Revere Works

Groundskeeper/Custodian/Laborer

Job Summary

Hiring (1) Full -Time employee to join the Revere Housing Authority team as Groundskeeper / Custodian/Laborer. Work involves the performance of routine duties related to the exterior maintenance of lawns, trees, shrubs, flower beds, walks, roadways, parking lots, etc.; the interior custodial maintenance of floors, walls, ceilings, windows, etc. in offices, public areas and apartments; and performs minor maintenance repairs and painting repairs. He/she will be required to lift and carry heavy objects, to work outdoors in all types of adverse weather conditions.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities employment

1. Knowledge of grounds keeping and custodial cleaning preferred.
2. Knowledge of the proper use of chemicals, fertilizers, and pesticides.
3. Knowledge of occupational hazards and safety measures.
4. Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
5. Ability to maintain acceptable working relationship with co-workers.
6. Ability to work in adverse conditions, such as: sleet, snow, heat, cold, dust and dirt, as well as cramped quarters and high places.
7. Ability to lift heavy objects.
8. Knowledgeable and skilled in performing various painting tasks
9. Knowledgeable and skilled in performing various carpentry tasks

Responsibilities

1. Work in a professional and courteous manner within a service environment.
2. Perform preventive ground keeping and custodial procedures.
3. Document information required maintaining records on preventive maintenance programs, repairs, installations, and stock utilization and working orders.
4. Be proficient with hand and power tools.
5. Report to work in emergency conditions.
6. When necessary works under adverse conditions, shovels snow and lifts heavy objects.
7. Performs all other related duties that may be assigned.


Qualifications/Experience

High school graduate with at least one-year of full time, or equivalent part-time experience in building custodial and grounds keeping. Possess a valid Massachusetts class D driver’s license.

Starting hourly rate is $29.90/ hr. based on experience; 40 hours per week, excellent benefits.
Please submit resume to Dean Harris, Director of Maintenance & Modernization, 70 Cooledge Street Revere, MA 02151 or email to dharris@revereha.com. Accepting resumes until position filled. RHA is an equal opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer.

Do you believe in the power of transformative relationships for girls? Are you ready to impact the Greater Boston community one girl at a time? If you answered yes, and the idea of being part of a collaborative, performance-driven, focused team excites you then join us! At Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, we have been helping girls reach their full potential through positive mentoring relationships with women since 1951. We are the largest mentoring organization in Greater Boston exclusively serving girls and an award-winning affiliate of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. 

Reporting directly to the Chief Development Officer, the Vice President of Marketing and Communications serves as a member of the Senior Management Team and is an active participant in making strategic decisions affecting Big Sister. In partnership with the CEO and the Board of Directors, this position is responsible for ensuring organization-wide brand alignment and integrity. Working closely with the Strategic Planning Committee of the board is responsible for designing and implementing a targeted marketing strategy.

Big Sister is committed to hiring staff who reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. Candidates of color, multilingual and multicultural candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. If you are interested in working at a well- established, dynamic and supportive organization committed to serving girls, please apply. 


Job responsibilities include:
• Lead the shaping on an institutional vision and compelling message for diversity, equity and inclusion;
• Serve as chief communications advisor to the President + CEO and Board of Directors and other internal leadership;
• Design and execute innovative stakeholder communication strategies to educate and inform the community, current and potential supporters about Big Sister’s activities and accomplishments;
• Create internal and community wide strategic communications, including media/public relations, digital, and print communications, and social media;
• Work with key internal partners to shape and communicate lead messages supporting Big Sister’s strategic priorities;
• Work with President + CEO and Senior Management to articulate key communications outcomes and develop strategies to achieve these outcomes;
• Serve as executive editor for the organization's website;
• Create consistent “look and feel” for all events, including program and fundraising;
• Leverage Search Engine Optimize data to develop and implement content to increase visibility;
• Support transparent, consistent internal communications with staff at all levels of the organization to reinforce a healthy workplace culture;

• Create and implement strategic and measurable integrated communications plans designed to support the organization with multiple priorities and diverse stakeholders;
• Develop digital and data-driven multi-year initiatives that increase fundraising and donor participation; help to grow and track engagement;
• Define and develop metrics against KPI of engagement;
• Cultivate strategies and opportunities for Big Sister to lead, contribute to, and enhance local, national, and international-level substantive, discussions around our values and mission;
• Manage crisis communication;
• Supervise Creative Director.

