Job Description

About the Opportunity

826 Boston seeks a creative team member with strong organizational skills to serve as the Writers’ Room Manager at the Boston Teachers Union K8 Pilot School (BTU). We are seeking a candidate with a strong command of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles and approaches, who can build on the current strengths of the BTU Writers’ Room program, including elementary-level teacher partnerships, social-emotional supports for middle-grade students, and student-centered publications.

The manager will also support the program’s future growth, including building connections with school leaders, teachers, and students and ensure high-quality, responsive programming.

How to Apply:  You should include a cover letter in your application addressing why you are interested in 826 Boston and how your experience has prepared you for this position. The priority application deadline for this position is August 11th. After that date, applications will be considered on a rolling basis. It is in your best interest to apply as soon as possible.

Mission

826 Boston is a nonprofit writing, tutoring, and publishing organization where students in grades K-12 and beyond can share their stories, amplify their voices, and develop as leaders in school and in life.

Responsibilities

Program Management

• Oversee all aspects programming at Boston Teachers Union K8 Pilot School 826 Boston Writers’ Room, in-class writing support, creative writing workshops, after-school programs, and publication projects
• Identify and collaborate with partner teachers across subject areas to effectively leverage 826 Boston’s writing support to meet student needs and school priorities
• Serve as key liaison between 826 Boston, BTU students, teachers, and leadership, local artists and authors, and community partners
• Represent 826 Boston at school conferences and meetings; co-lead bi-annual meetings with school leaders alongside the Writers’ Room Director
• Collaborate with the 826 Boston Publishing Team in executing program publishing projects, including classroom publications and program-wide collections
• Identify and collaborate with authors, teaching artists, and local organizations to incorporate author talks and writing workshops into the Writers’ Room programming
• Maintain program data, including tracking volunteer and student attendance, ensuring the completion of student and teacher surveys, and collecting student release forms
• Conduct and coordinate program evaluation in partnership with Director of Impact to measure and monitor student progress, improve program design, and report out on program impact to school partners
• Collaborate with Writers’ Room Director to set annual, measurable program goals; report out on progress at Mid-Year and End-of-Year Reporting; maintain regular communication with Writers’ Room Director regarding program successes and challenges

People Management

• Supervise two full-time AmeriCorps service members and one-to-two part-time program interns
• Guide all team members in establishing individual work and service plans in support of team goals; identify areas for professional development
• Collaborate with the HR Department to recruit, onboard, and train AmeriCorps service members and program interns for the Writers’ Room Program
• Collaborate with the Volunteer Management Team to recruit, onboard, and train volunteers from partner universities and companies for the Writers’ Room Program
• Coordinate high quality volunteer support by facilitating pre- and debrief conversations, communicating teacher and classroom expectations, and providing coaching and support

Additional responsibilities

• Support organization-wide summer programming
• Provide support at select outreach and fundraising events, including nights and weekends on rare occasions

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate is a team player with a steadfast commitment to improving the quality of K-12 education, including adopting antiracist/anti-oppressive approaches, with a desire to work in a collaborative and inclusive culture and a passion for youth empowerment through writing and publishing.

826 Boston recognizes that impostor syndrome and the confidence gap might prevent some applicants from applying. Few candidates will have all of the relevant experience listed below, but 826 Boston is committed to assessing candidates with transferable skills and a willingness to be trained for this role.

Skills and experiences:

• 3+ years of professional experience working in a K-12 school, education, or youth development nonprofit
• Exceptional relational skills and experience in relationship-building and community-building within educational, nonprofit, or community-based settings
• Exceptional time management, project management, people management, and resource management skills
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering community, building a strong sense of team, and embracing values of diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Ability to give and receive feedback with humility, regulation, and tact
• Knowledge of and fluency with social and racial justice, intersectionality, BIPoC and LGBTQIA+ history, and historic/current systems of oppression
• Ability to incorporate anti-racist and anti-oppressive practices into analysis, planning, and programming
• Ability to take initiative, demonstrate flexibility, and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Familiarity with the BPS system, particularly the schools in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Jamaica Plain
• Proficiency in Spanish, Haitian Creole, or Cape Verdean Creole preferred but not required
• Experience with Google Apps, Salesforce and InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, or similar design tools preferred

Salary and Benefits:

826 Boston offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience in a similar position with the potential for an annual performance-based bonus. The salary scale for this full-time position (40 hours/week) is $56,650 – $60,775.

We offer competitive salaries and benefits and are committed to equity, trust, and transparency in compensation. Basing compensation on someone’s ability to negotiate or their prior salary can lead to inequities and bias in how people are paid, particularly for groups experiencing historical oppression. Therefore, we do not ask for prior pay history from our candidates and our offer-making process is negotiation-free for salaries and benefits. We determine the best possible salary offer based on relevant experience and extent to which candidates demonstrate the competencies for the role during the entire hiring process. New hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint depending on qualifications, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the role.

We offer a comprehensive benefits plan including flexible work from home options, generous paid time off (including 15 PTO days, accrued sick leave, 13 paid holidays, 6 Summer Friday’s, and an organizational-wide 2 week winter break); health and dental insurance (826 Boston covers 80% of premiums), parental leave, paid sabbaticals, and more.

This is an exempt, full-time position that reports to the Writers’ Room Director.

How to Apply:  You should include a cover letter in your application addressing why you are interested in 826 Boston and how your experience has prepared you for this position. The priority application deadline for this position is August 11. After that date, applications will be considered on a rolling basis. It is in your best interest to apply as soon as possible.

826 Boston Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement

At 826 Boston, we honor and actively work toward diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across our organization. We are committed to centering the voices of the students who we serve, to creating inclusive spaces, and to incorporating feedback from our community into our decision-making processes. Our DEI lens is always evolving through the courageous conversations in which we participate and the relationships that we build through our work and service. We strengthen our cultural competency through experience, training, and feedback, which informs the development of all new organizational practices and goals and the evaluation of all existing procedures.

826 Boston is dedicated to providing a platform for student advocacy through writing and publishing opportunities. In our work and mission, we are committed to dismantling white supremacy culture by recognizing that we are complicit in systems of racism and oppression. We will work to hold ourselves accountable in addressing these harmful structures and behaviors. To learn more about our DEI Action Plans across the organization, please click here.

About Us

826 Boston is part of a national network of youth writing centers, co-founded by the award-winning author Dave Eggers and educator Nínive Calegari, that were named in GOOD Magazine’s “30 Places We Want to Work.” Since opening in 2007, 826 Boston has delivered its free youth writing and tutoring programs to more than 29,000 students and has been recognized by The Boston Globe as one of the best places in the city to volunteer. 826 Boston’s youth writers have published their work in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and in numerous award-winning 826 Boston books, including A Place for Me in the World, which was hailed as a “triumph of middle school education” by The Boston Globe.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 40,000 - 60,000.

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