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826 Boston seeks a dynamic, communicative, and flexible individual to serve as the Writers' Room Program Assistant at New Mission High School. We are seeking a dedicated candidate who can ensure reliable, robust support for students while also building on the current strengths of the New Mission Writers' Room Team. These strengths include engaging students in meaningful writing opportunities that develop their creative and critical thinking skills, supporting students' social-emotional development. The team also focuses on partnering with teachers to enhance the writing instruction in their classrooms, uplifting students' creative writing abilities and curating meaningful opportunities for students to become leaders and lifelong learners in and out of the classroom.

New Mission High School is a college preparatory pilot school. Pilot schools were explicitly created to be models of educational innovation and to serve as research and development sites for effective urban public schools. The New Mission 826 Boston Writers' Room is our newest Writers' Room that opened in Fall 2024.

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.

The Writers' Room Program Assistant will work 40 hours a week. Regular in-person hours are required. Applicants must be residing in Massachusetts and able to commute to the in-person location listed below, before the role starts.

• In-Person Hours: Monday through Thursday: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
• In-Person Location: New Mission High School, 655 Metropolitan Ave, Boston, MA 02136
• Remote Hours: Most Fridays. There are required all-team meetings, professional development, and tasks to complete on virtual Fridays.
• Occasional departmental and organizational meetings will take place on Fridays at our Tutoring Center located at 3035 Washington Street, Roxbury, MA 02119.

• Serve as a writing tutor to students seeking support with writing assignments for class visits across all content areas; example assignments include college essays, senior research capstones, portfolio projects and project-based assignments.
• Develop and lead 826 Boston-created programming, which can include stand alone workshops. Example programming includes subject-centered supplemental workshops and journalism and creative writing clubs.
• Develop instructional resources and student-facing materials to support students in building their technical writing skills for STEM or humanities subject areas
• Support students' writing development through one-on-one conferences, small-group collaboration, and whole-class instruction leading reading and writing workshops
• Support students in social emotional learning and to process life experiences through writing and peer-to-peer and peer leadership opportunities which can include club leads, Writers' Room Ambassadors, affinity groups, etc.

• Support with coordination of external partners for workshops, club visits, class visits, etc.
• Create and update rotating bulletin display that highlights heritage months, writing contests, and paid opportunities, and more
• Develop monthly newsletters that summarizes the program's progress and notable highlights for teachers and students
• Assist with Writers' Room volunteer coordination, including managing email communication and tracking attendance; developing and co-lead pre-brief and debrief conversations
• Assist with data collection, analysis, and results-sharing associated with the Writers' Room, including tracking student visits and hours, administering annual writing assessment, distributing student and teacher feedback surveys, and participating in biannual team-wide reports
• Support publishing project design cycle, from ideation to the manuscript all the way through to the book release party
• Co-lead Student Editorial Board for each publication project, ensuring students have the opportunity to inform book content, cover and interior design, and title selection
• Communicate project progress to staff supervisor and seek counsel when help is needed to execute goals
• Assist in the execution of journalism club, supporting instruction and building journalism-related skills of students (e.g. writing, editing, interviewing, etc)

• Support organization-wide summer programming
• Support additional responsibilities during short-term Writers' Room Manager absences by facilitating team meetings, tutor debriefs, and class mini-lessons
• Provide support at select outreach and fundraising events, including nights and weekends on rare occasions
• Support Writers' Room Manager with administrative tasks and the upkeep and beautification of the Writers' Room, as needed

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.

• Experience teaching/tutoring writing to students grades 7-12 in an urban setting
• Ability to adapt to various working, management styles and student behaviors
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated collaborative skills, with the ability to work effectively across team and departments
• Strong facilitation skills and ability to support lesson plan development
• Proficiency in organizational, time management, project management, and resource management skills
• Experience with and/or willingness to learn Google Apps, Salesforce and InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator or similar design tools
• Ability to give and receive feedback with humility, regulation, and tact
• Ability to employ innovative, creative, and student-centered thinking for creating engaging programming environments
• 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
• Experience with classroom management required
• Proficiency in Spanish, Haitian Creole, or French preferred, but not required
• Familiarity with the BPS system, particularly the schools in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Jamaica Plain, preferred, but not required

826 Boston offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience in a similar position with the potential for an annual performance-based bonus. The salary for this position is $40,900 for 40 hours per week.

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. New hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint depending on 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 Fridays, and an organization wide two-week winter break); health, dental, and vision insurance (826 Boston covers 80% of premiums), parental leave, paid sabbaticals, and more.

This is an exempt, full-time, 40-hour per week position that reports to the New Mission High School Writers' Room Manager. The ideal start date for this position is August 10, 2026.

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