Job Qualifications
This position offers entrepreneurial challenges and considerable opportunities for professional growth. The VP of Marketing and Communications will collaborate with senior leadership to develop strategies that will broaden programmatic reach and deepen impact. The successful candidate will bring the following skills and attributes to the position:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, journalism, communications or related field is required;
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in a senior marketing and communication position;
• Chief Storyteller: you have an exceptional talent for architecting brands by creating and telling compelling brand stories and inviting stakeholders and target audiences to participate in the narrative. You ensure that Big Sister’s brand is strong and consistent in all marketing strategies and tactics;
• Capability Builder: you have experience developing robust marketing capabilities (technology fluency, digital expertise, segmentation, customer data and insights, data analytics). You will be instrumental in building a bridge between consumer data and actualizing strategy.
• Innovation Catalyst: you create breakthrough engagement opportunities/gateways and advance marketing by experimenting with new technology platforms, alternative media, new tools and techniques;
• Chief Analyst: you possess a deep interest and understanding of marketing analytics and have the ability to develop actionable insights in support of Big Sister’s vision;
• Relationship Champion: you believe in the power of relationships and see relationships as key to organizational success. You are committed to the mission and vision and to
• Ability to give and receive feedback as a tool for growth;
• Goal-oriented and willingness to hold self and others accountable;
• Ability to work quickly and cooperatively under pressure;
• Energetic, positive outlook and commitment to Big Sister’s mission;
• A team orientation that combines collegiality and creativity to drive and motivate others.
Please note that all positions are remote until September 2021, when we plan to resume working in our physical office. 

Reports to:  Chief Development Officer   
Language Skills: Written and oral fluency in English, candidates who also have proficiency or fluency in other languages, especially Spanish, are strongly encouraged to apply
Location: Big Sister Association Offices, 20 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 
Compensation: $100,00 – $110,000. Full-time, exempt position. Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off and health benefits. 

Please send cover letter and resume with subject line Vice President of Marketing and Communications to: hr@bigsister.org . Please attach your cover letter and resumé as a Word document or a PDF. 

You can see all Big Sister Boston position openings by going here: https://www.bigsister.org/who-we-are/careers-internships/
 
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, nationality, ability, age, gender identity or gender expression or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws

Do you believe in the power of transformative relationships for girls? Are you ready to impact the Greater Boston community one girl at a time? If you answered yes, and the idea of being part of a collaborative, performance-driven, focused team excites you then join us! At Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, we have been helping girls reach their full potential through positive mentoring relationships with women since 1951. We are the largest mentoring organization in Greater Boston exclusively serving girls and an award-winning affiliate of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

Big Sister Boston is seeking an experienced accounting professional to join our dynamic team. The Accounting Manager is responsible for managing all general accounting duties including accounts payable, general ledger entries, monthly and year-end reconciliation, budget preparation and reporting, and working with the auditors. The Accounting Manager will collaborate with the development team on accounts receivables, revenue reconciliation and funder budgets and reporting.

The successful Accounting Manager is someone who has the functional knowledge and ability to work independently while delivering quality outcomes and is excited about closely collaborating with their Big Sister colleagues as a member of the staff community. Strong candidates understand how quality, back-office operations are essential in supporting a values-aligned community in advance of a nonprofit mission.

Big Sister is committed to hiring staff who reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. Candidates of color, multilingual and multicultural candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. If you are interested in working at a well-established, dynamic and supportive organization committed to serving girls, please apply.

Responsibilities:
• Prepare and post general ledger entries in QuickBooks
• Lead monthly reconciliation and reporting
• Prepare weekly payables for processing
• Ensure timely deposits of employee 403b contributions
• Process bi-weekly payroll and enter activity in QuickBooks
• Monitor accounts receivable schedule and coordinate with development department
• Record received revenue; sell stock donations as needed
• Prepare cash forecast
• Liaise with departments for payables, receivables and reporting; ensure departments receive monthly financial reports
• Maintain depreciation schedule
• Reconcile bank operating and investment accounts
• Prepare monthly budget versus actual reporting
• Support the annual financial statement audit process by preparing schedules, account reconciliations and responding to auditor requests
• Assist in the preparation of 990s
• Prepare and submit year-end 1099 filings and other government agency filings including invoices for federal and state funding reimbursements
• Prepare and submit data to national Big Brother Big Sister Association
• Support the annual budget preparation
• Serve as a point of contact for banking institutions and other vendors; request W9s as needed
• Manage accounting files, documents and records in accordance with records retention policies and procedures
• Review and update assigned section of the Accounting Policies and Procedures
• Attend Board of Directors Finance Committee and Investment Committee meetings

