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Program Manager

Location: New Orleans, LA 

Freedom to Grow is an abolitionist-driven initiative at the intersection of art, land-based healing justice, community empowerment, and archival practices. Guided by the belief that plants and the natural world provide the roadmap to liberation, we envision and create a world without prisons by fostering connections between environmental justice, abolitionist creative practices, and transformative change.

Freedom to Grow is looking for a Program Manager to support the Executive and Creative Directors at the John Thompson Legacy Center for Abolition and Beyond, providing logistic, administrative assistance and creative collaboration. We are a small team with an extremely ambitious vision for the years ahead. 

The ideal candidate is a self-starter who prioritizes frequent and clear communication. Please be familiar with the principles of abolition and passionate about uplifting the stories of formerly and currently incarcerated visionaries. Must also recognize the vast importance of creative practices in determining a landscape without prisons. 

Key responsibilities include:

  • Building Operations and JTLC Programming

    • Manage building operations of the John Thompson Legacy Center, including ordering supplies, overseeing building repairs and maintenance, and other needs that emerge. 

    • Coordinate logistics around programming with organizations that utilize the space.

    • Support the design and implementation of community programming, workshops, and collaborative opportunities. 

    • Manage part-time event staff to support evening and weekend programming. 

  • Program Development 

    • Manage the development of new programming, including a Freedom to Grow summer internship program. 

  • Administrative Support

    • Support the Executive and Creative Directors in scheduling, expense reimbursement, drafting, and other administrative support as needed. 

    • Manage content development for the JTLC and Freedom to Grow instagram accounts

Qualifications: 

The following qualifications are essential to success in this role:  

  • Two to five years of experience working in nonprofit organizations, or related experience managing programs. 

  • Willingness to work at least four days in office per week in New Orleans. 

  • Ability to start working full-time in early November. 

  • An understanding and commitment to Prison Industrial Complex abolition and racial justice. 

  • Extremely detail-oriented and adept at handling logistics. 

  • Frequent and clear communicator. 

  • Someone who is self-motivated and will be comfortable working on a small team. 

  • Ability to juggle competing demands and highly-developed organizational skill

  • The ability to travel for work, and willingness to attend evening and weekend meetings when necessary.

  • The ability to lift 25 pounds without assistance. 

  • A driver’s license.

Additionally, these qualifications are not essential but valued:

  • Direct experience with the criminal justice system

  • Experience working at an arts-based organization

We strongly encourage applications from system-impacted individuals. We are open to applications from candidates with non-traditional backgrounds. 

Salary and Benefits:

  • Salary Range starts at $70,000/year

  • Benefits include 

    • fully-subsidized employee health care

    • a matching 401k program

    • 14 days of paid vacation, in addition to holiday leave 

    • Free use of JTLC for mission-aligned programming 

To apply, please email to alexis@freedomtogrow.org in One PDF by October 10th: 

  • A resume or CV detailing relevant experience

  • A brief 2-3 paragraph cover letter that speaks to your interest in the position and work of Freedom to Grow

  • Contact information for 2-3 references

Timeline: 

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We are aiming to complete our hiring process by the end of October, with a start date in early November.