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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Serve as 1 of 2 inaugural Deputy Chiefs of the Mayor’s Worker Empowerment Cabinet, aimed at expanding economic opportunity for workers through access to quality jobs, skills training, and career pipeline; and regulating, overseeing, and improving workplace conditions and health for workers. Provide strategic, operational, and programmatic support as it relates to skills training, career exploration, youth and adult career pathways, and general workforce development initiatives. Within the primary portfolio, largely responsible for leading the youth and young adult jobs initiatives. Creating economic empowerment for young people through short-term youth employment, skill development, and workforce & career readiness opportunities and; Ensuring all youth have timely access to these opportunities that help inform early career and educational choices. - Oversee $18+ million dollars in the municipal operating budget, where personnel funds are largely allocated towards youth wages. - Co-lead the transition of the Office of Youth Employment & Opportunity over to the new Worker Empowerment Cabinet to align the city-funded youth jobs programming with the administration's goals and priorities around workforce development. - Expand youth employment grantmaking of up to $13 million across local Boston-based nonprofits, who are responsible for youth jobs program design, recruitment, hiring, and payroll management. - Manage key partnerships with stakeholders across Boston’s youth employment and workforce development ecosystem to increase coordination and alignment. - Serve in a co-research lead capacity through a funding partnership with Northeastern University on a multi-year research practice partnership grant to improve inequality and youth outcomes in Boston’s youth employment program. - Monitor and evaluate the day-to-day efforts and progress of the department's programs, services, and initiatives to meet cabinet goals, objectives, and key performance indicators.

Boston, Ma

Serve under the Mayor’s Office of Health & Human Service in providing leadership oversight and direction for the Department of Youth Engagement and Employment at the City of Boston. Provide direct supervision, training, development, implementation, evaluation, and delivery of services and programs within the department. Work with local, regional, and national community partners, develop a youth workforce development and engagement strategy and set and achieve goals for the department. Increase impact on all of Boston’s youth through expanded employment opportunities, program development and strategic civic engagement and outreach. - Oversee $10 million municipal operating budget and $1 million annual capital budget and provide general fiscal oversight for the department.- Responsible for development, grant stewardship, ensuring quality outcomes for the department and increasing the awareness and visibility of youth opportunities throughout the communities across Boston. - Design and implement a comprehensive strategy and plan that amplifies the work of: hiring youth via the SuccessLink summer and school-year jobs program; advancing youth career & skill development and educational training; engaging youth in civic opportunities, connecting youth to services and resources; and amplifying the voices and leadership of young people.- Oversee and co-lead the citywide coordination and alignment of Boston’s youth employment ecosystem with intermediaries and providers such as the Boston Private Industry Council (PIC), Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD), John Hancock MLK Scholars, Youth Options Unlimited (YOU), non-profit organizations, city departments, small business and for-profit organization to reach City of Boston youth employment goals. - Elevate and support the Participatory Budgeting | Youth Lead the Change (YLC) efforts and the work of the Mayor’s Youth Council (MYC) to serve as community ambassadors and advisors to city and community leaders.

Provide leadership oversight and strategic visioning for community partnership initiative managed by Wheelock College. Responsible for managing operational budget, managing and supervising the day-to-day facility operations of community center – which include gymnasium, outdoor field, full size pool area, technology lab, academic and multi-purpose space. Manage upwards of 15 plus staff and volunteers. Oversee program, partnership development and maintenance, logistical coordination, etc. Support with community relations, outreach, fundraising, and project management of Aspire Institute related projects

Lead the development of college access programs to reach middle and high school students. Responsible for planning and implementing academic, guidance, and mentoring services to over 100 middle school students and track over 80 students through their persistence in high school and matriculation into post secondary institutions.

Responsible for supporting public school administrative teams, to serve as substitute teacher in academic classrooms for absent teachers. Work closely with school body to lead school climate and culture initiatives, gender/literacy groups, administrative and operational duties.• Assist in the education of students in K- 12 grades at public schools in the urban community of Boston• Implement effective teaching strategies to adapt to different learning styles and abilities• Integrated the special needs of children into the classroom instruction for a better learning environment• Assist in administrative and other school related duties as needed

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Master Of Science - Ms Education, Education Studies