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree and five years’ experience in accounting or related field
• Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) 
• Proficiency in Excel, QuickBooks (QB), QB Online and MS Office Suite
• Strong organizational and detail management skills
• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with colleagues who are not finance and accounting experts
• Ability to prioritize and organize workload
• Experience working with external auditors and internal controls
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential information
• Ability to effectively identify and utilize available resources to achieve goals
• Excited about and effective in working autonomously and within a cross-functional team

Reports to: Chief Administrative Officer and/or Senior Accounting Manager
Language Skills: Written and oral fluency in English
Start date: Immediately
Location: Big Sister Association Offices, 20 Park Plaza, Boston, MA
Compensation: $70,000-75,000. Full-time, exempt position. Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off and health benefits.

Please send cover letter and resume with subject line Accounting Manager: hr@bigsister.org . Please attach your cover letter and resumé as a Word document or a PDF.

Big Sister Association of Greater Boston is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, nationality, ability, age, gender identity or gender expression or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Do you believe in the power of transformative relationships for girls? Are you ready to impact the Greater Boston community one girl at a time? If you answered yes, and the idea of being part of a collaborative, performance-driven, focused team excites you then join us! At Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, we have been helping girls reach their full potential through positive mentoring relationships with women since 1951. We are the largest mentoring organization in Greater Boston exclusively serving girls and an award-winning affiliate of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

The Coordinator of Workplace Mentoring (WPM) leads core site-based mentoring programing with our workplace partners. Workplace Mentoring pairs employees at a company with Little Sisters from a local school. Little Sisters meet with their Big Sisters at the company's office, providing a meaningful mentoring experience, and valuable career awareness. In addition to interviewing potential Bigs and Littles and, supporting matches between them, the Coordinator of WPM will collaborate with other staff to provide excellent programming and customer service to program partners and facilitate group activities and deliver curriculum.

Strong candidates can connect with and support adults and children from diverse backgrounds, are constantly curious about understanding the needs of others, are passionate about running programs and working with groups of youth and are excited about managing relationships with community partners.

Big Sister is committed to hiring staff who reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. Candidates of color, multilingual and multicultural candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. If you are interested in working at a well- established, dynamic and supportive organization committed to serving girls, please apply.


Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments of and make matches between potential volunteer mentors (Big Sisters) and mentees (Little Sisters) according to agency standards and goals
• Support a caseload of approximately 60 Site-Based matches (Big and Little Sister mentor/mentee pairings)
• Conduct regular phone and email check-ins with Big Sisters, Little Sisters, and families, in order to:
o Provide on-going risk management and support to keep the match strong;
o Provide comprehensive documentation related to strength of match relationship and support needs for each match participant
o Share information about community resources, agency activities, and programs
• Conduct match surveys and annual outcome evaluations with Big and Little Sisters
• Administer all aspects of match support including updating the agency database with relevant case information
• Collaborate with Assistant Manager of Workplace Mentoring to develop and implement Workplace Mentoring programming, ensuring quality standards
• Produce weekly on-site program at corporate and campus sites; facilitate curriculum to promote girls’ development for audiences including girls ages 7-to-20, volunteers, parents/guardians and agency staff
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop and sustain new and existing relationships with prospective partners
• Develop and facilitate trainings for new mentors
• Develop and facilitate workplace mentoring curriculum
• Collaborate with other departments to develop partnership relationships
• Supervise interns


Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree with at least one year of experience in direct service, youth development, social work, or a related area
• Excellent project management and organizational skills with ability to consistently meet deadlines
• Sensitivity to and experience in working with culturally diverse populations and with girls and women and with the ability to build strong, healthy and productive relationships
• Ability to effectively facilitate programming for adolescent girls
• Passion and a proven track record of success in developing and managing productive partner relationships
• Excited about and effective in working autonomously and within a cross-functional team 
• Enthusiastic about learning with the ability to give and receive constructive feedback
• Facility with Microsoft Office Suite and comfort with data management systems (Big Sister uses a Salesforce database platform)

