{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"8db1f0fe2bbb5c2c47ebccaa","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/8db1f0fe2bbb5c2c47ebccaa","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/8db1f0fe2bbb5c2c47ebccaa","title":"Social Justice Program Manager","description":"Job Title: Social Justice Program Manager\nReports to: Director of Education\nType: Full-Time\n\nSalary: $65,000\nLocation: Lowell, MA\nJob Summary:\nThe Social Justice Program Manager will be responsible for facilitating engaging learning experiences and opportunities for young adults to develop transferable skills, as well as foundational concepts of Social Justice and Organizing. In this phase of programming young adults will explore social justice related topics that impact their communities and begin to formulate their identity as a part of their community.\nThe Social Justice Program Manager will also oversee projects like the youth-led candidate forums, community responses to violence, and will act as UTEC’s liaison to local and statewide coalitions like the Mayor’s Youth Council and more.\nDuties & Responsibilities:\nSelf & Community Awareness (My Story Matters, My Community is worth learning about, I have experiences that connect me to justice work.)\nSupport young adults in their transition from Transformational Beginnings to Workforce programming by building community and culture\nCreate opportunities for young adults to learn and grow transferable skills, specifically the UTEC Emotional Intelligence Competencies\nSupport young adults in their identity development and understanding their strengths and areas of growth\nExposure to real community role models, organizers, youth leaders, stories to help youth connect their own lived experiences to larger social issues, and expand the sense of what they can become.\nUnderstanding family & cultural identity through storytelling and community history\n\nLeading and Problem Solving\nSupport young adults in their identity development as someone who can help their community not just observe it.\nHelp young adults build skills in facilitation, advocacy, & organizing to show them they can lead.\nSupport young adults in identifying and choosing community issues to address and create a plan of action.\nSupport young people in the implementation of plans of action.\nFoster an environment and culture of showing up for each other.\nChangemakers with Power\nSignificant understanding of politics, government, and nuance of social justice topics\n\nParticipate and support UTEC organizing and advocacy events such as speaking in support of policies and bills, attending site visits and speaking to legislature\nSupport young people in identifying areas or organizing that meet their interest\n\nSupport young people in project management and following through on action plans\n\nIn partnership with Policy Manager & Senior Director of Policy, co-organize annual candidate forums\nCreate and maintain strong partnerships with organizations engaging in organizing work\n\nIdentify and train organizations that are able to provide an internship opportunity for Enterprise level young adults\nUphold UTEC’s Standards of Accountability and restorative practices to support young adults in growing social emotional and positive decision making skills\nTrack and report attendance via weekly attendance\nConsistently log all data required by program and grants\nReport to grant and funders progress and barriers of Organizing program\nParticipate in UTEC’s activities and celebrations such as, Friday Workshops, Circles and House Meal\nWilling to travel to UTEC’s 3 locations, Lowell, Lawrence, and Haverhill to lead workshops and programming.\nWillingness to flex hours for weekends and evenings as organizing and State House events arise.\n\nRequired Skills/Abilities:\nSpecial interest in building power among low-income people of color to fight for social, economic and racial justice.\nStrong knowledge of organizing methods and approaches\nComfort with social media and digital communication\nProject management\nFacilitation\nPositive youth development\nCurriculum and agenda development\nCoaching and coachability\nThe ability to laugh at one’s self is a must\nAbility to thrive and be productive in a high-energy and youthful environment\nBilingual (English/Spanish) preferred\nEducation and Experience:\nTwo or more years of experience of direct service work with youth\nAdvanced understanding of restorative justice and transformative justice practices\nLived experience relative to the young adults at UTEC is a plus\nPrevious experience organizing youth led movements and groups\nExcellent oral and written skills\nFacilitation skills\nAdvanced level of curriculum writing and implementation\nPhysical Requirements:\nProlonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.\nMust be able to lift up to 25 pounds at times.\nAble to travel as needed.\n\nCompensation:\n$65,000 plus benefits. UTEC offers a competitive benefits package that starts with 3 weeks of vacation plus a week off between the Christmas and New Year holidays, 12 holidays, 10 sick days, 2 personal days, and 3 bereavement days, as well as health, dental, and vision insurance starting day one. We also offer life insurance, first-time homeowners down payment assistance, cost-of-living increases, a paid sabbatical after three years, and a 401K retirement plan with up to $2,000 savings match. See more about our benefits here.\nUTEC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, UTEC complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.