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Department: Managed Services Client - The Ahimsa Collective

The Ahimsa Collective supports healing, builds safety, and challenges punitive thinking and practices. We work directly in our locality and support justice-based movements through training and technical assistance, opportunities to convene, and grantmaking to organizations doing similar work nationwide. For more information, visit The Ahimsa Collective.

The Facilitator 2 will facilitate processes for the Healing Pathways program at The Ahimsa Collective. Healing Pathways runs in-prison groups called Realize, Empathize, and PATH, the Restorative Justice in the Community (RJC) program, Victim Offender Dialogues (VOD), and survivor support groups. This position is not to exceed 1040 hours a year. This position is based on the availability of grants and may terminate on 12/31/2025.

Skillfully facilitate healing and accountability processes that include but are not limited to groups and one-on-one dialogues from start to finish. Tasks include organizing meetings with co-facilitators and participants, moving processes along, preparing for final meetings, and creating closure for participants.

Demonstrate and share knowledge with apprentice facilitators of the Realize, Empathize, or PATH in-prison curriculum. Show capacity to teach the concepts and exercises in the curriculum to participants. And/or have previously facilitated 2-3 VOD or RJC processes with The Ahimsa Collective or its equivalent in another setting.

Creatively integrate their own exercises, or applicable concepts within group or one-on-one sessions.

Demonstrate and share a comprehensive understanding of restorative and transformative justice and trauma healing principles with apprentice facilitators and their application to working with survivors and responsible parties.

Establish trusting relationships and rapport with participants, one-on-one or in groups, and demonstrate the capacity to create a safe environment for participants.

Foster the agency and the voice of each participant. Skillfully identify and reflect participant feelings, facilitate a deeper process, and constructively engage conflict that may arise.

Observe interpersonal or group dynamics and make appropriate suggestions.

Have a strong foundation of how power and oppression work in both interpersonal and group dynamics. Understand how culture, race, gender, age, ability, gender identity, intersectionality, and worldviews, inform a participant’s lived experience.

Understand one's own positionality and demonstrate the ability to lead an effective process without being overly controlling.

Identify and integrate personal narratives regarding past history while maintaining professional boundaries. Facilitators should have significantly processed and integrated their lived experiences to avoid projecting them onto the group.

Critically self-reflect on one's capacity as a facilitator, articulate those reflections, and remain open to growth and feedback from participants, colleagues, and supervisors.

Communicate well and consistently with other facilitators and The Ahimsa Collective staff through phone, email, text, and in-person.

Receive and offer constructive feedback to further learning and capacity as facilitators.

Organize meetings with co-facilitators and other Ahimsa Collective staff.

Attend monthly facilitator meetings.

Timely reporting of hours worked, invoicing, and liability waivers, as well as completing any other administrative tasks as assigned.

If assigned as an in-prison facilitator, must not be absent from 2 or more sessions. Absences for 2 or more sessions may lead to termination.

Perform other duties as assigned.

3-5 years of experience facilitating in-prison groups or one-on-one dialogues between harmed and responsible parties.

3-5 years of experience working in an incarcerated setting for VOD or in-prison group facilitation.

3-5 years of directly impacted lived experience or 5-7 years as a trained facilitator in the field.

Strong understanding of the impact of the criminal legal system, incarceration, and gender-based violence on communities.

Strong understanding of environmental, social, and historical conditions that impact communities of color, with a commitment to supporting these communities in their agency and leadership. Solid understanding of racial justice and patriarchy.

Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

Ability to manage, track, and complete workload independently. Self-motivated and driven.

Strong organizational skills and ability to track multiple projects.

Ability to work nights and weekends.

Willingness to communicate through various media platforms (email, phone, text) based on participants' needs.

Must have reliable means of transportation to get to and from worksite(s)

Must have a Class A Drivers license and Government Issued Valid ID.

This position is not eligible for medical, dental, or vision or chiropractor.

Benefits include federally mandated time off requests.

The Ahimsa Collective is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to maintaining a culturally diverse work environment that reflects the makeup of the communities we serve. People with diverse personal experiences are encouraged to apply, especially people of color, bilingual English-Spanish speakers, LGBTQIA+, women-identified, and those who have been formerly incarcerated or impacted by incarceration.