Assistant Program Coordinator

Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation
Building Communities, Building Partnerships
in Hyde Park and Roslindale
Program Assistant (Ages 20-25)
Green Team, Job Readiness and Environmental Stewardship Program
Summer 2025
Position: Assistant Program Coordinator
Employment Dates: June 23 - August 22, 2025
Hours: 31 hours per week
Schedule: Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 8:30AM-2:30PM, Thur 8:30AM - 3:30PM
Pay: $640/week
Organizational Background
Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation (SWBCDC) is a non-profit organization serving Boston's diverse neighborhoods of Hyde Park and Roslindale. We create and preserve affordable housing to prevent displacement of low and moderate-income residents. We work with businesses to strengthen the commercial base of the neighborhoods. We work with residents to develop and implement strategies for climate change mitigation and resiliency, and transit equity along the Fairmount Commuter Rail Line. We employ Boston youth to restore local conservation woodlands and learn to grow food. We provide life skills and job readiness training to prepare them for future success.
Program Description
During the summer of 2025, Southwest Boston CDC's Green Team program will operate two teams. Youth from both teams will work 25 hours per week (9:00Am-2:00PM) from July 7-August 15.
Our Garden Team will employ 5 youth ages 14-15 and 2 Crew Leaders to support/supervise them. The crew will work on urban garden/farming sites in Hyde Park and Dorchester. Official work sites are TBD. Additionally, the garden crew will plan and maintain their own gardening plot. Youth will learn how to grow food in urban green spaces, maintain garden plots, and possibly participate in the selling and distribution of food to local residents.
Our Woodlands Team will employ 8 youth ages 16-18. They will work with 2 Crew Leaders and with the Boston Parks Department to restore conservation woodlands in Hyde Park and educate residents about proper use of the woods. They will learn landscaping skills, including how to build and restore trails, identify and properly remove invasive plants, plant native trees, create swales to help prevent flooding. They will learn about woodland safety and about the role that woodlands play in helping to mitigate the effects of climate change in our city.
Both teams will learn job readiness and life skills such as proper workplace conduct and conflict resolution, teen workers' rights, personal banking; resume preparation, interviewing, and post high school education and job options. Job readiness workshops and field trips will occur on Thursdays from 10:00AM - 3:00PM unless noted by the Program Coordinator.
11 Fairmount Ave. Room 101 • Hyde Park, MA 02136 • Phone: 617.364.7300 • Fax: 617.364.7360
www.swbcdc.orgAssistant Coordinator Job Description
The Assistant Program Coordinator will work closely with the Program Coordinator to ensure smooth day-to-day operations of the Green Team program. This includes supporting crew leaders and youth, helping to organize schedules and activities, and participating in fieldwork and trainings.
Work with the Program Coordinator to:
• Help facilitate daily program logistics, including worksite set-up (helping to distribute water and snacks) and transportation coordination
• Help manage overall program operations, environmental education workshops, job readiness training, and community engagement activities
• Maintain attendance records and assist with tracking youth and staff hours
• Participate in fieldwork at Urban Wild sites to observe, support, and document activities
• Take photographs and help with social media or communications as needed
• Serve as a liaison between crew leaders, youth, and Program Coordinator
• Help coordinate the end of Summer Showcase and Green Team Fundraising activities
• Attend relevant partner meetings and tabling events
• Meet weekly with Green Team Program Coordinator and SWBCDC Assistant Director to provide program updates, receive feedback and discuss challenges.
Qualifications:
1. Must have access to a car
2. Between the ages of 20 and 25.
3. One or more years of experience working with and supervising youth
4. Able to motivate and inspire youth, resolve conflicts and enforce disciplinary procedures
5. Able to lift 25 pounds and work outside for extended periods of time
6. Strong interest in woodland restoration and/or urban farming
7. Strong communication and organization skills
8. Experience working in diverse communities
Helpful:
1. First aid and/or CPR certification
2. Able to speak Spanish or Haitian Creole
3. Experience in landscaping or gardening
4. City of Boston resident
Apply on our website at https://www.swbcdc.org/programareas/green-team. For more information contact Zaria Griffith, Program Coordinator at greenteam@swbcdc.org.
Southwest Boston CDC is an equal opportunity employer.