Massachusetts residents face some of the highest costs of living in the country, leading to high rates of family homelessness. At present, about 728,000 people live below the federal poverty level in Massachusetts. According to recent Census data, 265,000 households in the state are “rent-burdened,” paying over 30% of their income to rent alone. At present, over 24-25,000 parents and children are in the Massachusetts Emergency Assistance family shelter system. This is the second highest rate of family homelessness in the nation, trailing only New York. Furthermore, this official number does not include the thousands more homeless families who are living doubled-up, couch surfing, or taking shelter in cars or campgrounds.
Families need stable income to afford stable housing but low-income parents face an onslaught of systemic barriers on the road to higher education, stable careers, and increased income. At One Family, our goal is to break down barriers to education and career access, so that homeless and low-income families can achieve financial independence and long-term housing stability.
As a One Family Scholars Coach, you will help address the issue of family homelessness through coaching in our One Family Scholars Program — to help families increase their income to achieve economic and housing stability. You’ll work hand-in-hand with clients to identify, set, and reach important life goals. This is your chance to serve as a positive and encouraging advocate and introduce the key tools and knowledge that can help people to be their best and achieve their dreams.
The One Family Scholars program is a multi-year program that provides individualized college and career coaching to low-income parents pursuing a college degree. Student parents also receive scholarships that help to offset both direct and indirect costs of college.
You’ll be a great fit if you have a passion for service and share a belief that all families should have access to secure housing, education that leads to employment, and the ability to build assets to create a brighter future. Most importantly, it is your ability to build strong relationships with the families and communities of color that we serve that will help you to excel at this important work.
As a Coach, you will have the opportunity to support families as follows:
There are innumerable ways to learn, grow, and excel professionally. We respect this when we review applications and take a broad look at the experience of each applicant. We want to get to know you and the unique strengths you will bring to the work. This said, we are most likely to be interested in your candidacy if you can demonstrate the majority of the qualifications and experiences listed below.
It takes a special person to serve as a Coach at One Family. First and foremost, you share One Family’s belief that families who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness can create a brighter future for themselves and their children. You also share our passion for racial, economic, and social justice, and possess an openness and respect for others’ cultures, identities, and lived experiences. We’ll be most excited about your candidacy if you can demonstrate prior success delivering results through others within work or direct-service volunteer settings. We are also seeking candidates with prior experience providing coaching to individuals.
This role will report to a Senior Coach on the One Family team.
We do not expect candidates to meet all of the criteria listed below. Reviewing the qualifications can help you to better understand the expectations of this role.
We are excited to receive applications from candidates who are proficient in more than one language. In particular, we are looking for coaches who speak Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, or Spanish.
This is a full-time position. The One Family team works hybrid and staff typically comes into the Boston office once a week. Expected start date for this role is Summer 2024.
The salary for this position is $58,950. To ensure internal parity, salary is set according to an explicit compensation policy and in line with the current staff in the same job group. One Family also offers a comprehensive benefits package to promote your professional growth and development, which includes:
The summary of benefits can be found HERE
Interested candidates are encouraged to promptly submit their application through our online portal. All applicants will receive a response to their application within two weeks of submission. Please email jyun@positivelypartners.org with questions or for support submitting your application. While subject to change, candidates elected to advance throughout the process can expect a phone interview with Positively Partners, an interview with members of One Family’s Hiring Committee, and, for finalists, an interview day with staff and stakeholders, including a robust and holistic reference check process.
One Family, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we encourage applications from those with diverse backgrounds and lived experiences that reflect the populations we serve.
One Family provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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Massachusetts residents face some of the highest costs of living in the country, leading to high rates of family homelessness. At present, about 728,000 people live below the federal poverty level in Massachusetts. According…
One Family offers a comprehensive benefits package to promote your professional growth and development, which includes:
One Family offers a comprehensive benefits package to promote your professional growth and development, which includes:
We are excited to receive applications from candidates who are proficient in more than one language. In particular, we are looking for coaches who speak Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, or Spanish.
We are excited to receive applications from candidates who are proficient in more than one language. In particular, we are looking for coaches who speak Cape Verdean Creole…
Interested candidates are encouraged to promptly submit their application through our online portal. All applicants will receive a response to their application within two weeks of submission. Please email jyun@positivelypartners.org with questions or for support submitting your application. While subject to change, candidates elected to advance throughout the process can expect a phone interview with Positively Partners, an interview with members of One Family’s Hiring Committee, and, for finalists, an interview day with staff and stakeholders, including a robust and holistic reference check process.
Interested candidates are encouraged to promptly submit their application through our online portal. All applicants will receive a response to their application within two…