The Director of Next Story Transitional House is responsible for managing and/or overseeing all Next Story transitional house programming, working with other HopeWorks departments to incorporate wraparound services provided through HopeWorks and coordinating services provided by partner organizations. The Director will oversee all aspects of Next Story including both program and administrative components of planning and services delivered in supporting the residents and the 24-hour operation of Next Story to support formerly justice involved men transitioning back to society. The Director will lead staff, manage program operations, ensure client success, and collaborate with community partners.  The Director of Next Story is responsible for achieving program goals. The Director will be responsible for providing vision, direction and oversight for the Next Story program, ensuring it aligns with the HopeWorks mission, vision and values. The Director must be a visible, supportive and consistent presence within Next Story. 

The Director is responsible for recruitment, scheduling, budget preparation, fiscal management, supervision and staff development, record keeping, and reporting to funding agencies as needed. The Director should anticipate up to twenty-five percent of their schedule will involve day travel and twenty-five percent of their travel will be over night in the task of recruitment and vetting of clients.  The Director will work with HopeWorks Leadership Team to identify services to create pathways and remove barriers to walk with clients toward sustainable housing, establishment of family stability, transportation and employment. They will maintain appropriate records and statistical data related to Next Story clients, providing data reports each month and annually.  The Director of Next Story will develop and maintain relationships with community partners, including social service agencies, courts and correctional facilities across Tennessee.  They will support efforts to seek and secure funding for the program through marketing Next Story in the community and fundraising initiatives as well as pursuit of grant funding. The Director of Next Story will ensure Next Story operates within legal requirements needed to maintain its’ status as an approved transitional home.  

The Director of Next Story is a member of HopeWorks leadership team and serves as a strategic partner in planning and implementing the future vision for the HopeWorks mission of providing hope in Jesus Christ and opportunities for sustainable work through education and lifelong services. The Director must be both a hands-on worker and an excellent manager. The Director must have the ability to strategically create plans to meet goals and objectives and work with other HopeWorks programs to move clients participating in Education, Life Services and Workforce toward sustainable job placement options

The Director of Next Story should model HopeWorks values and ethics central to the HopeWorks mission of “Hope in Christ”.  To be effective in this position, one must be caring, empathetic, conscientious, confidential, culturally-sensitive, and client-centered.  This individual should adhere to professional standards as outlined by rules and regulations governing their profession. 

The Community Instructional Site Lead oversees the Adult Basic Education instructional team located at various site locations throughout Shelby County. Instructional services include HopeWorks Adult Basic Education classes within Correction sites and other community partner sites where the Community Instructional Site Lead will prepare and execute instruction of students. The site Lead can expect to manage multiple sites and the teaching team, student coordinators, and success coaches assigned to the specific site.  The Instructional Site Lead will periodically contact students regarding progress, holding advising sessions for Adult Basic Education students, recording and verifying the accuracy of data.

The Community Site Lead will use performance data to inform instructional decisions. They must be willing to work with a team to accomplish program goals, and conscientious about keeping and maintaining accurate records. They are responsible for helping students progress in their academic and career goals by earning a High School Equivalency (HSE) Diploma and/or growing their basic skills in Math, Language, Science, Social Studies, and Reading, as demonstrated by progressing through the six Educational Functioning Levels defined by the National Reporting System (NRS) (as evidenced by achieving measurable skills gains).

The Adult Basic Education Community Site Lead should model HopeWorks values and ethics central to the HopeWorks mission of “Hope in Christ”.  To be effective in this position, one must be caring, empathetic, conscientious, confidential, culturally-sensitive, and client-centered.  This individual should adhere to professional standards as outlined by rules and regulations governing their profession. 

The part-time Instructor of Anatomy & Physiology will tutor/instruct Nursing IET students at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology. A strong background in Anatomy & Physiology is required. Nurses and Health Care workers with an Anatomy and Physiology background plus an ability to tutor, coach and instruct are encouraged to apply. A math background is preferred.

The part-time Adult Basic Education Instructor of Anatomy and Physiology works with the HopeWorks Adult Basic Education instructional team to coordinate instruction. Instructors can expect to prepare lessons, instruct students, collaborate with staff, contact students regarding progress, and record data. The instructor should be engaging, using performance data to inform instructional decisions, willing to work with a team to accomplish program goals, and conscientious about keeping and recording accurate records. The instructor is responsible for ensuring an educational atmosphere where adult students have the opportunity to fulfill their academic and career goals.

The successful part-time Instructor should have an understanding of data-based instruction, strong understanding of Basic Adult Education, the ability to relate and build rapport with people of diverse backgrounds, and proficiency with computers and software, such as G Suite, Google Classroom, and Promethean Boards. He or she should be reliable, professional, and have excellent interpersonal skills. The instructor should also be able to differentiate instruction based on student needs and integrate skills and content to deliver cohesive integrated lessons.

The Instructor should model HopeWorks values and ethics central to the HopeWorks mission of “Hope in Christ”.  To be effective in this position, one must be caring, empathetic, conscientious, confidential, culturally-sensitive, and client-centered.  This individual should adhere to professional standards as outlined by rules and regulations governing their profession.