Joint Venture Facilitator

Overview

The Last Mile, a San Francisco, CA-based non-profit, is the first prison program in the U.S. to provide in-prison software engineering training. Our mission is to provide opportunities for personal and professional growth for justice-involved individuals through education and technology training. By joining The Last Mile, you will be part of a mission-driven team focused on transforming lives and creating opportunities for justice-impacted individuals. 

The TLM Joint Venture (JV) Facilitator works on-site at the California Institute for Women (CIW) to supervise the Software Engineering (NBCU) and Artist Development (SoundGirl) programs and manage daily operations.

This role serves as the primary point of contact for the incarcerated women (interns) working in the JVP. The facilitator ensures a productive, professional environment while interns develop software applications and edit long and short-form audio/video content. This position reports to the ProOps Manager and is an on-site role located within the CIW facility.

Responsibilities

Joint Venture Operations

• Dual-Track Supervision: Manage a split schedule consisting of 4 hours of Software Engineering oversight and 4 hours of Multimedia/Artist Development oversight.
• Technical Sounding Board: Act as a "rubber ducky" for interns—listening to them explain their logic or signal flow to help them identify their own errors in code (HTML/CSS/JS) or production (Pro Tools/DaVinci Resolve).
• Culture & Environment: Create and maintain a healthy, professional, and constructive workplace culture that mirrors the tech and creative industries.
• Vocational Training: Provide hands-on guidance and job skill development in a real-world setting without needing to perform the technical tasks yourself.
• Workflow Management: Oversee the project lifecycle from design/capture through deployment, ensuring interns use GitLab, Figma, and production software effectively.
• Mentorship: Empower interns to set and work towards individual goals, including building personal plans and practicing self-advocacy.
• Communication: Facilitate remote meetings for interns and serve as the primary liaison between participants and TLM executive staff.
• Compliance: Report all acts of misconduct that violate laws or institutional rules to CIW authorities and defer to custody staff in emergencies.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Administrative & Logistical