Careers

• Program Management (Managing the recruitment and enrollment process for students, Maintain class structure, monitor attendance, and manage participant records, Supervise Teaching Assistants)

• Career Readiness & Re-entry Preparation (Lead pre- and post-program career readiness training, including resume writing, interview prep, and professional communication)

• Employer Engagement & Workforce Development (Recruit industry professionals to speak virtually or visit the facility in person to share their career journeys and insights with participants of this program)

• Reporting & Evaluation (Track student progress, graduation rates, and re-entry outcomes)

• Preferred, Bachelor’s degree in a related field (e.g., Education, Workforce Development, Social Work, Computer Science) OR 3+ years of relevant experience working with a similar population.

• Outgoing, positive and generally enthusiastic to support individuals finding employment out of prison, manage relationships with DOC staff everything from PO officers, case managers to the every staff member who works in the warden’s office.

• Familiarity with the tech industry or a willingness to quickly learn core concepts.

• Excellent communication and exceptional organizational skills.

• Professionalism and sensitivity when working in a correctional facility environment.

• Must have reliable transportation and the ability to commute daily to MECC in Eureka, MO.

• Please note, this is not a remote or hybrid position. Applicants must be available to work onsite, Monday through Friday, from 7:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

About Us:

Unlocked Labs is a non-profit organization that partners with correctional educators and state corrections departments to design technology infrastructure to better deploy programs and track outcomes, in order to understand efficacy and inform best practices in the justice system.

Our team, which includes justice-impacted software developers, technology industry experts, and education and corrections professionals, works to:

• Build the open-source, public infrastructure is needed to support correctional program outcomes.
• Train, employ, and empower justice-impacted individuals to obtain upwardly-mobile careers upon release.
• Serve as thought-leaders in the correctional education and workforce development space to promote human-centered outcomes and enable smart decarceration.

What we offer:

Unlocked Labs' theory of change is that, by empowering individuals to take charge of their own futures, we can both unlock their upward mobility and create a fairer justice system. This applies to our employees, too: it's important to us that our team members can pursue the skills and projects they want to build their long-term future. Not only are we a mission-aligned organization, but individual growth and satisfaction is paramount to our organization's success. Have an idea that you want to roll out? Want to change up one of our processes or implement new software? Looking to learn a new skill and apply it? Come up with a plan and pitch it; we'll give feedback around implementing it.

We also provide a wide range of benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Group Health Insurance
• Group Dental and Vision Insurance
• Team outings to local businesses of St. Louis
• Free drinks and snacks at our coworking space
• ~25 paid days off, not including holidays: 15 days of PTO, to be used at your discretion; a team-wide “Wellness Week,” where the entire team is off; and the week between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day.