BOSTON - Executive Director, Youth Leadership Development, JUSTICE

[Chris Messinger]

Boston Mobilization supports teen leadership in social justice work. Through education, organizing, and connecting across difference, our youth leaders move local communities toward justice.

Boston Mobilization is a small and dynamic social justice organization with a 40 year history of youth organizing and education. In the past several years we have worked in coalition to win campaigns supporting youth priorities in the state budget, reducing toxic diesel emissions and raising the minimum wage. Boston Mobilization has educated thousands of teens around oppression, privilege and community organizing; and every year more than 250 young people a year are exposed to our 25 hour core curriculum. The organization is in a strong place and is poised to grow over the next three years.

Boston Mobilization's primary programming for teens is the Sub/Urban Justice Program, which includes both school-year internships and intensive summer programs. Boston Mobilization also offers training and consulting to educate teens, young adults, and older adults on a wide variety of social justice issues such as youth power and adultism, racial justice and equity, class and wealth, heterosexism, community organizing and social change. Boston Mobilization is also engaged in a three-year civic engagement project to pre-register 16 and 17 year-olds to vote.

Position Description and Core Responsibilities: Boston Mobilization is seeking an energetic and experienced leader to sustain and grow the successful programming of Boston Mobilization. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director is responsible for the programmatic and financial health and stability of the organization. The ED provides oversight to programs, projects, and partnerships and will work closely with the Board in the areas of strategy, fundraising, and financial management. The ED is the primary point of contact in the community and will represent the values and mission of Boston Mobilization.

The ideal candidate will be a skilled communicator comfortable in the role of chief-fundraiser/sustainer of Boston Mobe. They will have experience in a senior management position in a small organization with direct supervisory responsibility for administration, program, budget, and fundraising, preferably in an organization focused on youth or teens. Candidate will have expertise in community organizing strategy and a demonstrable belief in the power of young people to make change in their communities. Essential qualities include a commitment to the struggle for justice and liberation, an understanding of systems of oppression (i.e. racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, adultism) and the need to address them, and an enduring passion for the rights of young people as agents of change. Candidate must demonstrate the ability to lead with transparency, to balance teamwork with autonomy and to make hard decisions.

Fundraising:

• Cultivate and maintain major donors

• Execute creative campaigns to increase individual contributions

• Seek grant-based resources

• Seek opportunities for training and consultation that fit the mission and goals of the organization.

Administration:

• Ensure that existing grants are well-managed and deliverables are met

• Supervise the Director of Programs and Strategy, the Operations Coordinator and the Part-time grant-writer.

• Build and maintain relationships with important partners

• Oversee the communications strategy for Boston Mobilization to ensure that the web-properties of Boston Mobilization including bostonmobilization.org and social media such as Facebook and Twitter are being used for greatest exposure and social impact.

Program:

• Set forth the vision of programming, based on the mission of the organization and the needs of the community.

• Ensure that programmatic goals are aligned with available resources

• Monitor the delivery of the training and leadership programs and services of the organization to maintain or improve quality.

• Support Director of Programs to design and deliver effective program evaluation

Work Schedule: 40 hours, some weekends and evenings expected

Boston Mobilization is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to qualified persons without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, military, veteran status or any other protected status or classification under federal, state or local law.

How to apply

Please submit thoughtful cover letter and résumé in PDF format (single document preferred but not required) to Staffing @ BostonMobilization.org, with "Executive Director" and your name in the Subject Line. Email body should be 1 sentence or less. No phone calls.

Applications accepted until May 6 or until position filled.