Live-in Resident Assistant (RA) position at Showa Boston Institute, an academic-residential campus, mentoring and supporting predominately female, Japanese study-abroad students. Most of the students are in long-term programs (4 to 17 months) and are university-aged; however students in short-term programs (3 days to 1 month) range in age from 12 to 80. Showa Boston is the study-abroad campus of Showa Women's University in Tokyo, Japan.

Showa Boston's mission is to increase students' English proficiency, to develop their cross-cultural awareness and to foster their personal growth by providing diverse, individual, and group learning opportunities for students to communicate in English and become more familiar with American culture.

The position is a non-paid, residential, part-time position and reports to the Resident Services Coordinator. Full room and board and use of facilities are provided in exchange for services. RAs work an average of 10 hours per week, predominantly evenings and weekends, in exchange for private room with a private bath, full meal plan, use of campus facilities (including pool, Jacuzzi, and computer lab), free parking, wireless internet, discounted Japanese lessons on campus, and free shuttle bus (Showa to/from Reservoir stop on the Green Line). The majority of RA responsibilities, including planned student activities and interactions, occur evenings and weekends.

Showa Boston has immediate openings for this position. Previous RA experience preferred.

Responsibilities
• Design and implement intercultural activities and programs on and off-campus

• Chaperone on and off-campus Student Services activities and trips

• Participate in arrival and departure activities for student groups as assigned

• Help prepare for and facilitate student move-in and move-out

• Assist students when they need help; create a safe, welcoming residential environment

• Actively engage in informal, daily interaction with students

• Report pertinent student welfare concerns to Student Services staff

• Perform weekday/weekend overnight RA duty approximately twice a month and holiday duty as needed

• Attend mandatory RA staff meetings, co-RA meetings, and hall meetings every Monday evening from 7:00pm to 10:00pm

• Participate in all in-service training activities and meetings

• Submit monthly reports to Resident Services Coordinator

Skills
• Cultural sensitivity
• Ability to respond to emergencies calmly and effectively
• Flexibility
• Patience
• Positive and outgoing

Requirements
• Native English speaker
• B.A., B.S. or graduate degree preferred
• Previous Resident Life and/or Student Life experience preferred
• Interest in and/or experience with international or intercultural education preferred
• Interest in and/or experience with Japanese culture a plus

Interested and qualified persons should submit a cover letter and a resume.

• Location: Jamaica Plain
• This is at a non-profit organization.
• Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
• Please, no phone calls about this job!
• Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

The Partnership at Drugfree.org is an established national not for profit organization dedicated to developing innovative communications programs and online solutions that meet the needs of parents and families. We are conducting a search for an experienced program manager to join our growing team -- someone who has been managing the development of high-impact communications programs for 5-7 years. The program manager serves as the team lead for select programs in The Partnership's portfolio; responsible for establishing, managing and maintaining the excellence of those programs; enlisting strategic and marketing partners from both public and private sectors; and ensuring on-time, on-budget completion of all program deliverables. The ideal candidate is an extremely creative and entrepreneurial leader experienced in the application of research to the development of effective communications strategies, and the effective use of both traditional and new media in the service of strategic objectives. Knowledge of mainstream corporate and cause marketing, including advertising and public relations, is strongly preferred.

Major Responsibilities

• Report to the EVP, director of program management, coordinating program objectives with The Partnership's overarching strategic objectives, and aligning program activity with other activity on the editorial calendar.
• Develop a mastery of information about target audiences and their interaction with the drug issue
• Identify strategic needs/gaps and develop high impact programmatic solutions
• Help to develop program proposals and budgets and key milestones/metrics for measuring program effectiveness
• Help establish and manage key funder and strategic partner relationships in both the private and public sectors
• Serve as project lead on select programs, including (ideally) those directed to Hispanic and other multicultural audiences
• Collaborate effectively with other Partnership staff to develop program components including (for example): digital assets such as landing pages, web content and/or engagement tools, community education presentations and marketing tools (advertising, public relations materials, events)
• Work with research colleagues to evaluate program effectiveness and prepare regular reports on program performance for funders and other partners

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience in program design and implementation
• Proven track record of owning projects from start to finish
• Some knowledge of substance abuse prevention/early intervention a major plus
• Some experience with community/school/workplace/sports or media programs: design, implementation, evaluation
• Integrated social marketing expertise (including social media)
• Experience using media, arts and/or pop culture to increase public interest in a social issue or personal behavior
• Hispanic audience knowledge; familiarity with multicultural/niche marketing a plus
• Ability to work with and present to corporate, foundation and government funders
• Excellent communication, account and partner management and strong team-building skills

Background

• Youth marketing programs (for profit or nonprofit)
• Social marketing programs with significant private sector participation
• Public health program development and implementation
• Government agency background -- adolescent health or substance abuse/mental health

How to Apply
The Partnership at Drugfree.org values diversity in the workplace and encourages candidates of diverse backgrounds to apply. Please send cover letter with salary requirements and resume via email to the address above. No phone calls, please.

• Compensation: Commensurate with experience
• This is at a non-profit organization.
• Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
• Please, no phone calls about this job!
• Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.