\np1p2KCOCMc","company":"Utec","rawCompany":"utec","city":"Lowell","state":"MA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-15T03:58:16.417Z","occupations":[{"code":"11-9151.00","title":"Social and Community Service Managers","slug":"social-and-community-service-managers"},{"code":"21-1099.00","title":"Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other","slug":"community-and-social-service-specialists-all-other"},{"code":"21-1093.00","title":"Social and Human Service Assistants","slug":"social-and-human-service-assistants"}],"industries":[{"code":"813319","title":"Other Social Advocacy Organizations","slug":"other-social-advocacy-organizations"},{"code":"813410","title":"Civic and Social Organizations","slug":"civic-and-social-organizations"},{"code":"624110","title":"Child and Youth Services","slug":"child-and-youth-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Social Justice Program Manager","description":"Job Title: Social Justice Program Manager\nReports to: Director of Education\nType: Full-Time\n\nSalary: $65,000\nLocation: Lowell, MA\nJob Summary:\nThe Social Justice Program Manager will be responsible for facilitating engaging learning experiences and opportunities for young adults to develop transferable skills, as well as foundational concepts of Social Justice and Organizing. In this phase of programming young adults will explore social justice related topics that impact their communities and begin to formulate their identity as a part of their community.\nThe Social Justice Program Manager will also oversee projects like the youth-led candidate forums, community responses to violence, and will act as UTEC’s liaison to local and statewide coalitions like the Mayor’s Youth Council and more.\nDuties & Responsibilities:\nSelf & Community Awareness (My Story Matters, My Community is worth learning about, I have experiences that connect me to justice work.)\nSupport young adults in their transition from Transformational Beginnings to Workforce programming by building community and culture\nCreate opportunities for young adults to learn and grow transferable skills, specifically the UTEC Emotional Intelligence Competencies\nSupport young adults in their identity development and understanding their strengths and areas of growth\nExposure to real community role models, organizers, youth leaders, stories to help youth connect their own lived experiences to larger social issues, and expand the sense of what they can become.\nUnderstanding family & cultural identity through storytelling and community history\n\nLeading and Problem Solving\nSupport young adults in their identity development as someone who can help their community not just observe it.\nHelp young adults build skills in facilitation, advocacy, & organizing to show them they can lead.\nSupport young adults in identifying and choosing community issues to address and create a plan of action.\nSupport young people in the implementation of plans of action.\nFoster an environment and culture of showing up for each other.\nChangemakers with Power\nSignificant understanding of politics, government, and nuance of social justice topics\n\nParticipate and support UTEC organizing and advocacy events such as speaking in support of policies and bills, attending site visits and speaking to legislature\nSupport young people in identifying areas or organizing that meet their interest\n\nSupport young people in project management and following through on action plans\n\nIn partnership with Policy Manager & Senior Director of Policy, co-organize annual candidate forums\nCreate and maintain strong partnerships with organizations engaging in organizing work\n\nIdentify and train organizations that are able to provide an internship opportunity for Enterprise level young adults\nUphold UTEC’s Standards of Accountability and restorative practices to support young adults in growing social emotional and positive decision making skills\nTrack and report attendance via weekly attendance\nConsistently log all data required by program and grants\nReport to grant and funders progress and barriers of Organizing program\nParticipate in UTEC’s activities and celebrations such as, Friday Workshops, Circles and House Meal\nWilling to travel to UTEC’s 3 locations, Lowell, Lawrence, and Haverhill to lead workshops and programming.\nWillingness to flex hours for weekends and evenings as organizing and State House events arise.\n\nRequired Skills/Abilities:\nSpecial interest in building power among low-income people of color to fight for social, economic and racial justice.\nStrong knowledge of organizing methods and approaches\nComfort with social media and digital communication\nProject management\nFacilitation\nPositive youth development\nCurriculum and agenda development\nCoaching and coachability\nThe ability to laugh at one’s self is a must\nAbility to thrive and be productive in a high-energy and youthful environment\nBilingual (English/Spanish) preferred\nEducation and Experience:\nTwo or more years of experience of direct service work with youth\nAdvanced understanding of restorative justice and transformative justice practices\nLived experience relative to the young adults at UTEC is a plus\nPrevious experience organizing youth led movements and groups\nExcellent oral and written skills\nFacilitation skills\nAdvanced level of curriculum writing and implementation\nPhysical Requirements:\nProlonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.\nMust be able to lift up to 25 pounds at times.\nAble to travel as needed.\n\nCompensation:\n$65,000 plus benefits. 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