Job Description
POSITION: Peer Navigator
OFFICE: Mayor's Office on Returning Citizen Affairs (MORCA)
OPEN: November 21, 2025
CLOSED: December 5, 2025
GRADE: Excepted Service, Grade 4 (ES-4)
SALARY: $62,751.00
This is an Excepted Service position. Selected candidate must be a District resident or establish residency within 180 days of hire.
Current District of Columbia residents will receive priority and advanced preference for screening and interviews. background
The Mayor's Office on Returning Citizen Affairs (MORCA) provides useful information for the empowerment of previously incarcerated persons in order to create a productive and supportive environment where persons may thrive, prosper, and contribute to the social, political, and economic development of self, family, and community. MORCA's mission is to provide zealous advocacy, high-quality services and products, and up-to-date information for the empowerment of previously incarcerated persons. For more information on the office, please visit here:
In order to be successful in this role, you will need to have prior experience in both program management, coordinate efforts across departments and knowledgeable of DC reentry and returning Citizens resources.
Major duties
- Help returning citizens navigate local supportive care systems, using personal and professional experiences.
- Strengthen partnerships between the District’s returning citizen community, the Mayor’s Office on Returning Citizen's Affairs (MORCA), and organizations serving the returning citizen community.
- Identify areas of need in the District's returning citizen community and work with the Director to establish and maintain strategic relationships with community organizations.
- Organize and facilitate returning citizen stakeholder meetings with members of the community, Service Organizations, District agencies, and Federal agencies.
- Coordinates services among District agencies to ensure timely responses to community concerns.
- Works together with other Community Affairs Agencies in the development of community engagement strategies.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
COMPETENCIES, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Knowledge of the mission, goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and regulations of MORCA.
- Knowledge of the program services provided through MORCA and other partnering agencies.
- Able to work well under pressure and meet tough deadlines in a fast paced, demanding environment.
- Constituent focused; positive outlook; strong people skills.
- Experience with core issues facing the returning citizen community.
- Knowledge of and skill in the application of analytical and evaluative theories, concepts, procedures, methods, standards and practices to the interpretation of policy, and to meet existing and future service requirements.
- Ability to organize and manage projects; to review, analyze, and evaluate data; and to prepare analytical reports.
Minimum qualifications
- Must be a returning citizen who's successfully navigated District programs designed to engage and reintegrated.
- Direct personal or professional experience with the District of Columbia's returning citizens community.
- Demonstrated experience engaging with the returning citizen community with a focus of connecting people to available services and benefits.
Work environment
The work is performed primarily in-person. Times in the field are frequently required for related events.
SPECIAL NOTE - SECURITY SENSITIVE
This position is deemed security sensitive. The incumbent of this position will be subject to enhanced suitability screening pursuant to Chapter 4 of DC Personnel Regulations, Suitability – Security Sensitive.
RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT
There is a legal requirement that each new appointee to the Excepted Service either:
- be a District of Columbia resident at the time of appointment; or
- become a District resident within one hundred eighty (180) days of appointment.
The law also requires that Excepted Service employees remain District residents during the duration of the individual’s appointment. Failure to remain a District resident for the duration of the appointment will result in forfeiture of employment.
If you are interested in this role, please upload your resume and answer the questionnaire. Only the candidates deemed most suited for the position based on resume will receive a call to schedule further discussion.
Job Tags
Full time, Work at office, Local area,