Co-Director of The Educational Justice Institute (TEJI)

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Posting Description

CO-DIRECTOR, The Educational Justice Institute (TEJI), within MIT’s Experimental Study Group, advances educational opportunity for incarcerated individuals while engaging MIT students in learning about the criminal legal system. The Co-Director for Operations and Development partners with TEJI’s Director for strategy, operations, finance, and student-centered program leadership. The role leads strategic planning; develops funding strategies; identifies prospective funders; prepares grant proposals and reports; and cultivates relationships with MIT, correctional, community, and external partners. Leads communications, marketing, web, and social media. The Co-Director oversees academic administration for classes, tutoring, and other prison-based educational activities, including required permissions. With ESG’s Program Manager, supports undergraduates and mentors TEJI students. A central responsibility is robust financial stewardship: managing TEJI accounts, reconciliations, budgets, forecasts, payroll, internal controls, financial reporting, and compliance; monitoring spending and ensuring sound use of program resources. The role serves as TEJI’s primary finance liaison to ESG and GUE Finance. It is expected to provide oversight and, over time, supervise finance/administrative staff supporting TEJI.

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: Master’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience; a minimum of three years of progressively responsible management, operations, finance, or administrative experience; demonstrated ability to manage budgets, reconciliations, forecasting, and financial reporting with sound judgment and attention to detail; strong project-management, organizational, interpersonal, and written and oral communication skills; and ability to independently prioritize competing work, build collaborative relationships, and learn MIT administrative and financial systems; commitment to educational justice and social justice. PREFERRED: Experience with incarcerated populations, grant development, student advising, higher education, and/or technology or AI.

10/15/2026

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