Group Violence Intervention Project Manager

Position: Group Violence Intervention (GVI) Project Manager

Reports To: Temporary Position/Reports to Director of Grants & Philanthropy

Salaried: Yes
FLSA Status: Exempt

Summary Scope of Work:

This is a full-time (equivalent to 40 hr/wk) temporary position (through 2026) funded by American Rescue Plan Act funding for the City of Pontiac. This position is responsible for coordinating the Group Violence Intervention on behalf of the City, along with ensuring coordination with all other partner organizations and the overall implementation of the program.

The Project Manager is primarily responsible for nurturing and maintaining all the partnership relationships, including but not limited to frontline staff in law enforcement, support and outreach, and community engagement to carry out the day-to-day work for this team. Even when actions are not required, the whole partnership needs to be continuously and proactively nurtured and maintained. This may include coordination amongst other independent agencies, periodically evaluating smooth implementations, adding capacity where needed and developing problem solving solutions when needed.

Core Duties/Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain strong relationships with the diverse stakeholders in the GVI, including both the frontline and executive law enforcement partners, community-based organizations, and social service providers, including coordinating and chairing the executive working group. Communicate regular updates on the status of implementation to affiliated partners and other organizations.
• Create and manage organizational structure for the GVI implementation, including executive working group and subcommittees to manage activities of the law enforcement team, support and outreach team, and community engagement team.
• Coordinate the day-to-day operations of the GVI, including law enforcement operations, support and outreach activities and activation of the community’s moral voice. This includes ensuring that enforcement actions are proceeding appropriately, custom notifications are deployed effectively, community supporters are identified and engaged, and effective case management is occurring for clients in services.
• Coordinate the strategic operations of the GVI, including law enforcement operations, support and outreach activities, and activation of the community’s moral voice. This includes ensuring that system are in place to sustain GVI over time, e.g. regular group/gang audits and incident reviews are occurring, all working groups have stable membership and clear goals and community engagement is aligned with law enforcement and social service activities.
• Work with law enforcement and social service partners to ensure that core activities are properly tracked and documented and that intelligence on group member involvement in serious violence is maintained and shared appropriately.
• Engage partners in collaborative problem solving to remove barriers and address challenges that arise in implementation.
• Take the lead on professional and administrative work
• Act as liaison to governmental agencies, funders and media
• Plan, organize and moderate call-ins
• Maintain confidentiality

Minimum Skills and Competencies for the Position and Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree with emphasis in Social Work or related field
• Ability to deliver effective outreach and community stakeholder presentations
• Experience in working with justice-involved populations
• Demonstrated knowledge of challenges facing justice-involved populations
• Experience in coordinating service delivery in urban environment
• Demonstrated working knowledge of supportive services and resources
• Demonstrated ability to advocate, organize and problem-solve
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Facility with word processing and basic databases (e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel)

Additional Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Social Work
• Experience working in prison reentry programs a plus