or additional programmatic offerings in the region by maintaining positive and open dialogue with CRM, participants, and team. 
• Schedule a monthly regional meeting with all teaching staff in the region and prepare agendas for these meetings. 

Regional Communications & Community Outreach 20%

• Cultivate connections in the local community, including networking with artists, galleries, nonprofits, and universities. 
• Develop at least one regional project (exhibitions, murals, etc.) annually. 
• Collaborate with PAC Communications Coordinator to share events and updates from the region on social media and other relevant outlets. 
• Identify opportunities for photography services and submit requests and justifications to PAC directors. 

Teaching & Mentoring 25%

• Identify and assess the need for new or additional regional team members and communicate recommendations to PAC directors. 
• Collaborate with the PAC Leadership Team in recruitment of new team members 
• Provide feedback and mentorship to all teaching team members, interns, volunteers and peer facilitators in the designated region to ensure all class offerings are in alignment with PAC’s educational practices 
• Collaborate with teaching teams and participants to ensure co-creative, calm, focused, positive, and supportive learning environments 
• Collect and upload participant rosters from each site at the beginning and end of every session, or collaborate with the Teaching Artists and Mentors to ensure consistent distribution and collection. 
• Attend PAC graduations in the Region to support team and participants 
• Organize and facilitate the dissemination and collection of research and evaluation forms and inform the PAC Research Team when it is complete 

Administration 20%

• Attend and participate in monthly Regional Lead meetings with the Director to share successes, challenges, and recommendations for improvements in the designated region and wider PAC goals 
• Coordinate logistics for printing/delivering packets and purchasing supplies for participants at the beginning of every new phase, and as needed. 
• Complete monthly data reports including instruction hours, attendance numbers, and narrative reflections, and provide accurate and timely program information to the Leadership Team for grant reporting. 
• Maintain annual and one-day clearances for all teaching team members, interns and volunteers at correctional partner sites and attend in-person and online CDCR volunteer and PAC training. 
• Maintain clear spreadsheets of supply needs within grant budgets and submit supply requests to the Administrative Coordinator and the CRM’s offices at correctional partner sites 
• Ensure that all supplies are accessible to the facilitators and participants and are continually inventoried 
• Ensure that all classes, cancellations, graduations and regional events are on the PAC calendar and that it remains up-to-date in collaboration with the Administrative Coordinator 

Other duties as assigned 5%

Knowledge and Abilities:

• Excellent oral and written communication and ability to collaborate with a team.
• Creative problem solver
• Empathetic
• Detail oriented
• Responsive
• Dedicated to PAC mission

Education & Experience

• Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in appropriate field related to program/project, or additional experience may be substituted for the required education on a year for year basis.
• Two years of progressively responsible experience in technical or administrative assignments.

Preferred Qualifications & Special Skills

• Master of Fine Arts degree preferred.
• Practicing and/or experienced artists preferred.
• At least four years of teaching experience total. The ideal candidate will have experience teaching in correctional settings.
• Experience with PAC or other Arts in Corrections organizations is preferred but not required.
• We strongly encourage candidates with lived experience of the justice system to apply for consideration.

Additional Applicant Information

• Candidate must reside in California and live within a commutable distance from SDSU at time of hire.
• Job offer is contingent upon satisfactory clearance based on background check results (including a criminal record check).
• San Diego State University Research Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with California law and federal civil rights laws, SDSU Research Foundation provides equal opportunity in employment without unlawful discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin or any other categories protected by federal or state law.  
• Employment decisions are based on an individual’s qualifications as they relate to the job under consideration. Our commitment to equal opportunity means ensuring that every employee has equal access to resources and support. 
• SDSU Research Foundation complies with Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the California Equity in Higher Education Act, California’s Proposition 209 (Art. I, Section 31 of the California Constitution), and other applicable state and federal anti-discrimination laws including grant or contract terms and conditions related to funded program activities. Further the SDSU Research Foundation maintains a Nondiscrimination Policy that prohibits discriminatory preferential treatment, segregation based on race or any other protected status, and all forms of unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in all programs, policies, and practices.  
• SDSU Research Foundation makes all employment decisions including, but not limited to, applicant screening, hiring, promotion, demotion, compensation, benefits, disciplinary actions, and terminations on the basis of merit.