The Position

This is a 3-month position. The Manager of Scholar (Postsecondary) Success (MSPS) will collaborate with and support the Director of Postsecondary Success (DPS) to help advance Phoenix Chelsea’s postsecondary program. As part of the Postsecondary team, you will provide scholars with the essential resources and mentorship needed to locate career and college opportunities and pursue successful, self-sufficient lives after graduation. The MSPS will advise students who are rising into the graduating class to ensure they have strong graduation plans and succeed in their final stages at Phoenix. The MSPS will also provide administrative support to students enrolled in dual enrollment classes and certificate programs through Bunker Hill Community College. Finally, the MSPS will co-teach College & Career, a class designed to strengthen students’ awareness of career pathways and build their skills for succeeding in college and/or their professional endeavors. As a part of this team, the right candidate will help to change the odds for underserved students, ensuring that every student is prepared to tackle their post-secondary plans.

This position is full time and you are expected to work 40 hours per week.

Your duties would include a selection of the following, based on your strengths and the DPS’s needs:

• Support the DPS in the planning and promotion of college and career events

• Maintain files and data trackers used for tracking student progress

• Help students identify and apply for scholarships and financial aid

• Facilitate students exploration of career interests

• Assist DPS in preparation of College & Career lessons

• Maintain positive relationships with students, school staff, and adult supporters

• Carry out daily, relentless outreach to students and their adult supporters

• Track and document dual enrollment students’ BHCC grades and progress

• Assure dual enrollment students maintain their Phoenix goals and graduation pacing

• Other responsibilities as assigned by the DPS or Head of School (HOS)

Skills & Eligibility:

• Demonstrated commitment to students and learning

• Personal alignment with, and passion for, Phoenix’s mission

• Excellent organization, time management and follow-up skills; high sense of urgency; demonstrated ability to successfully handle multiple tasks concurrently

• Ability to work both independently and as a part of a team

• Applicants must be a college graduate or currently enrolled in college

• Spanish/Portuguese speaking applicants especially encouraged to apply

Other Information:
You will be required to complete a background check and fingerprinting to work with our students.

Our Philosophy

Phoenix Charter Academy's mission is to challenge young people in our area with an academically rigorous and individually tailored curriculum. Phoenix scholars will have the support, resources and training needed to succeed academically in high school and college, and become economically secure in their future. Phoenix Charter Academy is named after a mythological figure of strength, healing and renewal.

Phoenix schools challenge resilient, disconnected young people with rigorous academics and relentless supports, so they take ownership of their futures and succeed in high school, college, and as self-sufficient adults.

At Phoenix we do not just accept difference - we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our scholars and the communities we serve. We believe difference makes us stronger. Phoenix Charter Academy is an equal opportunity employer and as such, we do not discriminate against any team member or candidate because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Phoenix Charter Academy is committed to making any reasonable accommodation necessary to support an individual's employment.

About Our School

Phoenix Charter Academy Chelsea is a tuition- free, college-preparatory public high school in Chelsea, Massachusetts. A regional high school, Phoenix Chelsea serves over 200 students, enrolling students ages 14-21, hailing from Chelsea, Everett, Revere, Lynn, and Boston.

Phoenix Chelsea’s student body is diverse, with 85% of students identifying as Hispanic and 11% as African American. Phoenix Chelsea is specifically designed to serve the most vulnerable, disconnected students and has had great success in meeting their needs both academically and social-emotionally, preparing students to be successful beyond high school. By most disconnected we mean the young people who are: the most pushed out of the traditional educational system, have the least access to educational pathways and options, and are the most off-track academically. As a result, when a Phoenix student graduates, they have demonstrated tremendous perseverance and resilience.

Students come to Phoenix Chelsea facing many unique challenges: 48% are 19 or older, 32% are formerly truant, 16% are former dropouts, 25% have been court involved, 7% are pregnant or parenting, 66% are English Language Learners and 13% are on IEP/504 learning plans. Additionally, most of Phoenix Chelsea’s students come from low-income households, and annually our free or reduced lunch rate is at or above 90%.

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