[Hiring] Technical Assistance Coordinator @Alliance for Higher Education in Prison

Role Description

The Technical Assistance Coordinator is the Alliance’s primary representative and project lead on a five-year, $10.3M technical assistance partnership with the American Institutes for Research (AIR), funded by Ascendium and running from 2025 through 2030. This role is the hinge of the Alliance/AIR partnership, carrying the Alliance’s voice into project decisions and leading the Alliance’s share of the work across the grant’s four workstreams.

• Responsibilities grow over the five years: from active learning and supporting in Years 1–2 to leading and owning key functions by Years 4–5, including assuming management of RCHEP.
• The TA Coordinator reports to the Executive Director and works closely with the Programs Director and other Alliance team members.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant professional experience in higher education in prison, postsecondary access, reentry, workforce development, technical assistance, capacity building, network coordination, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading projects or programs with multiple constituents, deadlines, and moving parts.
• Demonstrated experience documenting complex work and building durable systems or processes that others can use.
• Strong facilitation, convening, and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Technological fluency, including high-level proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.
• Sensitivity to ethical storytelling, tone, clarity, and audience.
• Familiarity with the federal policy and funding context relevant to HEP.
• Availability for occasional evenings, weekends, and travel for convenings, conferences, and project events.

Requirements

• Lived experience with the criminal legal system (preferred).
• Direct experience working inside HEP programs, intermediary organizations, or adjacent reentry/workforce systems (preferred).
• Familiarity with technical assistance, capacity-building, or continuous-improvement frameworks (preferred).
• Experience facilitating or coordinating a community of practice, learning cohort, or multi-organization network (preferred).
• Experience contributing to a public-facing website or digital resource hub (preferred).

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
• A 401(k) with employer contributions.
• Generous PTO and paid holidays.

Company Description

The Alliance for Higher Education in Prison (the Alliance) is a national organization that builds the field-wide infrastructure needed to advance access to and excellence in higher education in prison and through reentry.

• Brings together practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and system-impacted individuals.
• Grounded in a commitment to centering the leadership and expertise of currently and formerly incarcerated people.
• Works to amplify voices, mobilize resources, and support the continued growth of the field.