Manager of Youth Success

Digital Ready is seeking an experienced and mission-driven Manager of Youth Success to lead and supervise our team of Peer Wellness Coaches. This leadership role is responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality, youth-centered support services that promote engagement, retention, credential attainment, and long-term career success. 

The Manager of Youth Success will provide direct supervision, coaching, and professional development to Peer Wellness Coaches, ensuring fidelity to our case management model and consistent, relationship-based support for participants. This role will oversee youth success strategies, monitor key engagement and outcome metrics, and collaborate closely with program leadership to strengthen academic, career, and wellness initiatives across all pathways. 

The ideal candidate is a strategic leader and skilled relationship-builder with a deep commitment to youth development, equity, and inclusive practice. They are passionate about creating safe, empowering environments where young people feel seen, supported, and equipped to thrive both personally and professionally. 

OUR MISSION 

Digital Ready activates the creative potential of high school students, especially Black and Latinx youth, to build tangible pathways to economic opportunities in Boston’s innovation economy. 

Being Digital Ready means being ready for the complexity of a constantly evolving economy and society and requires students to weave together ethnography, engineering, design, and code to solve incredibly gnarly 21st-century problems. At Digital Ready, we utilize the city as a lab for learning striving to make the boundaries between school and the world less strict and more permeable. Our mission is to create tangible economic pathways for students that are driven by students’ interests, local employer needs, and the community’s unique assets. Our students learn by doing. In our studio, students practice habits of creative problem solving in a safe and supportive environment, where they can take risks to learn, ask difficult questions, and develop themselves as creative leaders. 

OUR VALUES 

• We actively fight against the status quo that allows injustices to be perpetuated without accountability; 
• We use our political power, social capital, and networks to create access to high-quality education opportunities for students; 
• We value diverse perspectives, which we believe leads to more identity-affirming and innovative learning experiences for students;
• We are committed to being an anti-racist organization that prioritizes the voices of students and communities of color; 
• We intentionally support the redesign of policies and structures or systemic racism that continues to exclude and harm communities of color; 
• We actively interrogate schools' curriculum, industries' hiring practices, and other institutional practices that limit who has access to Boston's innovation economy. 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

Digital Ready is seeking a dynamic and mission-driven Manager of Youth Success to transform the lives of our young adults by guiding them from enrollment through college and career placement. This hands-on leadership role works closely with youth to provide the guidance, accountability, and support they need to succeed across all aspects of Digital Ready’s STEM pathways while cultivating a strong culture of belonging. 

The Manager of Youth Success provides strategic leadership, supervision, and ongoing development to a team of Peer Wellness Coaches, ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality, student-centered coaching. This role is responsible for driving student engagement, retention, academic progress, credential attainment, and career readiness while fostering inclusive environments where every young adult feels seen, supported, and valued. 

This leader builds meaningful, trust-based relationships with youth and their families, ensuring young adults are prepared academically, personally, and professionally to achieve their college and career goals. The ideal candidate is deeply aligned with Digital Ready’s mission, passionate about youth development, and committed to advancing economic mobility through relationship-based coaching and high expectations. 

We are seeking candidates with strong personal and professional connections to Boston’s nonprofit, higher education, and employer communities, along with the coaching skills and local insight necessary to bridge the gap between Digital Ready and postsecondary and STEM career pathways. 

This is an in-person position based at the Digital Ready studio at 3377 Washington Street in Boston. Core in-person hours are Monday through Friday, 1:00 pm – 5:30 pm. 

Qualifications 

• Experience with teaching, mentoring, or tutoring young adults between the ages of 16-25. 
• Strong communication and collaboration skills. 
• Passion for education and empowering students. 
• High level of organization and attention to detail. 
• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in a STEM related field. 
• Fluency in Spanish, Haitian Creole, or Somalian is preferred. 

Benefits 

• Opportunity to make a significant impact on students' learning journeys. 
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment. 
• Professional development opportunities.

How can I apply? 

Interested applicants can visit www.digitalready.org to learn more about the organization. 

Applications including a resume and cover letter should be submitted online by using the following submission link: https://form.typeform.com/to/lYSDdhd4?typeform-source=www.google.com