Verainstituteofjustice

About the role: The Mid-Level Gifts Manager is responsible for the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of a portfolio of individual donors, helping to grow and sustain philanthropic support for Vera’s mission. This role manages a defined group of mid-level donors, implements targeted engageme

About the role: The Events Manager will lead a strategic portfolio of donor engagement events designed to deepen relationships with supporters and advance the organization’s fundraising goals. This role will oversee 2–3 boutique cultivation and stewardship events annually for ultra-high-net-wo

About the team: Vera's work in New Orleans began in 2006, when the City Council invited us to assess the criminal justice system and propose reforms as part of post-Katrina recovery efforts. Since then, we have become a nexus for advancing evidence-based reform and have demonstrated that change is n

About the team: As Restoring Promise prepares for the new phase of our strategic plan, we seek an individual passionate about criminal legal reform, with a particular interest in transforming prison culture and conditions. The intern will support the Designed for Dignity statewid

About the team: Redefining Public Safety (RPS) Initiative aims to create a paradigm shift in how public safety is defined and achieved in the United States by helping build and sustain community-centered solutions and discontinuing harmful policies in our current enforcement-centered systems. Using

About the role: The Systems and Process Improvement Intern will work closely with the Operations Manager, Finan ce and Finance team to support financial operations, accounting processes, and strategic initiatives. This role will assist with projects at the i

About the team: Access to employment and housing is essential to success in reentry and post-release well-being, but both good jobs and stable housing can be elusive for people with conviction histories. The Opening Doors and Unlocking Potential team is working to create pipelines into m

About the team: The Greater Justice New York GJNY Program Director is responsible for leading the program’s work—from a macro-level vision of what Vera’s role is in reforming New York’s criminal justice and public safety systems to the micro-level day-to-day responsibility of supervision

About the team: The Vera Institute of Justice’s Restoring Promise transforms prison cultures, climates, and spaces in partnership with correctional leaders and realigns corrections policies and practice with a commitment to human dignity. The team trains correctional staff as leaders and

About the team: The Redefining Public Safety (RPS) Initiative at the Vera Institute of Justice helps jurisdictions to adopt comprehensive approaches to public safety by championing solutions that prevent crime and break its cycle. The RPS team has substantive expertise in alternatives to crisis resp

About the team: Vera’s Advocacy & Partnerships (A&P) department serves as the organization’s “center of gravity” for initiatives and projects as we work in greater alignment with others in the movement ecosystem to win real, transformative criminal legal and immigration policy change. In add

About the team: Vera's Legal Department provides comprehensive in-house legal services to the organization, including each of its administrative departments, initiatives, and projects, and to its Board of Trustees. With a creative and problem-solving orientation, the team advises staff of Ver