Please note that all positions are remote until July 2021, when we plan to resume working in our physical office.
Reports to: Assistant Manager of Workplace Mentoring
Language Skills: Written and oral fluency in English; candidates who also have proficiency or fluency in other languages, especially Spanish, are strongly encouraged to apply
Start date: July 1, 2021
Location: Big Sister Association Offices, 20 Park Plaza, Boston, MA
Compensation: $40,000 - $42,000. Full-time, exempt position. Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off and health benefits.
Please send cover letter and resume with subject line Coordinator of Workplace Mentoring to: hr@bigsister.org . Please attach your cover letter and resumé as a Word document or a PDF.
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, nationality, ability, age, gender identity or gender expression or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Do you believe in the power of transformative relationships for girls? Are you ready to impact the Greater Boston community one girl at a time? If you answered yes, and the idea of being part of a collaborative, performance-driven, focused team excites you then join us! At Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, we have been helping girls reach their full potential through positive mentoring relationships with women since 1951. We are the largest mentoring organization in Greater Boston exclusively serving girls and an award-winning affiliate of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

Big Sister Boston is seeking dynamic individuals to join our Community-Based Mentoring team. The Community-Based program is a one-to-one mentoring program which matches girls, age 7-to-15, with adult women mentors. As a Big Sister staff member, you will contribute to a mentor-rich community in which every girl has access to the individual nurturing, guidance and support she needs to become a confident, competent and caring adult.

The Match Support Specialist provides case management support to program participants to ensure longer and stronger relationships between Big Sister and Little Sister. The Specialist also conducts introductory match meetings to launch new match relationships.

Strong candidates can connect with and support adults and children from diverse backgrounds, are constantly curious about understanding the needs of others and creative in identifying solutions, and possess organizational, administrative and detail management that is necessary to ensure compliance to safety and other standards. This is a tremendous opportunity for those who are excited about being on the frontlines of direct service for women and girls and understand the importance of maintaining administrative systems to ensure best practices.

Big Sister is committed to hiring staff who reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. Candidates of color, multilingual and multicultural candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. If you are interested in working at a well-established, dynamic and supportive organization committed to serving girls, please apply.


Responsibilities
• Maintain an assigned caseload of approximately 90 Community-Based matches
• Conduct regular phone and email check-ins with Big Sisters, Little Sisters, and families, in order to:
o Provide on-going support related to match activities, child safety, child development, and match relationship development
o Provide comprehensive documentation related to strength of match relationship and support needs for each match participant
o Share information about community resources, agency activities, and programs
• Conduct introductory match meetings at Little Sisters’ homes
• Facilitate positive closure for matches that are unable to continue meeting as part of the program
• Re-engage Big Sisters, Little Sisters and families as appropriate after match closure
• Conduct match surveys and annual outcome evaluations with Big and Little Sisters
• Attend and lead match activities as assigned, seeking opportunities to make meaningful in-person contacts with matches
• Assist with agency special events as needed

Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree
• Ability to build strong, healthy and productive relationships
• Sensitivity to and experience in working with culturally diverse populations and with girls and women
• Passion and a proven track record of success in providing excellent, supportive direct service
• At least one year of experience in a social service setting
• Excited about and effective in working autonomously and within a cross-functional team
• Facility with Microsoft Office Suite and comfort with data management systems (Big Sister uses a Salesforce database platform)
• Availability and flexibility to work weekday evenings and weekends on a regular basis, as well as travel to various local venues

Please note that all positions are remote until July 2021, when we plan to resume working in our physical office.

Reports to: Manager of Match Support

Language Skills: Written and oral fluency in English; candidates who also have proficiency or fluency in other languages, especially Spanish, are strongly encouraged to apply
Start date: Immediately
Location: Big Sister Association Offices, 20 Park Plaza, Boston, MA
Compensation: $37,000 - $39,000. Full-time, exempt position. Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off and health benefits.

Please send cover letter and resume with subject line Match Support Specialist to: hr@bigsister.org . Please attach your cover letter and resumé as a Word document or a PDF.

Big Sister Association of Greater Boston is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, nationality, ability, age, gender identity or gender expression or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.