Careers at Beacon Academy
The Beacon Academy 10-Year Program
Beacon Academy closes the opportunity gap for a cadre of Boston’s determined and inquisitive students. Striving for educational equity using a lens of social justice, we help our students create life-changing opportunities as they build lives of purpose, community, and impact. Our 10-Year Program begins with our Academy Year – a 14-month term filled with academic rigor, personal development, and exciting life experiences – followed by diverse support programs for our alumni throughout high school, college, and early careers. Not only do we prepare students for futures of curiosity and well-being, but we also stay connected with them, offering resources to promote success from their first day at Beacon Academy into their first careers. We value our community and strive for a sense of belonging at Beacon Academy. To achieve that, we honor each person's dignity and humanity, bring a learning mindset to our work, encourage honest and direct feedback, and look for joy even in challenging spaces. We invite you to join us in upholding these core values of Beacon Academy.
The Beacon Academy Community
A key priority for Beacon Academy this year is maintaining and strengthening a sense of community. Our community consists of students, alumni, parents, caregivers, faculty, staff, Board members, volunteers, corporate and community partners, and donors who bring our mission to life and sustain our robust 10-year journey from Academy year to career for over 380 students and alumni. We are committed to embracing educational equity as a common goal and are grateful to our community for helping us work to achieve it. When we come together as a community, there is no limit to the number of life-changing opportunities we can create for these students and many more.
Beacon Academy Benefits
- Generous paid time off
- Insurance coverage - Health, Vision and Dental
- Life, short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Retirement plan with matching employer contribution after the first year
- Flexible Spending Accounts - Health and Dependent Care
- Convenient location with parking and accessible to public transportation
Open Positions
Director, Enrollment & Placement
The Director, Enrollment & Placement develops and implements an admissions program that effectively models Beacon Academy's mission, values, and culture for all prospective students and their families. Similarly, the Director creates and manages the resources and systems necessary to successfully place Beacon students into independent high schools. A member of the senior leadership team, the Director of Enrollment & Placement works closely with the CEO & Head of School and the rest of the senior team to create a culture of inclusion and belonging that centers the needs of Beacon students and empowers their families to be effective advocates for their children’ educational needs.
Director of Development & Engagement
The Director of Development & Engagement (DDE) serves as a key senior leadership team member and an active strategic decision maker at Beacon Academy. The DDE will oversee all fundraising programs and communications activities, including the creation and implementation of a strategy to expand Beacon Academy’s funding base, raise its profile in philanthropic communities, steward a constituency of committed and informed supporters, and attract a sustainable funding base to help the organization scale its impact and realize its strategic goals. The DDE will closely work with the CEO & Head of School, Leadership Team, and Board of Directors to create and implement a comprehensive development strategy to include individual giving, corporate giving, grants, and special events. The DDE will foster a culture of philanthropy throughout the organization and create a donor relations strategy that nurtures loyalty through a comprehensive relationship-building program, including cultivation and communication of Beacon Academy’s mission, vision, and impact. The DDE reports directly to the CEO & Head of School, supervises a Development Coordinator, and manages relationships with contracted grant writing, communications, and other external resources.