About the Opportunity

This position will contribute to the Center's mission to provide educational access and support to incarcerated students as well as to develop educational reentry services for students approaching release or who have been released. The Reentry Coordinator will serve as the primary point of contact for students who are released from our prison education program. This involves travel to select prisons and requires possessing a valid driver's license.

What You'll Do

• Assist in providing support to students at SCI Greene, a maximum-security prison in PA, who are approaching release or have been released, which may include helping students continue their education at WVU or elsewhere, apply for emergency funding, access technology support, and navigate other support resources
• Center Operations
  • Assist with annual onsite teacher training and convening
  • Attend weekly core team meetings
  • Attend monthly Advisory Council meetings
  • Assist with fundraising and educational events
• Recruit applicants for the Reentry Fund and Darrin Lester Scholarship; provide educational support to recipients of Reentry Fund awards and Darrin Lester Scholarships
• Assist with convening of a WV and southwestern consortium of prison education and reentry organizations
• Work with the Director and Program Coordinator on the planning for a WVU Higher Education in Prison Symposium in summer 2028.
• Assist with distribution and updating of a Reentry Guide for West Virginia and southwestern PA
• Identify relevant data needed to evaluate reentry program's effectiveness and assist with collection