The Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement (MOIA) works to strengthen the ability of immigrants and Boston’s diverse cultural and linguistic communities to fully participate in the economic, civic, social, and cultural life of Boston. The Special Project Manager will be responsible for overseeing MOIA’s efforts to build the City’s capacity to respond to integrate immigrants by building immigrant infrastructure through advocacy, community organizing, and program/project execution.
Under the direction of the Executive Director, the areas of focus will be to:
- Operate as the Executive Director’s Executive Coordinator/Special Project Manager, they will support her with building and managing a portfolio of short, mid, and long-term projects to scale up the City’s immigrant infrastructure to both respond to current events while simultaneously building capacity for systemic change.
- Support with building and coordinating various teams of city, state, and federal departments/agencies, volunteer groups, nonprofit partners, municipalities, nonprofit legal aid organizations, and community-based organizations to engage in supporting the safe welcoming and resettlement of new migrant arrivals.
- Support with securing vital resources to aid new arrivals, such as housing, food, clothing, etc., through procuring partnerships with government agencies/departments, nonprofit/for-profit organizations, and grant writing for federal resources.
- Provide event planning and logistical support for training and know your rights/responsibilities workshops for eligible populations, as needed.
- Serves as a support to the MOIA team on rapid response as needed.
This is not your typical 9-5 pm role. We are looking for folks who share our core values of people-first leadership, intentional strategy, and justice.