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Law & Justice Program Specialist (Oakland, California)

McCullum Youth Court (MYC) is a dynamic organization whose mission, in essence, is to change young lives and impact communities by providing empowering opportunities for youth through restorative peer justice in Alameda County. The conceptual pillars of our work are restorative justice, peer accountability, and resiliency/developmental assets. Since 1994, MYC has provided early intervention and youth development services to the city of Oakland, gradually expanding to Berkeley, Alameda, Albany, Emeryville, and Piedmont. Based in Oakland, MYC is a growing organization with a commitment to the youth offender population and youth at risk for involvement in the juvenile justice system. Disproportionate minority contact (DMC) is a priority concern in current program endeavors.

The Law & Justice Program Specialist is responsible for planning, implementing, documenting, evaluating, and growing all aspects of peer leadership for restorative justice after school programming at two alternative high schools in Oakland. Vision is to cultivate restorative justice within the school communities. This position is primarily a direct service position. Two half-time positions are available.

Head of Information Systems (London)

In line with the rapidly developing business needs of Victim Support you will design and implement the information systems strategy across the organisation. You will also oversee outsourced services, systems development, and technical and user support. You must be business focused and have significant experience of people, programme and budget management. You should also have a proven ability to design and manage complex IT infrastructure architectures.

Victim Support is the national charity helping over 1.75 million people affected by crime every year.

Information Resources Manager (London)

You will investigate and analyse all parts of the organisation to determine information systems requirements. You will also manage the resources needed to carry out system development work and the associated budgets. You must have experience of constructing information systems, including data assets and information flows. In addition a detailed knowledge of the software development lifecycles, project and budget management is required.

Victim Support is the national charity helping over 1.75 million people affected by crime every year.

Professor of Education and Restorative Practices (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)

The International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP), a new, innovative graduate school in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, seeks a Professor of Education and Restorative Practices. (The IIRP has trained tens of thousands worldwide in restorative practices and hosted many international conferences.) See www.iirp.org/jobs for further details.

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September 2007