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Massachusetts State Director

Lead Brown’s Promise’s work in Massachusetts to:

  • Build a multi-year, coalition-based strategy to advance integrated, well resourced schools that work for all students, with a specific focus on students of color, students from low-income families, and other historically underserved students.

  • Execute that strategy, including but not limited to:

    • Partnership and Coalition Building: identify and secure core coalition partners with demonstrated capacity to engage with elected officials as well as families, students, and voters in communities across the state;

    • Policy Advocacy: support coalition members in identifying and advancing policy solutions via legislative and executive policy advocacy;

    • Community Engagement and Fact Finding: including, but not limited to, organizing statewide listening sessions designed to (a) build understanding of segregation and inequities in MA schools today; (b) raise awareness of promising policy solutions; (c) build momentum toward statewide advocacy; (d) collect facts to use as basis for legal action and policy reform; (e) inform policy agenda; and (f) identify potential plaintiffs;

    • Communications: plan and execute communications and messaging strategy including earned media aligned to every stage of litigation.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate knows how to mobilize racial justice and education equity groups to get things done in the Massachusetts state house. They will have the following qualifications (not all required):

  • Track record of leading state policy advocacy, or statewide campaign building in Massachusetts within the last ten years;

  • Knowledge of education policy;

  • Demonstrated dedication to listening to and co-creating with the students, families, and communities most directly impacted by underinvestment and segregation via authentic community engagement;;

  • A strong commitment to racial, social, and economic justice.

Bilingual skills are highly preferred for this position.

Compensation:

$80,000-$100,000; commensurate with experience; comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and retirement, as well as generous and flexible leave.

Location:

Fully remote; can live anywhere in the state of Massachusetts. Must have car and flexibility to travel to communities across the state as needed. 

To Apply:

Send resume and cover letter to jobs@brownspromise.org.