Employment Opportunities

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Program Coordination

  • Build and maintain strong relationships with prison and community partners. Perform outreach, and identify new partnerships and needs.

  • Administer logistics for external and internal workshops and art engagements including scheduling, transportation, volunteers, permits and authorizations, material procurement.

  • Oversees daily operations for carceral programs.

  • Create and maintain program records, reports, presentations, proposals, and curricula. Gather participant data and compile reports for funders and impact reports.

  • Facilitate workshops with the Program Manager, Art Therapist, and other Life On Art staff.

  • Coordinate program communications between staff, participants, partner organizations and other stakeholders. Co-create marketing materials and support distribution.

Marketing and Communication 

  • Contribute to co-written newsletter and create program specific content. Create social media content showcasing SQRC program and Life On Art’s community building.

  • Plan and implement Life On Art events with colleagues and volunteers. 

  • Represent Life On Art at community and prison events. 

Team Collaboration

  • Participate in team meetings, professional development, and organizational events.

  • Contribute to a culture of learning, shared leadership, and creativity.

  • Be a proactive, flexible, and engaged member of a small but passionate team.

Program Coordinator

We’re seeking a skilled, mission-driven Program Coordinator to support creative arts based mental wellbeing programs, like Life On Art’s Heart Stories, at correctional facilities. This role combines strong administrative leadership with hands-on support for workshops, participant engagement, and collaboration across teams and partners.

In addition to its strong administrative focus, this role supports workshop facilitation, fosters participant engagement, and helps build a collaborative environment among incarcerated individuals, correctional staff and nonprofit allies.

The ideal candidate is organized, creative, and committed to social justice. They’re a strong communicator, comfortable in correctional institution settings, and able to balance logistics with relationship-building. A background and/or passion for the arts or mental health is a plus. Lived experience or deep community ties are highly valued. Occasional evening and weekend availability required.

Job Requirements and Qualifications

Education and Experience:

  • At least 2 years experience in program coordination, administration, carceral systems, or nonprofit program support, preferably in community-based or justice-related settings.

  • Strong organizational and administrative skills with a track record of managing multiple priorities and logistics effectively.

  • Comfortable working in correctional or institutional environments; experience working with incarcerated populations and correctional staff is a strong plus.

English Language Communication Skills: 

  • Fluency in oral and written English required, knowledge of other languages (in particular, Spanish) is a plus.

  • Strong written and oral communication skills.

  • Strong interpersonal and listening skills required, with sensitivity and appreciation for diverse viewpoints and various communication styles.

Function-Specific Skills:

  • Project management skills and ability to juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

  • Ability to manage several tasks and competing priorities in a highly collaborative, multi-stakeholder environment.

  • Demonstrates cooperation, respect, empathy, and proactive and clear communication, and positively contributes to team morale and healthy engagement with clients and collaborators.

  • Ability to work collaboratively, articulate clear expectations, and negotiate needs and resources with colleagues.

Technical Skills:

  • Competently uses Salesforce, Excel, Squarespace, Monday.com, Jotform, Mailchimp, Zoom, Slack, and Canva.

  • Artistic skills like sketching, painting, design, sculpting, videography, photography, printmaking, color theory or other creative arts are welcome but not required. 

Judgment and Independence: 

  • Ability to exercise good judgment, manage time effectively to solve problems, and respond appropriately to changing circumstances and priorities. 

  • Ability to work independently and proactively, and as part of a vibrant and diverse team. 

  • Commitment to the vision, mission, and values that underlie Life On Art’s work.

  • Ability to handle sensitive information with a high degree of confidentiality.

  • High proficiency with follow-through, dependability, and attention to detail to meet deadlines with accuracy. 

Physical Demands: 

  • Must be able to use a computer for extended periods of time up to 8 hours per day.  

  • Must be able to frequently communicate orally in-person, online (e.g. Zoom meetings) and by telephone.

  • Must be able to lift and move small objects up to 15 pounds. 

Attendance and Availability: 

  • Must be able to work during normal office hours. 

  • Must be available to occasionally work outside of regular hours when needed.

  • Must be available to travel within CA for occasional meetings and conferences.

The pay range of this non-exempt position is $31.00 - $36.00 an hour.

To apply, please send your resume and a cover letter to jobs@lifeonart.org.  

Submissions without a cover letter will not be considered.

Life On Art  makes the transformational healing power of art available to those that often feel unseen and forgotten. Through community building and artistic activism, we advocate for human rights and systemic change.


We invite communities’ impacted by systemic injustices to art workshops where they explore and share their stories, and build components of large-scale artworks. These programs foster a sense of belonging, self-expression, hope and purpose. Together with our volunteers, we provide workshops for schools, the public, and those in the caring professions. Life On Art works in California state correctional facilities and psychiatric hospitals, with at-promise youth, with veterans, and with nonprofit partners to serve trauma-impacted people. 


All qualified applicants will receive consideration without discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition, disability, or sexual orientation. As an equal opportunity employer, Life On Art is committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. People of color, differently-abled people, formerly incarcerated, and LGBTQ+ persons are strongly encouraged to apply.