Director of Programs
$125,000–$125,000 year
On-siteNew York, United States
Job Summary
Define a programmatic vision for Sakhi's clinical, crisis intervention, counseling, and youth justice programs while providing strategic leadership across the Anti-Violence, Mental Health Counseling, and Youth Justice verticals. Supervise Associate Directors and build team capacity by establishing clear workflows, fostering collaboration, and coaching staff on trauma-informed care, cultural humility, and crisis intervention. Oversee the provision of survivor-centered services, ensuring best practices in justice-based advocacy and culturally responsive engagement remain central to program design. Evaluate program efficacy through performance metrics and community feedback to support continuous quality improvement and inform strategic decision-making. Build partnerships with mental health providers, healthcare systems, and community agencies to address barriers impacting South Asian survivors. Establish monitoring and evaluation frameworks, collaborate with Development and Finance teams on grant implementation, and ensure compliance with funder requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Masters degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, or related field
- SIFI certification required within the first year in this role
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive leadership experience in gender-based violence, crisis intervention, behavioral health, youth services, clinical practice, or related fields
- Demonstrated experience supervising multidisciplinary teams and leading community-based initiatives
- Strong knowledge of trauma-informed care, crisis intervention, mental health frameworks, and survivor-centered practices
- Experience working with South Asian and/or Carribean, immigrant, and/or historically marginalized communities
- Strong communication, relationship-building, strategic planning, and project management skills
- Commitment to Sakhi's mission and values
- Some evenings and weekends will be required
Desired Qualifications
- Understands and appreciates the South Asian and Indo-Carribean experience and is able to work with diverse communities (race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, age, gender identity, class, etc.)
- Bilingual in a South Asian and/or Indo-Carribean language
- Excellent training and public speaking skills with experience addressing a wide range of audiences
- Experience with designing and using monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks
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