Coordinator, Contracts

About the Organization

The Center for Justice Innovation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing community safety and racial justice. Since 1996, we’ve worked alongside communities, courts, and those most directly affected by the justice system to build stronger, healthier, and more equitable neighborhoods. With a team of over 900 staff and an annual budget of $130 million, the Center carries out its mission through three core strategies:

• Operating Programs that pilot new ideas and address local challenges;
• Conducting original research to evaluate what works—and what doesn’t;
• Providing expert assistance and policy guidance to reformers across the country and beyond.

The Center is seeking an experienced Contracts Coordinator to join our Contracts Operations Team to support the administration and oversight of the Center’s end‑to‑end contracting process. Reporting to the Contracts Manager, the Contracts Coordinator will assist with managing the revenue contracting process to ensure the timely execution, ongoing review, and reporting of all the Center’s revenue generating grants and contracts, and will also manage the expense contracting process to ensure timely review, approval, and execution of all expense contracts.

• Support the Contracts Manager with contracts management, ensuring strong communication, coordination, and timely execution of tasks across all departments involved for both revenue and expense contracts;
• Act as a point of contact for all contracts and grants related inquiries and facilitate effective communication between Program Operations and Administrative functions;
• Provide timely updates and reports on the progress, challenges, and outcomes of contracts and grants management projects to stakeholders.

• Foster effective collaboration between Program Operations and Administrative functions, promoting a cohesive and efficient contracts and grants management process;
• Collaborate with departments such as Legal, Finance, Development, People, and Technology to ensure smooth coordination and alignment in contracts and grants‑related activities;
• Contribute to the facilitation of cross‑functional meetings and serve as a liaison to address and resolve issues that arise during the contracts and grants management processes.

• Assist with organizing and running monthly contracts management meetings for each Project Portfolio involving Grant Management, Program Operations, Development, Finance, Legal, and other relevant stakeholders;
• Develop meeting agendas, collect and distribute pre‑meeting materials, and document action steps and decisions made during meetings;
• Provide project management support to ensure the timely execution of action items for contracts and grants and address any challenges or issues that may arise.

• Review funder contracting guidelines, deadlines, and gather required documents and forms (e.g., insurance forms, work scopes, budgets, etc.);
• Secure appropriate signatures from the Center's Executives and Board of Directors;
• Submit contract packages to appropriate agencies and/or other funder organizations and individuals via online platforms, mail, e‑mail, or in person;
• Work with funder contract managers to address any questions;
• Update funder compliance forms and systems as needed;
• Perform additional tasks and projects as necessary.

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 3-5 years of experience in finance, business management, or nonprofit administration (Notary Public and experience with nonprofit organizations are required).;
• Excellent written communication skills, ability to work in a multi‑disciplinary setting and maintain strong relationships with multiple agencies and organizations, both onsite and community‑based;
• Experience working with government grants and contracts, strong project management skills, high energy, curiosity about the Center’s work, and talent for technology;
• Strong interpersonal communication, exceptional organizational and time‑management skills, experience as a change maker, and an aptitude for technology.