Stakeholder Engagement Specialist

Pay Range

New England Board of Higher Education provided pay range: $70,000.00/yr - $80,000.00/yr

Actual pay will be based on skills and experience – talk with your recruiter.

Company
:
New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) |
Location
:
Boston, MA

Title
:
Stakeholder Engagement Specialist, New England Prison Education Collaborative (NEPEC)

Reports To
:
Director of New England Prison Education Collaborative (NEPEC)

Salary Range
: $70,000 - 80,000

The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) seeks a Stakeholder Engagement Specialist to support the activities of the New England Prison Education Collaborative (NEPEC). NEPEC is a five-year regional initiative led by NEBHE and funded by a grant from Ascendium Education Group. Through NEPEC, NEBHE seeks to accelerate, support, and collaborate to help actualize a future where every incarcerated person in New England has access to high-quality, workforce-aligned, equitable postsecondary opportunities with a diverse range of educational pathways.

Since its launch in October 2024, NEPEC has operated on three distinct levels—regional, state, and institutional—to catalyze progress.

Reporting to the Director of this initiative, the Stakeholder Engagement Specialist will collaborate with the Director to support successful agency, cross-sector planning work in four New England states over the next two years and co‑lead relationship development and management with state legislators and state agency stakeholders to support these efforts as well as NEPEC’s success more broadly.

NEBHE is a fair chance employer and strongly encourages individuals with lived experience in the criminal legal system to apply.

NEBHE BACKGROUND:
Established in 1955 by six visionary New England governors, NEBHE is a regional compact that works across New England to help leaders assess, develop, and implement education practices and policies of regional significance; promote regional cooperation that encourages efficient sharing of education resources; and strengthen the relationship between higher education and the regional economy. Based in downtown Boston, NEBHE is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization.

• In collaboration with initiative Director, facilitate and coordinate NEPEC’s cross-state agency, statewide strategic planning efforts in four New England states, engaging a wide range of stakeholders, including state agency employees, corrections commissioners, prison education administrators, state legislators, and people with lived experience of incarceration.
• Plan and coordinate complex, large‑scale, multistate projects and technical assistance efforts supporting prison education programs (PEP), often requiring complex political judgments, a high degree of responsiveness to constituents, and a mature sense of organization priorities and concerns.
• Oversee the planning, promotion, and execution of related meetings and stakeholder convenings including webinars, conferences, state house briefings, and other events. Support the Director in the facilitation of NEPEC Regional Advisory Council meetings. This may include development of invitations, promotional materials, managing logistics, and executing on follow‑up items.
• Field outreach requests and conduct virtual exploratory calls, directing stakeholders to the relevant NEPEC team member(s) for further conversation as needed.
• Represent NEBHE and NEPEC at relevant events throughout New England and nationally. Occasional overnight travel within and beyond New England is required.

• Contribute to the completion of grant reporting requirements, including grant narratives required for mid‑term and final reports to funder(s).
• Support the development of resources, such as agendas, briefs, and presentations, for use in key stakeholder engagements including state strategic planning meetings.
• In collaboration with the NEBHE Director of Communications and Marketing and the NEPEC team, support the development of a regular communications strategy to the networks of varied collaborators and stakeholders to support system‑level change, effective…