Youth Engagement Specialist

buildOn • Boston, MA

3d • $24 - $26 • Onsite

About The Position

buildOn seeks someone who is experienced, passionate, and committed to working with youth and giving back to their community through service and education.

Requirements

• A passion for service
• Energy & Enthusiasm
• Solution-oriented
• Highly Collaborative Team Player
• Self-Motivated
• An understanding of the power of Boston youth to transform their own lives and the community through SERVICE
• Commitment to creating programs for youth that are empowering and antiracist
• Ambition…a willingness to meet ambitious goals each month because you understand that when youth SERVE, they GROW
• Willingness to take initiative in co-developing and implementing new service-learning
• 2+ years of engaging youth in the classroom or extra-curricular programming
• Demonstrated skills as a teacher/facilitator or experience working side-by-side with teachers/facilitators, particularly implementing service-learning projects
• Knowledge of the systemic issues that inhibit the growth of communities and a strong desire to use service to develop youth
• Functional knowledge of regional school district(s) and educational and nonprofit landscape.

Nice To Haves

• Experience using Google Suite, Canva, Salesforce or other data platforms preferred
• Relevant educational background (Associate's degree or above)
• Bilingual- Spanish preferred; Chinese or Haitian Creole also acceptable

Responsibilities

• Represent buildOn as the sole buildOn staff at one designated partner high school.
• Recruit students to serve with buildOn in their communities.
• Table, provide service-centered activity, and/or flyer share during student lunchtime.
• Set up a buildOn table at school-wide student fairs.
• Introduce buildOn to students through “ in-class presentations”.
• Connect with students and recruit them to join buildOn in-between classes.
• Recruit students to build a school in one of our partner countries.
• Plan, organize, and lead students in meaningful service learning projects with community organizations with a strong focus on people to people Direct Service.
• Collaborate with teachers to facilitate up to 6 In-class service learning lessons per month.
• Host program meetings to build relationships with students and provide space for students to voice interests, ideas, and concerns as it pertains to their community.
• Establish a student leadership team to support, grow and enhance the programmatic experience at your designated buildOn school.
• Use Salesforce platform to enter student engagement each week.
• Write monthly engagement logs and use monitoring reports to innovate and pivot to improve programs and meet goals.
• Forward-plan your service projects/activities for the month ahead.
• Help to build awareness of buildOn in Boston area.
• A service kickoff is a large scale service opportunity for you to introduce and engage your school community in buildOn service. This kickoff should take place within the first two months of your school year to ensure early success.
• Large-scale service events bringing together students from all schools within a region to create a deep collective impact. Goal: 2 per semester.
• End of school year award ceremony for students.
• Build authentic relationships with students in order to create interest and incorporate student voice into the program.
• Establish, develop, and maintain strategic partnerships with school advisors and counselors, administrators, faculty, support staff, parents, and local community partners.
• Provide outreach to parents/guardians and gain their support for engaging their child/children in service learning.
• Establish relationships with partner organizations to connect students to needed services that are outside of buildOn’s scope.
• Support collaboration with other departments, such as Development, Marketing, Global, Finance, and HR to meet organizational goals, such as fund development and elevating student voice, to work as ONE buildOn.

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision insurance.
• 403b (retirement) match
• 39 paid days off!!!
• 10 days of vacation + 2 company shut down weeks (10 days) + 7 personal days + 5 sick days + 7 holidays (including Juneteenth)
• Creative Freedom to cultivate your own unique program at a partner school from design to inception.
• Serviced Based International Travel is an opportunity to go on Trek to a buildOn partner country where you will work in solidarity with community members to build a school! Countries Include: Guatemala, Nepal, Nicaragua, Senegal, Malawi, Burkina Faso
• Program Schedule Autonomy allows for an opportunity to design your program schedule within the regularly scheduled hours of your 8:30 am - 5 pm workday
• Leadership & Collaboration Opportunities allow for you to work in solidarity with educators, community leaders and school administration to expand your programmatic impact across the community at large.
• Culture-focused activities are a time for our teams to relax and unwind with their peers while engaging in fun activities such as Karaoke, picnics, ice-skating, escape rooms, museums, arcades, community social gatherings and many more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree