Location

Boston, MA; on-site

Position Description

The fellow will work as a part of the Connected Communities team at WinnCompanies to support and enhance the quality of life at the assigned property across six key outcome areas: Stable Housing, Employment, Education, Health, Community Engagement and Economic Mobility.

Supported by onsite staff as well as the Team Development Manager, the fellow will work with residents, partners, and community staff to conduct a community assessment. The fellow will then utilize data from community assessments to establish a baseline picture of community indicators that will be used to inform community plans or policy recommendations and develop partnerships. The data may also be used to connect residents to needed resources, in collaboration with the onsite Senior Community Coordinator. The intern will also be responsible for planning community events, either alone or in collaboration with teammates, and for referring residents to appropriate resources.

Connected Communities will work with the fellow to identify an appropriate subsidized apartment community to be placed at, based on location or population. Possible placement options include Boston Chinatown, Worcester, Malden.

Position Responsibilities

• Conduct needs and interests assessments with residents and identify areas of need
• Conduct outreach within community to encourage engagement and resident profile completion
• Review data from resident profiles to make recommendations
• Refer residents to social service agencies
• Participate in resident meetings and community events
• Based on identified needs, participate in planning educational or engagement-related events for residents
• Support language access needs in a diverse community setting. Translation tools and resources are available onsite

Location

Lowell, MA; on-site

Position Description

The Kids in Tech Teaching Fellowship is designed to increase access for K-12 students to authentic, experience-based learning opportunities. Fellows will be placed at host site partners to support them with designing innovative, hands-on learning experiences, building partnerships with local community stakeholders, and mobilizing volunteers.

Kids in Tech seeks a talented, enthusiastic, and diverse cohort of educators to serve as part-time Teaching Associates for the upcoming academic year. As a Teaching Associate (TA), you will work in a school within the Lowell Public school district, serving as a 2nd shift educator in the school building or local youth serving agency. You will lead an elementary middle school classroom and deepen student learning to reinforce science and technology concepts to deliver project-based learning, and increase access to diverse career pathways in science and technology.

TAs work approximately 15-20 hours per week. Schedules vary by school or youth serving agencies, but all TAs will work Monday through Thursday for five hours in the afternoon. TAs should be available between 2:50pm to 6pm Monday- Thursday.

As a Teaching Associate, you will play a critical role in Kids in Tech’s effort to engage, build confidence and inspire curiosity in our students. You will be an ideal candidate for this position if you are an innovator, enjoy working and challenging young minds creatively. This is a part-time position reporting to the Program Manager.

Serving as a member of the Kids in Tech’s team means working in a fast-paced environment that values learning and an entrepreneurial approach. Knowing its importance to the success of our work, Kids in Tech is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we aspire to build a diverse team across our network.

Position Responsibilities

• Inspire students to set and achieve ambitious academic and personal goals
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with families, colleagues, partner organizations, and school staff and administration to support student growth and hold students to consistently high expectations
• Create opportunities for students that strengthen the connection between academic success, college, and career
• Teach and lead workshops and sessions
• Create lesson plans, learning materials, assignment materials, and more for the afterschool tech club program
• Maintain accurate class records and support student placement process
• Maintain accurate campus information including contact information, campus calendars, and campus schedules
• Collect and track student data in order to make decisions for individual students and the program
• Build and leverage relationships with students, families, volunteers, peers, and the school community
• Plan and manage logistics for events both on- and off-campus

Location

Dorchester, MA; on-site

Position Description

This Fellow will allow us to expand opportunities for the Mass Union of Public Housing Tenants’ policy agenda to empower tenants living in public housing to organize and build collective power by providing support to tenants.

Position Responsibilities 

• Conduct outreach to network regions and activities which benefit the local tenant organization and its members and Mass Union of Public Housing Tenants
• Provide leadership and direction to tenants or local tenant organizations in need of assistance
• Work collaboratively with Mass Union staff to develop ideas for training, policy, or strategies that will benefit tenants
• Update and maintain Salesforce database to ensure the accuracy of the information
• Assist in fundraising, grant research, and writing
• Help to develop program metrics

Location

Salem, MA; on-site

Position Description

The Small Business Fellow, reporting to the Small Business Coordinator, will play a key role in the community engagement elements of the Small Business Program. This position is responsible for ensuring that communication channels between North Shore CDC and the community are small and rich in valuable information. The fellow will conduct research on small business resources, craft posts for our social media, join community outreach walks, and contribute to the small business related events. The Small Business Fellow should be outgoing, innovative, and enthusiastic to work in a developing and ever-evolving program.

Position Responsibilities

• Assist with the development, posting, and organization of the Small Business Program social media. Find a “business of the week” and write synopsis, photograph north shore businesses and neighborhoods, create event flyers and help draft a monthly newsletter of resources for small business owners
• Conduct research through web searches and networking on small business loans and grant opportunities to develop the program’s database of resources
• Help manage events by organizing logistics, booking partners, communicating with business owners, and contributing to conversations during workshops
• Spanish/English translation support for business coaching sessions conducted by the Small Business Coordinator (not required but preferred)
• Ensure equitable access to resources targeting small businesses

Location

Lawrence, MA; on-site

Position Description

The Merrimack College Community Engagement Fellow is a soup-to-nuts position, allowing the Fellow a variety of experiences in a non-profit setting. It could include: supporting the Diaper Pantry/Diaper Bank programs, providing staff support for the Soup’s On! Fundraising Dinner and Auction, maintaining our database and electronic/social media communications, and coordinating and recognizing volunteers throughout our agency. The 2024-2025 fellowship will most likely focus on social media/marketing and communications.

