Manager, Post High School Success

At Raw Art Works (RAW), we believe that all young people should be seen + heard
, and that everyone has a story to tell. Rooted in art therapy, our creative community arts organization empowers youth through the arts, giving them tools to process what is happening in their lives and to envision new possibilities for their future. Our mission is to ignite the desire to create and the confidence to succeed in underserved youth.

Founded in 1988, RAW fosters an inclusive, trauma-informed environment where young people can express themselves and build strong relationships with peers and staff. Today, more than 350 youth ages 8 to 19 take part in after-school and summer visual and expressive arts groups, digital film school classes, leadership development opportunities, and college and career access programming in Lynn. RAW staff have helped lead the creative youth development movement since its inception, and RAW is recognized nationally for its program impact.

The Manager, Post High School Success supports older youth through the final years of high school, the move into college, career, or creative pathways, and their continued connection with RAW as alumni. This is both a program design and a direct youth work role.

RAW is moving from required workshops and a separate one-to-one mentoring program to small, consistent groups organized around youth interests and goals. In the first year, you will help design and pilot that model. As it develops, you will lead and improve the groups, directly facilitating up to four. Seniors will continue to receive individual mentoring within the groups most relevant to them.

This is a hybrid role. Group facilitation and programming take place in person in Lynn, and the schedule follows RAW's after-school program hours, including regular afternoons and some evenings.

The position reports to the Senior Manager, Service Design & Impact and supervises an Ameri Corps Fellow.

You will be the person who holds both the vision for RAW's older youth programming and the relationships that make it work. Your work will include:

• Work side by side with leadership and the Senior Manager, Service Design & Impact to determine group offerings and curriculum for the enrolled-group model
• Design and pilot enrolled groups of up to 12 youth, including at least one virtual alumni group that will replace RAW's current alumni program
• Explore whether workshops for younger participants should remain part of the pathway
• Turn the shift away from mandatory workshops and a standalone one-to-one model into a coherent, choice-based group experience

• Directly lead up to four enrolled groups, holding the room and the relationships with youth and families
• Build group experiences that are culturally relevant, developmentally sound, and grounded in RAW's model
• Support young people through the post high school transition, including college applications, financial aid, and career, workforce, and creative pathways
• Keep at least one group focused on alumni, sustaining their connection to RAW through active programming

• Recruit, train, and manage volunteer mentors, with one-to-one mentoring taking place inside the relevant senior groups
• Match mentors thoughtfully and support those relationships so they hold over time
• Supervise and develop an Ameri Corps Fellow, who also leads groups and manages mentor relationships for seniors under your guidance

• Develop and maintain partnerships with colleges, scholarship programs, employers, and career organizations that serve the group model
• Build relationships with guest speakers and community partners who enrich groups and the post high school pathway
• Create opportunity pipelines that directly support program offerings and expand youth access

• Contribute to mapping the youth journey and documenting RAW's model as it relates to post high school success
• Track participation and engagement across groups, and coordinate with the Program Director so that data lives in RAW's enrollment and CRM systems
• Share insights and documentation that support evaluation, storytelling, and RAW's fundraising goals
• Take part in supervision, staff meetings, and professional development as a member of the RAW community

This role sits where direct youth work meets program design. It calls for someone who…