Writers’ Room Program Assistant
826 Boston
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Boston • Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $40,900 per year
About the role
- Serve as a tutor to students in grades 7-12 seeking writing support for class visits across all content areas (humanities and STEM)
- Support students’ writing development through one-on-one conferences, small-group collaboration, whole-class instruction, and humanities clubs and workshops
- Develop and lead 826 Boston-created programming, which can include stand-alone workshops, creative writing clubs, and publication projects
- Assist with Writers’ Room volunteer coordination, including managing email communication and tracking attendance
- Support students in developing social-emotional learning skills and processing life experiences through writing and other mediums
- Create and update wall programming including advocacy boards, writing contests, and student-facing opportunities
- Develop a bimonthly newsletter that summarizes the program’s notable highlights and 826 Boston events
- Support publishing project design cycle, from giving feedback to student authors and copy editing the manuscript to designing the publication and planning the book release party
- Communicate project progress to staff supervisor and seek counsel when help is needed to execute goals
- Assist the Writers’ Room Manager with administrative tasks, the upkeep and beautification of the Writers' Room, and partner meetings or school-based professional development, as needed
Requirements
- Experience tutoring, mentoring, or working with students in grades 7-12 in an urban setting
- Ability to create engaging programming environments that encourage innovative, creative, and student-centered thinking
- A love of developing fun and inclusive environments that center safety, learning, joy, and, most importantly, whimsy
- Demonstrated commitment to fostering community, building a strong sense of team, and embracing values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
- Knowledge of and fluency with social and racial justice, intersectionality, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ history, and historic/current systems of oppression
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency in organizational, time management, project management, and resource management skills
- Willingness to give and receive feedback with humility, regulation, and tact
- Experience with and/or open to learn Google Apps, Salesforce, Airtable, Canva, InDesign, and similar platforms as the organization’s needs evolve
- Experience with and/or willingness to learn high school-level STEM tutoring practices
- Experience with classroom management preferred, but not required
- Familiarity with the Boston Public Schools system, particularly the schools in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Jamaica Plain, preferred, but not required
- Proficiency in Spanish, Haitian Creole, or Cape Verdean Creole preferred, but not required.
Benefits
- Flexible work from home options
- Generous paid time off (including 15 PTO days, accrued sick leave, 13 paid holidays, 6 Summer Fridays, and an organization wide two-week winter break)
- Health, dental, and vision insurance (826 Boston covers 80% of premiums)
- Parental leave
- Paid sabbaticals
- Professional development opportunities
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