Job & Internship Opportunities


Available Job Opportunities:

AMERICORPS*VISTA POSITION FOR EDLAW PROJECT

The EdLaw Project is an advocacy organization created to ensure equal opportunity in life achievement for Boston youth by enforcing every child’s right to a quality education. The Project is an initiative of the Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts and the Youth Advocacy Project of the Committee for Public Counsel Services.  The Children’s Law Center is a private, non-profit legal services organization for indigent children offering a wide range of legal assistance, primarily in the metropolitan Boston-North Shore area.  The Youth Advocacy Project is a multidisciplinary initiative of the state’s public defender office that combines legal, clinical, and community outreach services for court-involved youth in the courts and the community.

Responsibilities: 

EdLaw's AmeriCorps position expands our ability to do outreach and community education and empowerment as well as assess our outcomes and foster sustainability. The VISTA will: Coordinate workshops/trainings/community forums on a range of education issues; respond to requests for information; create and maintain materials, media and statistics for outcomes assessment and fundraising purposes.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate will possess a background in education, youthwork, experience working within urban school systems, and/or related systems such as social services or juvenile justice.  Experience working with indigent families and/or immigrant families is desirable.  Bilingualism is a plus.  Strong candidates will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, be well organized and be self-motivated. All motivated applicants will be considered.

VISTA members are part of AmeriCorps, a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet our country’s critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment. AmeriCorps*VISTA members leverage human, financial, and material resources to increase the capacity of low-income communities across the country to solve their own problems.

PLEASE NOTE: VISTA MEMBERS MAY NOT BE IN SCHOOL OR WORKING ANOTHER JOB WHILE COMPLETING THEIR YEAR OF SERVICE.  For more information about VISTA: www.nationalservice.gov

Salary: 

Annual Living Allowance: $13,548 + Choice between End-of-service Educational Award or Stipend + Health Coverage.  Additional training and professional development opportunities and childcare assistance subsidies are available.

Deadline:         

Applications will be accepted until position is filled.

Application:     

Please send cover letter and resumé to:  

Marlies Spanjaard, Esq.
Project Coordinator
The EdLaw Project
10 Malcolm X Boulevard
Roxbury, MA 02119

OR

Email: mspanjaard@publiccounsel.net


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