Director of Upward Bound Math & Science

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Job no: 530272
Position Type: Staff Full Time
Campus: UMass Boston
Department: Math & Science Upward Bound
Pay Grade: 33
Date opened: 28 Sep 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 12 Oct 2026 Eastern Daylight Time

General

Summary:

Founded in 1990, the University of Massachusetts Boston’s Upward Bound Math-Science Program (UBMS) is operated in collaboration with the independent Noble and Greenough School (Nobles) in Dedham, Massachusetts. UBMS annually serves 72 low-income and first-generation high school students attending Lawrence High School and/or residing in Lawrence, MA. Through an school-year component that includes monthly Saturday seminars and vacation week intensives and through an academically rigorous six-week residential summer component, Upward Bound Math-Science provides participants with the skills and motivation necessary for successful completion of high school and successful entry into and completion of postsecondary education.

With an emphasis on Math and Science, program activities include challenging academic courses, tutoring, college and career awareness and advising activities, social-emotional skill-building, and cultural enrichment activities. The most intensive aspect of the program’s year-round programming is the six-week summer residential component. Program staff and students live on the residential campus of the Noble and Greenough School from Sunday to Friday afternoon and spend the final week of the program touring colleges.

The summer program is preceded by one week of staff orientation, run by the program’s administrative staff and held at Nobles.

The Director position is 50% time during the school year and full-time for eight weeks during the summer

Examples of Duties:

• Plan, develop and administer the Upward Bound Math-Science program; direct the implementation of all program activities to ensure the program objectives are being met and that the programs are in compliance with funder and university regulations and guidelines;
• Directly supervise program staff including the Assistant Director and the program’s summer instructors and tutor-counselors;
• Recruit, select, onboard, train, and supervise all instructional staff, working closely with the instructors to develop and implement the program’s curriculum and course offerings; ensure that the federally mandated core curriculum is implemented and that the participants are engaged in college preparatory courses and activities. Provide instructors with support in the form of orientation, one-on-one feedback, planning support, class observations, student evaluations and instructor meetings;
• In consultation with the Senior Director of Programs & Initiatives, manage the program budgets for Upward Bound Math-Science (currently nearly $400,000 annually) to ensure compliance with university, state, and funder regulations and policies;
• Maintain and strengthen the long-term partnership with the Noble and Greenough community, by being an active, visible member of the school community; market the UBMS program at Nobles to garner continued support and to enhance services for participants; negotiate and supervise contracts with Nobles for the use of classroom, athletics and other residential campus space for the summer residential component, program Saturdays and other events;
  
  work with the Nobles business office to ensure appropriate billing and financial record-keeping;
• During the summer, live in residence at the Upward Bound Math-Science summer site, providing support to the rest of the Upward Bound Math-Science summer residential staff;
• Supervise the recruitment,…