Position Responsibilities

Electronic/social media and outreach

• Update Constant Contact lists of volunteers, donors, and other interested parties
• Assist with the design and development of new NIN website
• Initiate email-based marketing communications using Constant Contact, to assist various Neighbors In Need fundraising and volunteer campaigns
• Support and/or create a presence for NIN on various social networking platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, etc.
• Assist with Annual Fundraiser collateral material including possible video, slide shows, etc.

Volunteer Coordination & Recognition

• Schedule volunteers for warehouse, diaper program, food pantries and deliveries – up to 50 volunteers each week
• Manage Sign-Up Genius platform for volunteer scheduling
• Schedule and work with volunteer groups (i.e. churches, scouts, schools) that are interested in volunteer in our warehouse, pantries and for our holiday food distribution
• Create/update volunteer tracking spreadsheet, track all volunteer activities
• Coordinate annual volunteer recognition event(s).

Soup’s On Staffing Event

• Provide staff support to committee planning event
• Solicit silent auction item donors
• Recruit and engage volunteers in mailings and day of the event
• Track and record auction items in Google Doc spreadsheet and auction software
• Assist with signage and other collateral support

Diaper Pantry/Bank

• Support the Infant Program by actively engaging client families, client service and referrals, and client and donor tracking procedures, including distribution of formula, diapers and infant clothing

Location

Roxbury, MA; on-site

Position Description

The Rafael Hernández Dual Language School is a city-wide public school located in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. It serves 410 students in grades pre-K through 8th. The school provides dual language education, where all students are taught in both Spanish and English. The Friends of the Rafael Hernández (FOH) is the affiliated 501(c)(3) organization that secures resources that otherwise would not be available to the school via the district school budget. FOH is seeking a part-time Communications and Development Fellow to lead social media and public relations campaigns, and assist with grant research and writing and community outreach.

Position Responsibilities

• Manage social media strategy, researching, writing and designing content
• Assist with monthly online newsletter and other public relations materials
• Assist with grant research and writing.
• Secure sponsorships through neighborhood organizations and businesses
• Support planning of special events including annual Spring community building and fundraising event

Location

Lowell, MA; on-site

Position Description

The Community Engagement Fellow is responsible for assisting Community Engagement Coordinator to provide community education on civic engagement as well as other relevant community education for CMAA.

Position Responsibilities

• Conduct outreach to Cambodian Community to recruit members for community education on civic engagement, conduct focus groups, key informant interviews to solicit input from the community in developing community education programs
• Collaborate with various community partners as well as Lowell Vote Coalition in enrolling community members to register to vote and educate community about the importance of civic participation as a US Citizen
• Engage CMAA program participants in the education and focus groups
• Work collaboratively with CMAA staff to develop ideas for involving the community in the work of the CMAA

Location

Lawrence, MA; on-site

Position Description

The Community Engagement Coordinator supports the hospital’s community engagement efforts broadly, provides logistics and in-person support for Community Cardiac Screening events, and works closely with the Community Engagement Program Manager under the supervisor of the Executive Director of Population Health & Care Continuum.

Position Responsibilities

• Coordinate community engagement events – scheduling, outreach to community partners, assistance with logistics including setup/breakdown
• Manage the hospital’s staff-facing community engagement event calendar, recruitment and confirmation of staff volunteers for community engagement events
• Interact with community partner contacts and community residents
• Manage community engagement supplies (marketing materials, giveaway items, educational materials and equipment), ensuring minimum par levels and communicating with the CE Program Manager when items need to be reordered
• Data entry following community engagement events

Location

North Andover, MA; on-site

Position Description

McQuade Library’s Community Engagement Fellow will provide students with research assistance via consultations and assisting in library workshops. They will coordinate and promote library programs and displays that reach the Merrimack community and beyond. The Fellow will expand the library’s community engagement tools and resources by creating online research guides and promoting Merrimack ScholarWorks.

*Whether or not you have library work experience, or a career interest in librarianship, the skills that you will be gaining in this position pertain to generalizable CE skills such as marketing, building and maintaining community partnerships, event planning, and community-engaged research. There is space in this role to prioritize library needs and allow for events based on a fellow’s interests and expertise.

Position Responsibilities

• Work with students via research consultations and library workshops
• Coordinate and promote McQuade Library events, initiatives, and displays that reach Merrimack community and beyond (Human Library event, Courage to Remember display, etc.)
• Seek opportunities to collaborate with other campus stakeholders to position library as essential campus partner in community engagement
• Create social media content and promotional materials
• Create, edit, and publish research guides relating to Community Engagement topics (social justice & diversity, etc.)
• Support and promote Merrimack ScholarWorks, the college’s open digital repository, with an eye on documenting and disseminating community engagement work
• Assist with outreach to promote the Education Resources Collection (ERC) to MC teachers-in-training and local educators
• Work collaboratively with McQuade Library team to develop ideas for increased community engagement efforts within Massachusetts libraries (NOBLE libraries and beyond)