SY 26-27 Alumni Coordinator

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8 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $48,000.00 To $50,000.00 Annually

The Conservatory Lab Foundation seeks a full-time Alumni Coordinator.

Job Summary Conservatory Lab Charter School is a public K-8 school in Dorchester where every single student plays a musical instrument every single day, starting in the first grade. The Alumni Coordinator will complete a four-person Foundation team that raises awareness and money for the School, managing its non-academic external relations. Specifically, this newly created position will primarily focus on building durable relationships with our alumni, identifying and tracking their paths, storytelling their achievements, and providing services to them and their families.

This is a newly-created position and so some flexibility will be required as the daily job requirements are clarified. However, what follows is a reasonable summary of the expectations. The Alumni Coordinator will assist the Foundation Coordinator with the School’s social media and website, and provide the team with event support, largely in support of the overall goal of increasing alumni engagement.

The Alumni Coordinator will partner with and / or support School staff charged with recruiting new students, and acting as a liaison to the Family Action Network (FAN). Explicit experience in fundraising is far less important for this role than identifying a candidate with a passion for the arts who will energetically advocate for 450 public school students in Dorchester, and our 400 alumni, to have the resources they deserve.

The ideal candidate will have strong relationship-building skills, along with the ability to write with clarity and brevity and work collaboratively with a small team. We are looking for someone who will help us work smarter and more effectively and will embrace the joyful culture in which we work.

About the Conservatory Lab Foundation The Conservatory Lab Foundation (the Foundation) is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides philanthropic support, and holds assets on behalf of the Conservatory Lab Charter School (Conservatory Lab), where every student receives daily orchestral musical instruction. The Foundation supports the national dissemination of Conservatory Lab’s educational model, and provides public relations, event logistics, and marketing support to the School.

About Conservatory Lab Charter School Conservatory Lab was founded in 1998 by New England Conservatory faculty members and veterans of public health who shared a belief that the practice of music would lead to better academic and social outcomes. In 2009, Conservatory Lab adopted the EL Education curriculum which emphasizes student-driven learning and lessons with real world impact. In 2010, Conservatory Lab became the first school in the United States to integrate El Sistema’s ensemble-based approach to music education into its daily curriculum.

In 2023, Massachusetts honored Conservatory Lab as a “School of Recognition,” the only K-8 school and the only charter school in the state to receive the designation. In renewing the school’s charter in 2024, Massachusetts Commissioner of Education Jeffrey Riley wrote, “Your school has proved what a strong vision, high standards, and hard work can accomplish for the students of Massachusetts.”

The School’s landmark Upper Campus was completed in 2020, serving grades 3 – 8. The renovated Lower School was reopened in 2025 with a Ribbon Cutting Event that included speeches from The Mayor of Boston and the Commonwealth’s Secretary of Education.

• Gather and analyze data on our alumni
  • Maintain a database of roughly 400 former middle school students who have moved on since 2018, as well as alumni from earlier years. In collaboration with the Foundation Director, the Coordinator will establish a baseline of alumni engagement as well as targets for growth over time.
  • Collaborate with the School’s registrar on the…