Youth Engagement Specialist (Boston) – buildOn 

Location: Boston Public High School (in-person)
Type: Full-Time, Nonexempt
Pay: $23–$25/hour ($48,000–$52,000 annually)
Schedule: Tuesday–Saturday during the school year; Monday–Friday during summer
Start Time: 7:30–9:00 am | End Time: 4:00–5:30 pm
Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision + 403(b) match
Paid Time Off: 39 days/year (yes, really!)

10 days of vacation + 2 company shut down weeks (10 days) + 7 personal days + 5 sick days + 7 holidays

About the Role

Are you someone who loves working with youth, believes in the power of service, and thrives in a role that mixes classroom energy with community impact? If you’re looking to inspire the next generation of changemakers and build deep relationships in schools and neighborhoods, this is your moment.

As a buildOn Youth Engagement Specialist, you’ll be the go-to person at a Boston public high school, bringing students together to serve their communities, tackle social issues, and lead change. From recruiting students in the lunchroom to leading afterschool service projects to celebrating wins at citywide events, you’ll be in the heart of the action.

This is a job for doers, motivators, organizers, and believers in youth.

Core Job Responsibilities

DAY TO DAY

Every Day Looks a Little Different—but You'll Be Doing Things Like:

• Program Representation - Represent buildOn as the sole buildOn staff at one designated partner high school
• Student Recruitment - Recruit students to serve with buildOn in their communities.

• Lunchtime Recruitment - Tabling, service-centered activity, and/or flyer sharing during student lunchtime.
• Student Fair Tabling - Setting up a buildOn table at school-wide student fairs. 
• Classroom Presentation - Introduce buildOn to students through “ in-class presentations”.
• Transitional Recruitment - Connect with students and recruit them to join  buildOn in-between classes
• Trek Recruitment - Recruit students to build a school in one of our partner countries

• Afterschool & Weekend Service - Plan, organize, and lead students in meaningful service learning projects with community organizations with a strong focus on people to people Direct Service. Schedule: 2-3 Afterschool Service Opportunities each week + a Saturday service project each week 
• In-Class Service Learning - Collaborate with teachers to facilitate up to 6 In-class service learning lessons per month.  
• Weekly Program Meetings - 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. Schedule: 1 Per Week
• Student Leadership Team - Establish a student leadership team to support, grow and enhance the programmatic experience at your designated buildOn school. 

Behind The Scenes 

• Weekly Salesforce Date Input - Use Salesforce platform to enter student engagement each week
• Monthly Engagement Report - Write monthly engagement logs and use monitoring reports to innovate and pivot to improve programs and meet goals.
• Monthly Regional Service Planner - Forward plan your service projects/activities for the month ahead

IMPACT UNLEASHED

Service Kickoff - 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. 

Fall and Spring City-Wide Service - Large-scale service events bringing together students from all schools within a region to create a deep collective impact. Goal: 2 per semester

Celebrate buildOn - End of school year award ceremony for students

ONGOING

Relationship Building

• 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.

One buildOn (Cross-Departmental Collaboration)

• 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. 

What You Bring

Must-Have Vibes

• Passion for youth leadership and community service
• Enthusiasm, energy, and drive—you bring the spark
• A can-do, solution-oriented mindset
• A team player who loves to collaborate
• Comfort taking initiative and working independently
   

Skills & Experience

• 2+ years working with youth in schools, camps, clubs, or service programs
• Experience facilitating workshops or group activities
• Understanding of service learning and community-based issues
• Basic tech skills: Google Suite a must; Salesforce a plus
• Bonus: experience in schools, AmeriCorps, or youth nonprofits

What We Offer

The buildOn Staff  Experience: 

At buildOn our goal is to ensure that our staff members are able to enjoy a fulfilling, impactful, and fun-filled work/life experience when they join our movement. Below, you’ll find a comprehensive list of our unique offerings:

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!

Team Member Benefits:

At buildOn, we know that our team members work best when they feel empowered to care for themselves and their families. To support this please see our extensive benefits below:

*subject to be used after successful completion of the 90-day introductory period*

• A generous time-off policy of 39 days annually
  • 2 paid shutdown weeks (10 days)
  • 2 weeks of paid vacation (10 days)
  • Paid sick days (5)
  • Paid personal days (7)
  • 7 Paid Holidays (New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Labor Day, Thanksgiving (2 days) & Christmas Day)
• 100% insurance premium paid for medical, dental, and vision, along with subsidized deductibles.
• 403(b) retirement plan with an employer match up to 4%
• $50 cell phone reimbursement
• Performance-based merit increases up to 6% annually

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Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

buildOn is committed to building and maintaining an inclusive environment that drives innovation, strengthens ONE buildOn and bolsters a culture where people truly feel valued, heard and respected. buildOn provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or veteran status.

To learn more about buildOn, please visit our website at www.buildOn.org.