Engaging Men and Boys Coordinator

Casa Myrna provides a supportive and rewarding workplace with an emphasis on the diversity and leadership development of our staff. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to workforce diversity and hiring people with diverse life experiences. Survivors, people who are bilingual/bicultural, BIPOC, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ people are strongly encouraged to apply.

Position: Engaging Men and Boys Coordinator

Location: Boston, MA

Job : 230

# of Openings: 1

Casa Myrna is Greater Boston’s foremost provider of solutions to end domestic and dating violence. The agency operates three residential programs in Boston for survivors and children made homeless by domestic violence and commercial sexual exploitation, a comprehensive range of advocacy and supportive services, and Safe Link, Massachusetts’ statewide 24/7 toll-free domestic violence hotline. Casa Myrna believes that every relationship should be safe and healthy and works to end domestic and dating violence through education, awareness, and prevention.

The Engaging Men and Boys Coordinator works predominantly with Black and Latino male-identified youth who have been impacted by domestic, dating, and family violence, including youth who have witnessed abuse in their homes. This position will be part of the Community Advocacy Program team, works closely with the Youth Engagement and Prevention Program, and is supported by a network of youth development and violence prevention professionals in the City of Boston.

This position will support Casa Myrna’s prevention efforts by creating brave spaces in Boston for young men and boys to unlearn unhealthy relationship norms while learning how to have healthier relationships. The Coordinator will work from various locations throughout Boston, providing education, mentorship, and group activities to young men. The goal is to create a culture shift and build allies in our community to fight against domestic and dating violence.

Principal
Duties and Responsibilities

Data Collection & Program Evaluation

• Utilize community needs assessment data from the past two years to guide Engaging Men and Boys programming and partnerships.
• Collect ongoing feedback from youth and community partners to ensure programming remains responsive and relevant.
• Co-Design and administer pre- and post-surveys and other evaluation tools to measure program effectiveness and outcomes.
• Analyze data to identify trends and inform program improvements.

Education/prevention

• Develop program-related curricula, including pre- and post-assessments and train the trainer trainings, in collaboration with the youth program and community partners.
• Train men in the community to provide group support to young men and boys who have been impacted by domestic violence and increase awareness of and prevention for domestic and dating violence in Boston.
• Facilitate groups for young men/boys impacted by domestic violence. The group objective is to create and teach the curriculum and build a brave space to support youth. Provide mentorship, emotional support, and crisis intervention as needed for male-identifying youth survivors or witnesses to domestic and dating violence.
• Provide survivors with referrals to comprehensive supports at Casa Myrna and at other organizations/agencies as appropriate.
• Host quarterly discussions with community partners to engage men and boys in this work.
• Work with other agency departments, including Peer Leaders, to facilitate education and awareness activities with youth and staff from youth-serving organizations and schools.
• Train and support community partner agencies on the intersectionality of community violence, poverty, systemic oppression, multi-generational trauma, and the culture of toxic masculinity.
• Participate in the development and expansion of the engaging men and boys program. As described above, develop curricula and empowerment/leadership groups for male-identifying youth impacted by domestic and family violence.
• Build partnerships with community organization to recruit young men into our program.
• Participate in building a digital domestic violence prevention campaign led by the Youth Engagement Manager.
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